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EGEB: UK, Netherlands call on US, China to ban gas cars by 2035

Electrek

An abandoned 114-year-old paper mill in New Jersey gets a second life as a solar farm. A large luxury home builder will now include solar on all their new California homes. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates.

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Italy is putting a big hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm in the sea

Baua Electric

Photo: SolarDuck A 540-megawatt (MW) hybrid floating solar–floating wind farm is going to be developed off Italy’s southern coast, in the Ionian Sea. It’s tapped into that knowledge to design elevated solar platforms made of offshore-grade aluminum that sit 10 feet (3 meters) off the water to withstand rough waters.

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Cheap solar panels from China are all over Europe – and everyone is freaking out

Baua Electric

Photo by Pixabay on Pexels.com Europe is installing more solar panels than ever before, thanks to a flood of cheap Chinese solar panels, driving installations by 40% last year. But it comes at a hefty cost: Local solar manufacturers are on the brink of a total collapse that could happen within weeks.

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Watch the world’s first artificial energy island being built [video]

Baua Electric

The 20,000-ton caissons, which will form the energy island’s outer walls, are being built at Jan De Nul Group and DEME’s construction site in Vlissingen, the Netherlands. The energy island will be finished in late 2026 when the electrical equipment will start to be installed. It takes around three months to build one caisson.

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Tesla slashes prices across Europe on Model Y

Baua Electric

The automaker joined Volkswagen and BYD in reducing prices after the government ended EV incentives, according to Automotive News Europe. in the Netherlands, and up to 7.1% In 2023, VW sold 4,791 ID3s, making it only the 84 th most popular model overall and 13 th best-selling EV, Automotive News Europe reports.

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Mars to deliver all those Twix and M&Ms via 300 electric heavy-duty trucks

Baua Electric

The deal is a collaboration with Swedish-owned Einride and launched in Germany last week, with routes in the UK and the Netherlands coming this year. Next up is a route from its chocolate factory in Viersen to other sites, as well as routes in the UK and the Netherlands. Get started here.

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EGEB: Chemical giant buys nearly half of huge 1.5 GW Dutch offshore wind farm

Electrek

GW offshore wind farm in the Netherlands. UnderstandSolar is a free service that links you to top-rated solar installers in your region for personalized solar estimates. In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): BASF will buy 49.5% of Vattenfall’s 1.5

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