By: Nadia Lathan BUCKHOLTS, Texas (AP) — On rural Texas farmland, beneath hundreds of rows of solar panels, a troop of stocky sheep rummage through pasture, casually bumping into one another as they remain committed to a single task: chewing grass. The booming solar industry has found an unlikely mascot in sheep as large-scale solar farms crop … Continue Reading
(Marli Miller/UCG/Universal Images Group via Getty Images) By: Akielly Hu In northeastern Oregon, nearly 9,500 acres of farmland will soon be transformed into a 1,200-megawatt solar project. State regulators approved Sunstone Solar, the nation’s largest proposed solar-plus-storage facility, last fall. Once up and running, the project will include up to 7,200 megawatt-hours of storage, and its nearly four million solar panels … Continue Reading
Calling All Community College Student Innovators! Do you know a student with an entrepreneurial spirit and an interest in STEM? The American Association of Community Colleges, in partnership with the National Science Foundation, is inviting community college students to participate in the 2025 Community College Innovation Challenge (CCIC). The CCIC is a national competition where … Continue Reading
Coming Soon! The past four years, CREATE has sponsored the Call for Innovative Ideas, highlighting the outstanding work faculty have done to integrate technology, engage students with industry-relevant tools, and create student-centered, hands-on courses. This year we are excited to announce our line up of Innovation presentations. These webinars are 30 minutes and showcase the … Continue Reading
This Webinar is Complete Join Illumination Solar Training Systems as we showcase our innovative, mobile solar training labs designed to prepare the next generation of solar professionals. Developed by solar industry experts, these labs deliver real-world, hands-on training to build installation skills and tool familiarity—benefiting both students and technical colleges. Our turn-key, portable systems feature … Continue Reading
Inside the module manufacturing line at First Solar by Michael Bates The U.S. added a record-breaking 9.3 GW of new solar module manufacturing capacity in the third quarter, including five new or expanded factories in Alabama, Florida, Ohio and Texas. Total U.S. solar module manufacturing capacity is now nearly 40 GW. The latest U.S. Solar Market … Continue Reading
(Florian Hirzinger – www.fh-ap.com, CC BY-SA 3.0 , via Wikimedia Commons) by Stanley Dunlap, Georgia Recorder Georgia Power projects that over the next decade the state will be leading the nation’s second industrial revolution, led by artificial intelligence boosting data centers, which could triple the state’s energy consumption. According to Georgia Power’s projections, the company’s … Continue Reading
This Webinar is Complete The Couillard Solar Foundation is on a mission to bring solar energy to as many communities, schools and nonprofits in WI as possible. This webinar will cover our innovative approach of providing bifacial solar panels as a grant directly to projects, solar canopy and pavilion structures, and educational outreach programs around the … Continue Reading
Workers install battery packs in a BMW X5 in South Carolina. A new battery plant under construction nearby will supply BMW factories. (Credit: BMW) Construction is on track for the biggest factories, with over 23,000 jobs planned The United States is in the midst of the biggest boom in clean energy manufacturing investments in history, … Continue Reading
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the 2024 Clean Energy Education & Empowerment (C3E) Awards, honoring nine women for outstanding leadership and accomplishments in clean energy. The C3E Initiative aims to close the gender gap and increase the participation, leadership, and success of women in clean energy fields. In its 13th … Continue Reading
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