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Growth Of EV Market Highest In China, EU, Says WRI Report

Global energy think tank World Resource Institute (WRI), in its recent report on ‘State of Climate Action’, highlights that the share of electric vehicles (EV) in passenger car sales has grown at an average annual rate of 65%. It’s a rise from 1.6% of sales in 2018 to 10% in 2022. For the first time in […]

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With IRA Boost, Energy Storage Demand Likely To Surge Six-Fold: SEIA

The Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA) has released a report stating that over the next one decade, lithium-ion battery would witness a surge in global demand due to the unprecedented investment in solar. This was attributed to the production incentives bolstered through the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) in the United States (US). SEIA’s report titled, […]

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UK, German Moves To Support Offshore Wind Point To Challenges Ahead

Ørsted’s Travails World’s biggest  offshore wind energy developer- Danish firm Ørsted on November 1 this year announced ceasing developing two of its proposed offshore wind projects in the United States (US) at the cost of around £3bn in penalties. These projects were slated to come up at New Jersey off the US coast. They had […]

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Five Clean Energy Sectors Employ Around 9 million Workers: IEA Report

A latest report from the International Energy Agency (IEA) titled World Energy Employment (WEE) 2023 mentions five sectors that employ around 9 million workers today. Among these sectors, solar PV is reported to be the largest, creating around 4 million jobs. On the other hand, manufacturing of EVs and their batteries has reportedly been the […]

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How is Soltec’s Tracker for US Market Different than Its Other Trackers?

Solar tracker manufacturer from Spain, Soltec, has designed a single-axis tracker specifically for the US market. The tracker, SFOne US, vis-a-vis Soltec’s trackers for other markets, sees a fewer number of parts. It also comes with the option with some pieces pre-assembled. In the US market, the tracker is longer with thicker piles, which means […]

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Battery Management Firm Element Energy Raises $111 Million

US battery management firm Element Energy, a Menlo Park-based Battery Management Technology company founded in 2019, has announced the close of $111 million in capital comprised of a $73 million Series B equity investment and a $38 million debt facility provided by Keyframe Capital Partners, L.P. The Series B round is co-led by one of […]

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Berkeley, DOE Produce Database To Map Solar PV Facilities

Berkeley Lab and USGS (U.S. Geological Survey) in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) produced a publicly available database. The detailed Large-Scale Solar Photovoltaic Database (USPVDB) aims to map ground-mounted photovoltaic (PV) facilities with capacity of 1 megawatt. This come alongside US’s DOE (Department of Energy) data, that released an online dataset of […]

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Solar Energy In US Can Surpass Hydropower By 2024: EIA Estimates

A latest Energy International Agency (EIA) report on solar growth in the United States (US) suggested that the country witnessed an increase in installed capacity by an average rate of by 44% annually from 2009 to 2022. It forecasted that the US would generate 14% more electricity from solar energy than from hydroelectric facilities in […]

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Swift Current’s 197 MW Castle Gap Wind Project Set Into Motion

Swift Current has announced that it has kickstarted operations of its 197 MW Castle Gap Wind Project established in Central Texas. The project supplies power to retail giant, Target Corporation. Swift Current and Target Corporation have forged a partnership by way of a virtual power purchase agreement. Presently, the wind project is generating enough energy […]

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