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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

Green Car Congress

The new ARPA-E selections focus on accelerating innovations in clean technology while increasing US competitiveness in rare earth alternatives and breakthroughs in biofuels, thermal storage, grid controls, and solar power electronics. for High Power Wind Generators The University of Houston will develop a new, low-cost. 3,123,750.

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EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why

Electrek

Tampa just committed to 100% clean energy by 2035, but there’s a hitch. more… The post EGEB: The US’s first offshore wind farm is currently offline; here’s why appeared first on Electrek. Tesla now offers price matching, so it’s important to shop for the best quotes.

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Study suggests widespread use of EVs may negatively impact land use

Green Car Congress

Electric vehicles (EVs) are widely regarded as the key to finally making private mobility clean, yet virtually no research is being conducted on their potential contribution to the expansion of impervious surfaces. Lyon, France; Tampa, FL, USA), a mere 0.5 % increase of these would imply the loss of 1.5

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Florida has no wind turbines but it’s going to ban them anyway

Baua Electric

Florida legislature is about to ban offshore wind turbines in state waters, which wouldn’t be put there to begin with, to protect the beaches. Excluding hurricanes, of course, Florida doesn’t have sufficient wind power, either onshore or offshore, that, say, states in the US Northeast or Texas have to sustain a wind power industry.

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These solar streetlights can withstand Category 5 hurricanes

Baua Electric

Since Tampa-based Streetleaf was founded in 2019, its installed over 8,000 solar streetlights across the US. They have a wind rating of 160 mph. Read more: This Florida solar farm is supplying clean energy to 12 cities Now is a great time to begin your solar journey so your system is installed in time for those sunny spring days.

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