182GW of solar energy was installed globally in 2021, accounting for half of all energy capacity additions, reports Utility Dive.
Wind energy additions made up a quarter of new additions, while natural gas accounted for 14% and coal additions jumped 8.5% from the year before.
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Farmers and researchers have teamed up to experiment with installing solar panels over crops, a combination called 'agrivoltaics' that is showing promise, reports Axios.
Shade-loving crops like kale and root vegetables thrive under solar panels, and farmers and landowners benefit from a new way to profit off their land as they deal with economic uncertainty.
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First Solar, a major solar panel manufacturer based in the United States, will invest $1.2 billion in building its fourth U.S. factory while boosting operations at existing plants. The expanded operations will create nearly 1,000 new jobs, reports the New York Times.
“This investment is an important step toward achieving self-sufficiency in solar technology, which, in turn,…
Thanks to land lease payments from clean energy projects, farmers in Central Texas are managing to stay afloat financially in spite of an ongoing drought and record high temperatures that have forced some to cut crop production nearly in half, reports the Houston Chronicle.
“My banker is a lot happier knowing I have these windmills,” said…
Red states like Texas, Nebraska and Oklahoma are some of the nation's largest producers of renewable energy, and are poised to see major benefits from the Inflation Reduction Act, reports Politico.
Despite open opposition, the bill is expected to boost industries which have already transformed economies across the nation, like clean energy, carbon capture, clean hydrogen, advanced…
The United States is projected to add 29.4GW of new generation capacity to the grid in the second half of 2022, nearly double the 15.1GW added in the first half, reports Utility Dive.
While more efficient, cleaner forms of power are added, grid operators are also expected to retire 15.1GW of production, 76% of which will…
Ford Motor Co. is set to purchase 600MW of solar energy from DTE Energy to power manufacturing facilities in Michigan, reports The Detroit News.
The power purchase will allow all of Ford's vehicle manufacturing in the state to be powered entirely by renewable energy, contributing to the company's goal to power all of its global facilities…
The Nuclear Hydrogen Initiative, a 40-member coalition of nuclear energy and hydrogen energy companies, will collaborate to develop hydrogen energy production powered by nuclear facilities, reports E&E News.
“This is an opportunity to bring together these two industries that have the potential to catalyze decarbonization at the scale and the speed this really needs to have,”…
The U.S. Army's recently installed floating solar array highlights the untapped potential of installing solar farms on human-made reservoirs, reports The Hill.
Floating solar farms hold unique advantages over land-based solar farms, such as the ability to be installed in coordination with existing hydropower facilities, eliminating the need to build new transmission lines for the site.…