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The US government opens 22 million acres of federal lands to solar

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Photo: BLM The Biden administration has updated the roadmap for solar development to 22 million acres of federal lands in the US West. The updated roadmap refines the analysis in the original six states and expands to five more states – Idaho, Montana, Oregon, Washington, and Wyoming. million homes. million homes.

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Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

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by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research The overall advantage of battery electric over gasoline vehicles, in terms of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases, has been well documented. 49 Idaho 24.4 Geothermal 0 0 Solar 0 8.8 On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro.

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DOE awarding >$24M to 77 projects through Technology Commercialization Fund

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Idaho National Laboratory. Idaho National Laboratory Wireless Project, $150,000. Austin, Texas First Solar Inc., Flexible perovskite-perovskite PV for mobile power applications, $745,500 Swift Solar, Redwood City, Calif. Solar Energy Industries Association, Washington, D.C. El Centro, Calif. Louisville, Colo.

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US wind generation fell in 2023 for the first time since the 1990s

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The Mountain Census states – Arizona, Colorado, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming – reported a smaller reduction of 2%. Read more: Nevada put big battery energy storage where a coal plant used to be To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system.

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Missouri S&T professor: Green energy increases the need for mining and metals production

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Clean energy may mean less mining for coal, but it also means opening or expanding mines to unearth minerals such as cobalt for use in alloys and batteries, tellurium for solar cells and semiconductors, and germanium for transistors in electronic devices. —Michael Moats. Resources in the US.

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The US just came up with a plan to upgrade 100k miles of transmission lines in 5 years

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This company is helping to fix it To limit power outages and make your home more resilient, consider going solar with a battery storage system. In order to find a trusted, reliable solar installer near you that offers competitive pricing, check out EnergySage , a free service that makes it easy for you to go solar.

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DOE announces more than $65M in public and private funding to commercialize promising energy technologies

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To date, the TCF has funded more than 380 projects by unlocking more than $170 million in funding from more than 300 private sector partners, including automotive manufacturers, energy storage companies, utilities, bioenergy companies, solar providers, and aerospace companies. Idaho National Laboratory. First Solar Inc.