These bricks conduct electricity and combine to create a powerful thermal battery | Backed by federal funding, MIT spin-off Electrified Thermal Solutions says its bricks can replace fossil fuels. ( www.fastcompany.com )
Want to See Community Solar Done Right? A Project in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula Can Serve as a Model | The solar array in L’Anse, Michigan, uses renewable energy to meet both financial & social goals ( insideclimatenews.org )
Big Batteries — Squeezing Out The Gas In Australia - CleanTechnica ( cleantechnica.com )
An up-close look at America’s first major offshore wind farm ( www.wfsb.com )
Billionaire bets big on largest solar project ever proposed to deliver power across oceans: 'At the forefront of the clean energy transition' ( www.thecooldown.com )
The world is on the cusp of an energy transformation that could make the Industrial Revolution look minor. Mike Cannon-Brookes is banking on the Land Down Under to be a major driver of that change....
Corn, millet and ... rooftop solar? Farm family’s newest crop shows China’s solar ascendancy ( apnews.com )
France announces winners of world’s first commercial-scale floating offshore wind auction | WindEurope ( windeurope.org )
"Yesterday France announced the winners of the 250 MW South Brittany floating offshore wind auction, the world’s first commercial-scale floating offshore wind auction. This is a major milestone for floating offshore wind technology. So far Europe has only built small pilot and demonstrator projects. With yesterday’s...
How a Sand Battery Could Revolutionize Home Energy Storage - YouTube ( youtube.com )
The Power of Sand Batteries -- Revolutionizing Energy Storage... - YouTube ( youtube.com )
World’s largest compressed air energy storage project comes online in China ( www.pv-magazine.com )
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Free Solar for Farmers: Climate Law Gives Rich Incentives | President Biden’s clean-energy subsidies are covering entire project costs and then some ( www.wsj.com )
Alberta continues to insist its renewables pause wasn’t political. Emails and texts show otherwise ( thenarwhal.ca )
Joe Biden to raise solar import tariffs in bid to protect US industry ( www.ft.com )
Can UK’s abandoned mines be used to build a greener future? – Channel 4 News ( www.channel4.com )
In a milestone, the US exceeds 5 million solar installations ( electrek.co )
China's 1st large-scale sodium battery energy storage station put into operation ( cnevpost.com )
Renewable energy passes 30% of world’s electricity supply ( www.theguardian.com )
Renewable energy accounted for more than 30% of the world’s electricity for the first time last year following a rapid rise in wind and solar power, according to new figures....
Vermont just passed a 100% renewable electricity mandate ( electrek.co )
"...across all the state’s utilities by 2035."...
A Company Is Building a Giant Compressed-Air Battery in the Australian Outback ( www.wired.com )
Building geothermal heat networks from flooded coal mines ( www.youtube.com )
China’s EV and Solar Exports Are Powering Ahead as Prices Slide ( www.bloomberg.com )
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Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be ( electrek.co )
Germany just now approved new laws that make setting up solar on your balcony super easy ( www.tagesschau.de )
Just 10 years ago, landlords could ban you from putting solar cells on your balcony because it makes their building look "messy". Now Germany is really pushing forward to let everybody put solar modules on their balcony with these new laws. How is legalization of balcony solar cells in your country? Is setting up solar modules...
Negative electricity prices registered in nearly all European energy markets ( www.pv-magazine.com )
"Spanish consultancy AleaSoft Energy Forecasting recorded negative hourly electricity prices for all but one European energy market it analyzed during the first week of April, including in the Spanish and Portuguese markets for the first time. It also registered an all-time production record for photovoltaic energy in Portugal...