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Owning an electric vehicle can save drivers thousands of dollars per year, with $6,000 average savings over the vehicle’s lifetime, but the savings is dependent on rebates, state fees, and the cost of gas and electricity.

The pv magazine tour of solar incentives takes us to Vermont, home to aggressive renewable energy mandates and a one of the nation’s most forward-thinking utilities.

Solar project will lower energy costs and improve energy efficiency for the Upper Midwest’s largest fuel producer.

Various visions of the disruption that the transition to cleaner, cheaper electricity sources will have on energy markets and supply exist. Critics anticipate expensive chaos, while advocates see a powerful new network emerge. Serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and energy futurist Bill Nussey has put his thoughts together in a new book, Freeing Energy, and pv magazine’s Tim Sylvia met the author to discuss its findings.

Higher natural gas prices call for more near-term solar, said Georgia’s solar trade group in testimony on Georgia Power’s proposed resource plan, adding that a utility cap on rooftop solar should be lifted. Two other groups challenged the utility’s modeling choices.

Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.

Enel X completed the construction of a microgrid with solar-plus-battery storage to operate the facility and offer EV charging

With this signing, Solar Alliance’s backlog of solar projects under contract increases to more than $5 million.

Pacific Gas & Electric is developing three pilot programs to test how bi-directional EVs and chargers can send power to the grid.

The 2.5 MW installation will help the city towards its goal of eliminating greenhouse emissions in its operations by 2035.