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Solar crushed 2024, but emissions were up as industry used more natural gas

20 February 2025 at 14:15

Solar and wind together now represent nearly a quarter of electricity demand and nearly 10% of all energy consumption in the U.S.

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Amazon continues renewable energy spree with 476 MW purchase

4 February 2025 at 11:18

Amazon’s power bill has been soaring lately as it adds data centers to deal with rising demand for AI and cloud services.

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Meta turns to solar β€” again β€” in its data center-building boom

31 January 2025 at 11:38

The announcement comes as Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg maintains the company’s ambitious AI strategy, which will require hefty capital investments in data centers.

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Solar startup Niko is building Mexico’s first virtual power plant

29 January 2025 at 06:15

After more than a year of helping solar installers sell, plan, and finance panels for residential and small commercial building owners, Niko found another opportunity.

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Meta adds 200 megawatts of solar to its 12 gigawatt renewable portfolio

15 January 2025 at 12:46

The news comes as tech companies ramp up their AI ambitions, adding data centers at a breakneck pace and boosting demand for power.

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Google kicks off $20B renewable energy building spree to power AI

10 December 2024 at 08:20

Google signed a deal with Intersect Power and TPG Rise Climate to spin up enough carbon-free power to drive several gigawatt-scale data centers.

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Biden administration races to approve clean energy loans before Trump takes over β€” here’s who is benefiting

13 December 2024 at 10:24

The Department of Energy (DOE) is on a loan-approval spree in the lead-up to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration, and the winners are all companies manufacturing clean energy solutions on U.S. soil. Companies like Stellantis and Samsung, Rivian, and most recently, EVgo. Trump has promised to cancel any unspent federal dollars under President Joe Biden’s Inflation […]

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Solar power magnate Gautam Adani and others indicted over alleged $250M bribery scheme

20 November 2024 at 14:14

Billionaire Gautam Adani and several executives at his company, the Indian conglomerate Adani Group, have been indicted over an alleged scheme to pay more than $250 million in bribes to Indian officials in exchange for contracts to a 12 gigawatt solar power project. The indictment, unsealed Wednesday in federal court in Brooklyn, charges Adani, his […]

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