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Humboldt State University starts construction on solar microgrid at Redwood Coast Airport

The Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid’s (RCAM) community partners announced Wednesday, July 7 construction activities on what will be the first 100% renewable, multi-customer microgrid in California. The Redwood Coast Airport Microgrid has been designed and developed by the Schatz Energy Research Center at Humboldt State University. Located at Humboldt County’s regional airport, it will be […]

An EV Muscle Car and the Last Gas-Powered Lotus

Car and Driver—that’s us—named the Ford Mustang Mach-E the winner of our inaugural EV of the Year award. The Mach-E faced off against 11 competitors, which represented every on-sale EV we could get our hands on. Over the course of three weeks of testing and evaluating—including a 1000-mile road trip­—the Mach-E offered a rewarding driving […]

New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy signs two pro-solar bills into law

Today Gov. Phil Murphy signed into law two important pieces of legislation that will help to increase solar development across New Jersey. The two bills were S2605 and S3484. The first bill establishes the SREC-II program at the Board of Public Utilities (BPU), which includes incentives for at least 1,500 MW of behind-the-meter solar facilities and […]

Window Shop with Car and Driver

This content is imported from YouTube. You may be able to find the same content in another format, or you may be able to find more information, at their web site. Automakers spend fortunes making car commercials to run on the 364 days of the year that the Super Bowl does not. This week, the […]

Wisconsin Utility Gets Green Light for 675 MW of Solar

Alliant Energy says it has begun construction on a portfolio of projects in Richland, Wood and Rock counties in Wisconsin following the state Public Service Commission’s approval of its plans for developing 675 MW of solar. The utility is contracting with Burns & McDonnell to construct the Bear Creek (Richland County), North Rock and Wood […]

These phishing emails want to deliver password-stealing malware to energy companies and their suppliers

Cyber criminals are targeting energy, oil and gas and other companies around the world with a phishing campaign designed to deliver malware capable of stealing usernames, passwords and other sensitive information in what’s believed to be the first stage of a wider campaign.  Detailed by cybersecurity company Intezer, the phishing campaign has been active for at […]

9 Adapters to Help Stream Tunes in the Car

Tunai Music and cars go hand in hand, all the way back to the invention of the radio. Since then, countless songs have romanticized road trips, cruising, and the freedom of cars. Take a bow, Bobby Troup. Today, we get to enjoy the music options provided by our phones. Thanks to the seemingly extraterrestrial technology […]

Strata Solar becomes first employer-partner of North Carolina solar apprenticeship

Governor Roy Cooper visited North Carolina’s first Clean Energy Youth Apprenticeship Pilot in July. Strata Clean Energy will be the first clean energy employer partner of this new program and is working with ApprenticeshipNC to develop a youth apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship program in Solar Operations and Maintenance. Located at Halifax Community College, the apprenticeship, […]