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Top US coal producer Wyoming just approved a $1.2B solar farm

Baua Electric

Photo by Kelly on Pexels.com Wyoming just approved its largest solar farm – 771 megawatts (MW) of utility-scale solar plus battery storage. Both solar farms combined will be able to power 771,000 homes – three times the number of homes in Wyoming. Read more: Wyoming is the No. Get started here. –ad*

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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

Cars That Think

The deficit is driving up electricity prices, reducing grid reliability, and hobbling renewable energy deployment. At the heart of the problem are utility companies that refuse to pursue interregional transmission projects, and sometimes even impede them, because new projects threaten their profits and disrupt their industry alliances.

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DOE awards $18M to 5 projects to accelerate development of plug-in electric vehicles & use of other alternative fuels

Green Car Congress

Blue Bird Body Company will receive $4.9 million to develop and demonstrate a battery-powered electric school bus that improves propulsion energy efficiency by 20-30% and that can connect to the electric grid (vehicle-to-grid). Odyne Systems, LLC will receive $2.9 Odyne Systems, LLC will receive $2.9 PacifiCorp will receive $3.9

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The EV Transition Explained: Converting Gasoline Superusers

Cars That Think

Passenger cars and light duty trucks account for about 57 percent of those totals. For example, with 13 percent of its drivers using 37 percent of the gasoline, Wyoming is second on Coltura’s list of states with the highest percentage of gasoline superusers. Woe is Wyoming. Map of Wyoming with proposed EV charging locations.