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$1.5 Billion in BUILD Grants Available for 2026
By Caron Whitaker The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced a Notice of Funding Opportunity (NOFO) for BUILD grants, making $1.5 billion available based on outlays from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021. With grant awards up to $25 million available for projects, this NOFO presents an array ... [continued]
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Why Did Tesla Publish Wall St. Delivery Estimates?
As Steve Hanley explained earlier today, Tesla has published Wall Street analyst estimates of Tesla vehicle deliveries and energy storage deployments for the first time ever on its investor relations site. These are consensus estimates from 20 Wall Street firms combined. When I first saw news of this, I thought ... [continued]
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IRS Sued Over Anti-Solar & Anti-Wind Tax Rules
Tribal utility, localities, and consumer and environmental groups argue tax guidance illegally hurts renewable energy. WASHINGTON, D.C. — A broad array of groups with strong interests in clean and affordable energy sued the IRS and Treasury Department over new rules for tax credits that unfairly and illegally discriminate against wind ... [continued]
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Solar Company Spread Across 9 States Shuts Down Shop, Blames Trump’s OBBBA
Unsurprisingly, projects, jobs, and whole companies have been falling as a result of Donald Trump’s war on renewable energy and electric vehicles. Because he loves pollution so much, and is eager to help funnel more money to his billionaire friends in the fossil fuel industry, Trump has been pulling cleantech ... [continued]
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New Report: 67% of Appalachia’s Projected Clean Energy Jobs at Risk as Federal & Private Investments Flatline
Analysis Shows Clean Energy Investments Dropped from $4.7 Billion Peak to Stagnation Under Trump Administration, Threatening Over 61,000 Good-Paying Jobs View a recording of the release webinar here. APPALACHIA — A new report released this month by ReImagine Appalachia reveals that 67% of the region’s 92,282 projected clean energy jobs ... [continued]
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Maryland’s Largest Solar Project Launches, On Old Coal Mine
Marylanders have apparently been good and nice this year. Rather than getting coal for Christmas, they got a large solar power plant installed on the site of an old coal mine. CPV Renewable Power, part of Competitive Power Ventures, launched the CPV Backbone Solar project a few days before Christmas ... [continued]
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Alphabet Buys Intersect For $4.75 Billion — Is That A Good Thing?
I’m sure everyone here knows the company Intersect. Just kidding, I assume most people don’t know the company, since I had never run across it before. Apparently, though, it’s a data center and energy infrastructure solutions provider. It builds big power projects for data centers and booming electricity needs. Alphabet, ... [continued]
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Nuvve Selected for 40 MWh of Battery-as-a-Service Projects from Kit Carson Electric Cooperative in New Mexico
Kit Carson Electric Cooperative, Inc. (KCEC) has selected Nuvve New Mexico, LLC, a subsidiary of Nuvve Holding Corp. (Nasdaq: NVVE), to deploy and operate advanced battery energy storage systems under a Battery-as-a-Service (BAAS) model at two separate locations in northern New Mexico. Under the terms outlined in a recently executed term sheet, Nuvve New Mexico ... [continued]
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Saudi Arabia Opens Pathway for Electric Air Taxis
Electric air taxis may be a dead end idea. I think they probably are. Except in some niche, limited markets and applications. To be honest, though, Saudi Arabia may be one of those markets, and authorities there certainly seem to think so. The country’s aviation regulator, General Authority of Civil ... [continued]
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Bloomberg — Copper & Silver Prices Suggest Gains For Renewables & EVs
A rise in the price of copper and silver in the futures markets indicates a transition to renewables and EVs is under way.
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Credo Releases 2025 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report
San Jose, California — Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd (Credo) (NASDAQ: CRDO), an innovator in providing secure, high-speed connectivity solutions that deliver improved reliability and energy efficiency, has released its 2025 Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) Report. The report outlines Credo’s progress across key ESG priorities and highlights how these ...
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Tigo Energy Rolls Dynamic Rate Management Into Residential Solar + Storage Product
Electricity grids are getting smarter and smarter, and that means more and more dynamic pricing. Smart grid companies are also getting better at making use of that dynamic pricing for their customers. The company Tigo Energy is one company that has been providing intelligent solar and energy software solutions, and ... [continued]
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Tesla Press Release Predicts Sales Decline
Tesla has put out a press release warning its deliveries of new cars will be lower in the fourth quarter and for the year than expected.
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So Much Winning … For Renewable Energy, That Is
When US President Trump declared a national energy emergency, renewable energy quickly rose to the occasion (coal, not so much).
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Nickel-Zinc Battery Company Raises $30 Million
ZincFive has closed an oversubscribed Series F funding round this month, raising $30 million. That brings its total funding raised to $254 million since the company was founded nearly a decade ago in 2016. The aim of the funding is to help with rapid scaling of its commercial footprint and ... [continued]
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