The California Energy Commission’s five-member panel voted unanimously yesterday to require solar panels and battery storage in new commercial buildings and certain multifamily residences beginning January 1, 2023.
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EGEB: A small Canadian province is a North American electric school bus leader
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Canada’s Prince Edward Island buys 35 more Lion electric school buses, reaching 47 total.
LG Electronics will cut emissions in its major products by 2030.
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US senators announce offshore wind manufacturing tax credit bill
Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ), Ed Markey (D-MA), Robert Menendez (D-NJ), and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) today announced the Offshore Wind American Manufacturing Act, which would drive domestic manufacturing and offshore wind deployment.
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EGEB: Microsoft to buy 430MW of solar power from Ørsted in Texas
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Microsoft signs a power purchase agreement with Ørsted to buy solar energy in Texas.
Canadian solar panel maker Heliene opens a second US manufacturing site, in Florida.
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EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Ørsted says Block Island is offline for summer maintenance, and rumors are flying.
Tampa just committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, but there’s a hitch.
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A Florida utility ditches coal, doubles its solar, and leaves out a big part of its story
Florida utility Tampa Electric Co. has announced it will retire three coal units and double its solar output within two years. That’s good news, but in an interview published last week, its CEO doesn’t mention the fact that the vast majori…
EGEB: Oil kingdom Saudi Arabia launches its first wind farm, the Middle East’s largest
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
Saudi Arabia’s first wind farm is now connected and producing clean energy.
Arizona may get its very first electricity provider that offers 100% clean energy.
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The IPCC climate change report – what it says and what we can do
The world’s largest-ever report about climate change was published today by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), a United Nations group of nearly 200 leading climate scientists that looked at more than 14,000 scientific pap…
A huge California hydropower plant shuts down due to drought
The Edward Hyatt hydroelectric power plant at Lake Oroville, California, was shut down yesterday for the first time since it opened in 1967 because of low water levels due to drought. Lake Oroville is California’s second-largest reservoir.
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EGEB: Petroleum use dropped a record 15% in the transport sector from 2019 to 2020
In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
From 2019 to 2020, petroleum consumption decreased in every energy-consuming sector.
25 fossil fuel giants used Facebook ads to fight President Joe Biden’s clean energy plan.
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