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Clean energy news: April 2022

April 28, 2022

Queen Creek is new home for high-tech battery facility; Arizona lawmakers pass bill to restrict competition in electricity market; how businesses can cash in on infrastructure dollars coming to Arizona; utility company makes progress on infrastructure for Taiwan Semiconductor project in north Phoenix; federal infrastructure funds are flowing into Arizona — how local businesses tap in; study looks at attitudes toward plastic, sustainability and climate change; Valley solar services company plans further push into rental market after $20M raise; how the Phoenix East Valley is transforming electric vehicles industry; recycling solar panels is complicated — here’s how one Yuma company does it; energy companies engage Utilicast to oversee strategic improvement planning; science needs data to solve problems — climate change is making that harder; how high gasoline prices are affecting transportation across Arizona; how EVs will revolutionize transportation needs for small businesses; and Intel pledges net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2040.

Clean energy news: March 2022

March 23, 2022

Battle Approved Motors proves health of electric vehicle market during tumultuous time for investors; local opinion: the climate crisis now – we need to invest in solutions; we need a statewide plan for an EV charging network; Environmental Protection Agency awards Arizona schools $320k to purchase cleaner buses; solar co-op launches for Maricopa County businesses and homeowners to go solar; the Russian oil embargo proves we need a clean energy revolution; Universal Technical Institute enlists help in effort to expand electrical vehicle training; under the hood at Legacy EV, a Tempe startup that helps convert classic cars to electric vehicles; Erthos raises large sum of money for earth-mounted solar panels and cleaning robot; what it means to hold businesses accountable for climate change; as gasoline prices tick up in Arizona, stoked by war abroad, demand for electric vehicles could grow; and ElectraMeccanica – which is building Valley factory – gets initial fleet order from restaurant franchise.

Clean energy news: February 2022

February 24, 2022

As Arizona-built electric cars win praise, Lucid ramps up hiring and seeks workforce to help from state; Build Back Better Plan gives Arizona 55,000 new clean tech jobs, Anheuser Busch delivers new era of beer with Nikola and BYD Motors zero-emission fleet; East Valley mayors ask Sinema for support in expanding electric vehicle sector and infrastructure; Arizona to get millions to develop EV-charging network; Arizona’s future depends on climate action; groundwater and electric school buses are among environmental issues at the Legislature; how governors races may change energy, from EVs to renewables; hydrogen fuel supplier proposes Casa Grande facility; Kore Power signs multi-year supply agreement to provide batteries for fleet electrification solutions; 4 ways to create a carbon-neutral Arizona; Atlis Motor Vehicles opens $10M crowdfunding campaign; and in surprise vote, Arizona Corporation Commission rejects clean energy rules.

Clean energy news: January 2022

January 25, 2022

SRP announces wind farm to be developed north of Flagstaff; Nikola gets key California incentive approval as it lines up more buyers; global supply chain expert Seema Phull joins KORE Power as chief operating officer to support rapid growth of KORE’s U.S. lithium-ion battery manufacturing; new electric car chargers in downtown Tucson meet growing need; MotorTrend names Arizona-based Lucid Air its Car of the Year; Silicon Valley Bank pledges $5B for cleantech investments, says it will be carbon neutral by 2025; Go Solar, Titan Solar Power team up to expand installations nationally; Amazon becomes the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy globally; here’s what you need to know about the Phoenix Climate Action Plan; here’s why the Build Back Better Plan can help deliver the ‘Sustainable Valley’; Phoenix buses may go electric; Peoria tries autonomous shuttle as batteries improve; clean-energy giant Enphase acquires Scottsdale software company; and Meyer Burger to establish solar module manufacturing facility in Goodyear.

Clean energy news: December 2021

December 15, 2021

Proposed energy rules would strengthen state’s competitive edge; Zero Electric Vehicles partners with AAMCO Transmissions and Total Car Care to electrify vehicles; Arizona regulators poised to vote on new state clean-energy rules; new battery storage facilities coming to Phoenix as U.S. fights China’s production dominance; Amazon investing in 274 renewable energy projects globally, including solar projects in Arizona; Phoenix conglomerate eyes electric vehicle market with battery company acquisition; Kore Power CEO Lindsay Gorrill is taking charge and building a battery manufacturing ecosystem in Arizona; why Lucid and Rivian have a real shot at becoming the next Tesla; massive, 2,800-acre solar project planned for West Valley near Tonopah; why Arizona needs a statewide renewable energy plan; 4 ways Phoenix benefits from the infrastructure bill; and electric car investment could zoom past $500B and Arizona is riding shotgun.