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The 1-gigawatt Huadian Tianjin Haijing power station will generate 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year.

This 1 GW solar + salt + shrimp farm is a 3-in-1 power station

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A huge solar power station in China is generating clean energy, producing salt from sunlight, and serving as a shrimp-breeding site.

State-owned China Huadian Corporation said the 1-gigawatt (GW) Huadian Tianjin Haijing power station will generate 1.5 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity each year – enough to power around 1.5 million households in China.

The solar panels at the farm are bifacial, which means they benefit from both direct sun and sunlight that reflects from the water beneath.

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The states leading the way in clean energy deployment are California and Texas and they are also in first place for wind and solar jobs.

Which states have the most solar and wind power jobs?

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Renewable energy is one of the fastest-growing employers in the United States, and the states leading the way in clean energy deployment — California and Texas — are also in first place for wind and solar jobs.

Clean energy technologies, including solar and wind, accounted for nearly 87% of net new electric power generation jobs last year, adding 22,279 jobs in 2022, according to the Department of Energy’s 2023 U.S. Energy and Employment Report. Solar had the largest number of jobs gained, adding 12,256 workers and wind — both onshore and offshore — added 5,416 jobs in 2022.

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Global demand for solar PV could rise up to 40% in 2023 as favourable economics in the solar sector combine with broad policies.

Global solar demand to grow by 40% in 2023 as prices fall and capacity grows

Global demand for solar PV could rise up to 40% in 2023 as favourable economics in the solar sector combine with broad policies like the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and REPowerEU schemes.

Bloomberg Intelligence’s ‘Global Solar Energy Midyear Outlook’ report predicts that solar will remain the energy sector’s fastest-growing sub-segment, predominantly driven by its position as the most cost-effective electricity generation method in much of the world. Bloomberg credited solar PV with a levelised cost of electricity (LCOE) of around US$50/MWh.

At the same time as installations are set to grow, sales for manufacturers are forecast to slow slightly as prices fall.

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‘Solar grazing’ around panels is providing a lifeline to the US shepherding sector as clean energy expands.

How sheep keep solar farms out of the shade

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Stung by high fuel costs and a labor squeeze, some clean energy companies are turning to an unlikely ally — flocks of sheep — to keep their solar panels out of the shade.

The nascent practice, known as solar grazing, is so far used on only a tiny sliver of the expansive arrays of panels that are increasingly dotting rural America. But with significant financial benefits to both the renewable energy industry and the struggling mutton sector, more solar sites in the US are expected to start swapping lawnmowers for lambs.

The US solar industry has been growing rapidly: The country is expected to break solar-construction records this year by adding more than 32 gigawatts of capacity, according to a BloombergNEF outlook. That’s enough to power more than 25 million homes. At the same time, there are concerns there won’t be enough cropland to feed a growing world population, especially if acreage is covered by buildings, roads or photovoltaic installations instead.

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As clean energy production ramps up, transmission reform is becoming a major priority for the renewables industry.

Grassroots buy-in will be vital to transmission buildout, say clean energy experts

As clean energy production ramps up, transmission reform is becoming a major priority for the renewables industry. Tens of thousands of megawatts of wind and solar capacity are in the interconnection queue, waiting to be able to connect to the grid.

The debt ceiling agreement reached by Congress and the White House earlier this month contained reforms to permitting, but not transmission. It instead requires the North American Electric Reliability Corp., or NERC, to study interregional transmission capacity needs between regions over 18 months.

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Holcim US is going to install a 25-megawatt solar farm at its Michigan cement factory that will generate more than 30% of the plant’s power.

This cement company is installing a 25 MW onsite solar farm

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Holcim US is going to install a 25-megawatt (MW) solar farm at its Michigan cement factory that will generate more than 30% of the plant’s power.

Holcim has pledged to power all of its US operations with 100% clean energy by 2030, and its latest move sees solar developer NorthStar Clean Energy installing an onsite solar farm on 100 acres at Holcim’s Alpena, Michigan, factory. The new solar array will produce over 30% of its current energy demand, and it will boost the factory’s clean energy to meet 75% of its electric power needs.

Manufacturing cement is energy-intensive and produces a lot of CO2 emissions. Each pound of concrete made releases 0.93 pounds of CO2. In fact, the cement industry is responsible for about 8% of global emissions – that’s far more than aviation, which sits at more than 2%.

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NJR Clean Energy Ventures owns and operates the floating solar farm, which covers 17 acres of the Canoe Brook reservoir in Short Hills, NJ.

The largest floating solar farm in North America is officially online

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New Jersey is host to an 8.9 megawatt (MW) floating solar farm – the largest floating solar array in North America.

NJR Clean Energy Ventures owns and operates the floating solar farm, which covers 17 acres of the Canoe Brook reservoir in Short Hills, New Jersey. NJR CEV and New Jersey American Water held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for the project yesterday.

The floating solar farm consists of 16,510 solar panels, and the clean power they generate is enough to power 1,400 homes annually. It will provide around 95% of the power needs for New Jersey American Water’s Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant.

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The CEC approved a state load shift goal of 7,000 MW by 2030, which is double current levels of demand flexibility and could power up to 7 million homes by the end of the decade without new power plants.

California’s 7 GW load shift goal is ‘starting gun’ for dramatic expansion in flexible demand

The California Energy Commission last week approved a state load shift goal of 7,000 MW by 2030, which is double current levels of demand flexibility and could power up to 7 million homes by the end of the decade without new power plants, according to the agency.

The goal, which comes from a requirement in state Senate Bill 846, passed last year, includes a series of measures including demand response programs and time-of-use rates that incentivize the use of electricity when it makes the most sense for customers and the grid.

The goal is “essentially the counterpart to the renewable portfolio standard,” said Cisco DeVries, CEO of OhmConnect. The RPS was “a giant starting gun for utility-scale renewable power… we’ll look back on this as a starting gun for dramatic expansion of flexible demand across the state,” he added.

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Including solar, wind & nuclear power as well as hydroelectricity via large dams, 59% of CA's electricity now comes from carbon-free sources.

California hits new record for renewable energy generation

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California has hit a new milestone in clean energy as the state continues to move away from fossil fuels in its decades-long effort to reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions.

In 2021, 37 percent of the state’s electricity was generated by renewable sources such as solar and wind — more than double the 16 percent total in 2012, according to new numbers released Thursday by the California Energy Commission.

More broadly, when nuclear power and hydroelectricity from large dams are included, 59 percent of California’s electricity now comes from carbon-free sources. The state has a goal of 90 percent by 2035 and 100 percent by 2045.

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Solar is emerging as an energy superpower with this year's investment in the sector ($380B) set to surpass spending on oil production ($370B) for the first time.

Global solar power investment to surpass oil for the first time

Solar is emerging as an energy superpower with this year’s investment in the sector ($380B) set to surpass spending on oil production ($370B) for the first time.

That’s according to Fatih Birol, executive director of the International Energy Agency, who said the

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