Madison Awarded $5 Million Connected Community Funding
On October 13, 2021, DOE announced 10 projects selected to receive $61 million to integrate buildings with distributed energy resources (DER), such as solar photovoltaic (PV) generation and electric vehicle charging, to support grid efficiency while meeting …
December 1, 2021JPMorgan Chase joins UN’s Net-Zero Banking Alliance
JPMorgan Chase signed a pledge to join the United Nations’ Net-Zero Banking Alliance climate initiative, the bank announced Fiday [October 12], according to Reuters and Bloomberg. The Net-Zero Banking Alliance is composed of 61 banks across the globe that have committed …
December 1, 2021Report Shows Strong Solar+Storage Market Growth… And Plenty of Room for Improvement
Article originally published by Berkeley Lab. A new report [August 2021] from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory provides a valuable initial look at residential and non-residential distributed solar+storage markets, showing significant growth and huge potential for …
December 1, 2021Heat Loss Revealed by Drone Cameras Informs City Efficiency Programs
An instructor at Northland Community and Technical College specializing in remotely piloted aerial systems began, with student assistance, one of the first drone thermal-imaging programs in the country. Drone thermal imaging uses infrared cameras to …
December 1, 2021Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy Children’s Book
Everyday Superheroes: Women in Energy is an upcoming illustrated multicultural children’s book featuring the women Energy Superheroes who are powering our planet. The book uses an A to Z format to share the range of careers …
December 1, 2021Green Steel Powered by the Sun
EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel, a Pueblo Colorado steel mill, will receive 90 percent of its power from a 300 MW solar facility, the largest solar project on-site for a single customer in the US. The …
December 1, 2021Hertz aims to be EV powerhouse with 100K Tesla cars
Article originally published by Hertz.com. Car rental company Hertz Corp. announced today [10/25/2021] it will buy 100,000 electric vehicles from Tesla, making the Florida-based company the prospective owner of the largest EV rental fleet in …
December 1, 2021National Energy Storage Certification to be Created
An industry recognized Energy Storage Certification will be designed by the CREATE Energy Center in a new collaboration with the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) and the Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA). …
December 1, 2021Ready for Electric Vehicles?
This publication from the UW-Stevens Point Center for Land Use Education is intended for Wisconsin local government officials and planning and zoning staff to provide an introduction to electric vehicles (EVs) and EV charging outlets. …
December 1, 2021BLM prioritizes renewable energy on federal lands
The Bureau of Land Management currently has more than 40 renewable energy projects in the permitting pipeline, making significant inroads toward meeting President Biden’s onshore green energy goal, a senior Interior Department official said today. …
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