Manitoba launches retrofit program to cut home heating costs
The Canadian province of Manitoba has launched the Affordable Home Energy Program to support ground-source heat pump adoption in electrically heated homes. The initiative, run by Efficiency Manitoba, offers no-upfront-cost options and could cut household electricity bills by up to CAD 1,000 ($730) per year.
Solar grazing undergoing rapid growth, census finds
The scale of livestock grazing in agrivoltaic installations is much larger than previously understood, found the first solar grazing census by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the American Solar Grazing Association.
Abandoned coal mines can host over 10% of global solar capacity
A survey of mines closed since 2020 and those planned to close by 2030 present an opportunity for installing nearly 300 GW solar on already-developed lands, finds a report from Global Energy Monitor.
Solar project developer enters novel “precycling” agreement
Engie structured a power purchase agreement that includes a recycling plan with Solarcycle when the project reaches end-of-life.
For rooftop, community solar, ‘we’re all for it,’ ComEd says
Electric utility ComEd and its parent company Exelon spoke in a keynote session at the Midwest Solar Expo about why, as utilities, they want growth in the community solar and rooftop solar markets.
Canada’s largest off-grid solar project breaks ground
The Anahim Lake Solar Farm in British Columbia, Canada, will provide the Ulkatcho First Nation with renewable energy, reducing the remote community’s use of diesel for electricity generation by almost two-thirds.
How state policy plays an important role in cutting carbon emissions
Using a breadth of datasets, researchers modeled how states’ clean energy goals might evolve under state-led action versus federal support.
Leading threat to farmland is real estate development, not solar, agricultural analysts say
Arkansas could double its total energy generation with solar and still only require a very small fraction of the land to do so, according to analysis by the University of Arkansas System Division of Agriculture.
Illinois considers clean energy package to tackle data center boom
Illinois lawmakers are working on an omnibus clean energy package that would introduce a Storage for All program, a Solar Bill of Rights, virtual power plant programs, to name a few.
Illinois residents rally for big, bold clean energy bills
Hundreds of Illinois residents rallied at the state’s capitol to call on lawmakers to pass the Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act and other clean energy bills by the end of the month.
