Plans are underway for Michigan to construct a first-in-the-nation segment of road that will charge electric vehicles while they’re driving, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer announced Tuesday at the Motor Bella auto show in Pontiac. Michigan’s Department of Transportation and the Office of Future Mobility and Electrification are partnering to make a 1-mile stretch of state roadway […]
Assembling Electric Vehicle Charging Stations – EQ Mag Pro
Today, gas stations are a ubiquitous part of the urban landscape. They are found at numerous intersections and off-ramps. But, once upon a time, service stations were few and far between. As a result, one of the biggest fears of early motorists was running out of gas while on a long-distance road trip. Today, history […]
The Left’s NIMBY War Against Renewable Energy – EQ Mag Pro
There’s not a more important economic imperative for the U.S. than the transition to renewable energy. Ominously, anti-development forces — commonly known as NIMBYs — threaten to make this transition much harder. And much of that NIMBY energy is coming from the political left. Consider the recent blockage of a solar power plant near Las […]
Solar Needs to Quadruple for U.S. to Achieve Carbon-Free Grid – EQ Mag Pro
The U.S. would need to quadruple the amount of solar energy it installs by 2035 if it wants to achieve a goal of decarbonizing the nation’s power grid, the Energy Department said in a study released Wednesday. According to the study, solar energy has the potential to power 40% of the nation’s electricity and employ […]
RWE Inks Deal to Procure Integrated Battery Energy Storage Systems From LG Energy Solution For Projects Co-Located With U.S. Solar Facilities – EQ Mag Pro
RWE Renewables, one of the world’s leading renewables companies, has signed contracts with LG Energy Solution to provide an integrated battery energy storage system (BESS) for two of RWE’s upcoming projects with co-located solar PV facilities in the U.S. “We’re delighted to join forces with LG Energy Solution to secure equipment helping us realize two […]
Factbox-Five Facts on the State of the U.S. Electric Vehicle Charging Network – EQ Mag Pro
President Joe Biden wants to expand the U.S. charging network for electric vehicles significantly, a key part of his agenda to curb greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector and combat climate change. Here are five facts about the U.S. EV charging network: CHARGER TYPES EV chargers are classified in three categories: Level 1, Level […]
Escalating U.S.- China Solar Rift Threatens Biden Green Goals – EQ Mag Pro
The first big test of Joe Biden’s lofty clean-power ambitions may not be sweeping climate legislation that needs congressional approval, but managing a solar supply chain that’s being shaken by the seizure of imported Chinese panels. Multiple companies have now had solar components detained at U.S. ports in the aftermath of a Biden administration ban […]
U.S. Solar Group Petitions Against China Firms’ Overseas Plants
Attorneys advising a group of U.S. solar manufacturers said it filed petitions requesting federal investigations into Chinese firms circumventing tariffs by manufacturing in other countries including Malaysia, Vietnam and Thailand. The group — called the American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention — filed the petitions with the U.S. Department of Commerce, according to Wiley Rein […]
The Biggest U.S. Electrical Grid Braces for Green Energy
The decision that could open the floodgates to renewable power across much of the eastern U.S. came in early July after months of closed-door haggling within an organization many Americans don’t know exists. PJM Interconnection LLC runs the country’s biggest electricity grid, a vast web of wires spanning parts of 13 states from the Jersey […]
28 U.S. House Democrats Want $85 Billion in EV Charging Infrastructure Funding
WASHINGTON : A group of 28 U.S. House Democrats on Monday asked congressional leaders to back $85 billion in funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure, a big jump over funding proposed in a bill before Congress. The current $1 trillion bipartisan infrastructure bill under consideration has $7.5 billion in EV charging infrastructure funding, but Democrats […]