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US renewables’ installed generating capacity beats coal

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Photo by Los Muertos Crew on Pexels.com Solar capacity additions hit the ground running in 2024, pushing renewables’ installed generating capacity past coal, according to new US Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data. That’s more than the installed capacity of coal (207.15 Installed utility-scale solar capacity (104.61

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Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging goes large at Starbucks

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Image: Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging Mercedes-Benz High-Power Charging will install 400 kW DC fast chargers at 100 Starbucks stores on the US West Coast. Since launch, the network has opened a dozen locations with 400 kW EV chargers in Texas, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Kentucky. Get started here.

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This Texas solar panel recycling plant is powered by secondhand panels

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SolarCycle has installed a 500 kW solar array made of reused panels at its recycling facility in Odessa, Texas, which can provide around half of the electricity the plant uses. SolarCycle says it plans to expand this model to its recycling plants in Mesa, Arizona, and Cedartown, Georgia. Get started here.

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US Postal Service electric trucks are finally here and drivers love them

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Oshkosh USPS electric mail carrier (Source: Oshkosh) USPS is finally rolling out its much-anticipated Next Generation Delivery Vehicles (NGDVs), and the first fleet of them to go into service in Atlanta, Georgia is earning rave reviews from delivery drivers according to an AP report. Get started here. –

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MIT analysis finds current EVs could replace ~90% of personal vehicles now on the road based on driver’s energy consumption

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A study by a team at MIT has concluded that roughly 90% of the personal vehicles on the road in the US could be replaced by an electric vehicle available on the market today, even if the cars can only charge overnight. Together, the two datasets encompass millions of trips made by drivers all around the country. Chang & Jessika E.

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The first entirely US-made crystalline solar panels are coming to market

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Canada-headquartered Heliene , which makes solar panels in Minnesota, will incorporate Georgia-based Suniva’s US-made monocrystalline silicon solar cells into its panels, and those “Made in the USA” panels will hit the market in mid-2024, thanks to a new three-year strategic sourcing contract between the two companies. Get started here. –ad*

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This legacy school bus maker just delivered its 1,000th electric school bus

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Photo: Thomas Built Buses Thomas Built Buses, founded in 1916, has delivered its 1,000th electric school bus to a school system in Georgia. The company announced today that it’s delivered its 1,000th Saf-T-Liner C2 Jouley electric school bus to Meriwether County School System , Georgia, as part of a larger order. Get started here.

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