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In late 2020, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission asked the state’s electric and gas utilities to discuss what infrastructure projects they had in queue that could be accelerated to support the COVID-battered economy. Tucked into a proposal from Xcel Energy, the state’s largest electric company, was a comparison of two Read more…

Airports have vast swaths of empty land and rooftops. But it’s not so easy as just covering everything with solar panels.  THE NEXT TIME you’re staring out a plane window during takeoff or landing, give the airport a scan. You’ll see hangars and other support buildings and, of course, the terminal. Read more…

Coal financing costs surge as investors opt for renewable energy Jillian Ambrose  1 day ago Coal financing costs have surged over the last decade as investors demand returns four times as high as the payoff required from renewable energy projects to justify the risk of investing in fossil fuels, as the Read more…

EMISSIONSThey won an XPrize for carbon capture. The real test is next Benjamin Storrow, E&E News reporter Published: Monday, April 19, 2021 The Glacier Northwest cement works in Washington state. An XPrize is supporting carbon capture in cement processing. Joe Mabel/WikipediaOn a snowy April day in 2016, then-Wyoming Gov. Matt Mead Read more…

Your Neighbor’s Solar Panels Are Secretly Saving You Money Why not return the favor? BY CAROLINE DELBERTFEB 11, 2021WESTEND61GETTY IMAGES Solar panels save their owners and their neighbors energy costs. A new holistic analysis looks at all the ways panels save utilities money. In fact, researchers say, utilities should be helping panel owners even more. There’s Read more…

ELECTRIC VEHICLES David Ferris, E&E News reporter Published: Thursday, April 8, 2021Electric vehicle experts aren’t sure that President Biden’s $174 billion plan for EVs is enough for the U.S. to make a transition away from fossil fuels. Claudine Hellmuth/E&E News (illustration); Joenomias/Pixabay (cars, charging station); BruceEmmerling/Pixabay (Baltimore)When President Biden rolled out Read more…

Daimler Trucks North America announced on Tuesday that its battery-electric eCascadia and eM2 trucks are now available for preorder. The company claims that both trucks will be the longest-range commercial electric vehicles on sale in the US. The trucks are set to enter production in late 2022, so there’s still a bit of a Read more…