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Salt River Project announces wind farm to be developed north of Flagstaff

Salt River Project announced Thursday a wind farm will be developed north of Flagstaff that will produce enough energy to power about 40,000 homes. The Arizona utility contracted with a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources to purchase the 161-megawatt wind farm that will be developed on the Babbitt Ranches property and be known as the “Babbitt Ranch Energy Center,” according to a press release. Read more >>

 

Nikola gets key California incentive approval as it lines up more buyers

Phoenix-based zero-emissions maker Nikola Corp. has won a key approval from the state of California, making its battery-powered semitruck eligible for a state voucher incentive. The California Air Resources Board, or CARB, announced this week the incentive eligibility, meaning that purchasers of the Nikola Tre battery-electric vehicle, or BEV, can reduce their cost by $120,000 per truck using the incentive. Read more >>

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

KORE Power, the U.S.-based developer and manufacturer of battery cell technology, today announced that Seema Phull has joined the company as chief operations officer. As COO, Ms. Phull will play a critical role in the manufacturing and delivering of KORE’s U.S.-made lithium-ion battery cells and the operation of the KOREPlex battery manufacturing facility in Arizona. Ms. Phull is a transformational leader with more than twenty years of management consulting and industry experience in the high-tech manufacturing, consumer goods, and aerospace defense sectors, focusing on global supply chains and operations. Read more >>

New electric-car chargers in downtown Tucson meet growing need

Electric vehicle drivers will have more options to recharge while in downtown Tucson, thanks to a new bank of chargers installed by Hotel Congress that is seen as a model for other businesses. The landmark downtown entertainment venue and hotel on Tuesday christened two of four planned new public EV chargers in an adjacent lot on East Toole Avenue, in a collaboration with the nonprofit small-business advocacy group Local First Arizona. Read more >>

 

MotorTrend names Arizona-based ‘Lucid Air’ its ‘Car of the Year’

MotorTrend’s 2022 “car of the year” is a sedan made right here in Arizona. It’s the Lucid Air, manufactured by Lucid Motors in Casa Grande. Mike Boike, Senior Director of Manufacturing at Lucid Motors, told us more about this award-winning car. “We are extremely excited to win that MotorTrend ‘car of the year’ award, it’s not easily done, the competition is fierce for that and 24 major automotive makers competing for that award this year. First time the history of MotorTrend that a new automotive maker has won that ‘car of the year’ so it’s a big deal,” Boike said. Read more >>

Silicon Valley Bank pledges $5B for cleantech investments, says it will be carbon neutral by 2025

Silicon Valley Bank on Monday said it plans to provide at least $5 billion by 2027 in loans, investments and other financing to support sustainability efforts. The Santa Clara-based banking unit of SVB Financial Group Inc. (Nasdaq:SIVB), which has major operations in Tempe, also set a goal of achieving carbon neutral operations by 2025. It said it plans to have its operations running 100% on renewable electricity by that date, as well. Read more >>

Go Solar, Titan Solar Power team up to expand installations nationally

Go Solar Group is joining with Titan Solar Power as part of its national installation team. Founded in Utah, Go Solar Group has commercial and residential solar installation crews in Nevada, Texas and New Mexico. Go Solar Group’s installation partnership with Titan Solar Power expands its solar installation access to Arizona, Colorado, Florida, California, Missouri, Illinois, New Jersey, Virginia, Georgia, and North Carolina and South Carolina. Read more >>

 

Amazon becomes the largest corporate buyer of renewable energy globally

Amazon headquarters announced 18 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects across the U.S., Finland, Germany, Italy, Spain, and the U.K., totaling 5.6 gigawatts (GW) of procured capacity to date in 2021. Amazon now has 274 renewable energy projects globally and is on a path to power 100% of its business operations with renewable energy by 2025 — five years earlier than its original 2030 commitment. These new utility-scale wind and solar projects bring the company’s total committed renewable electricity production capacity to more than 12 GW and 33,700 gigawatt hours (GWh) when the projects become fully operational, or electricity output equivalent to powering more than 3 million American homes for a year. Read more >>

Here’s what you need to know about the Phoenix Climate Action Plan

Locals are familiar with extended days of extreme heat in the summer – but they might not realize the average temperature in Phoenix has increased 4.3 degrees Fahrenheit since the 1970s, according to Climate Central. The rising heat, along with the ongoing megadrought and persistently poor air quality, are driving issues behind how the country’s fifth-largest city plans to address climate change. Read more >>

My View: Build Back Better Plan can help deliver the ‘Sustainable Valley’

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act is good for Arizona, but the Build Back Better Act is better. The BBBA would multiply the number of good-paying jobs created in our state’s leading electric vehicle, solar, and other clean energy industries. In fact, more than 50% of Arizonans want to see the BBBA pass the Senate because it will create millions of new, good-paying jobs in fields such as manufacturing and transportation, which contribute a combined 40% to Arizona’s GDP.  Read more >>

Phoenix buses may go electric, Peoria tries autonomous shuttle as batteries improve

Phoenix is considering switching to battery electric public buses as technology improves and as running the buses in hot weather becomes more feasible. It will be a long and initially costly process, since Phoenix has hundreds of city buses and electric buses are more expensive, but the Phoenix City Council believes it’s worth it as they try to put the city on a path to meeting a new long-term carbon neutral goal. Valley Metro, which operates most of the other public buses in Maricopa County, is also exploring how to eventually make the switch. Read more >>

Clean-energy giant Enphase acquires Scottsdale software company

A Scottsdale software company that focuses on cleantech industry services has been acquired by a renewable energy giant. 365 Pronto Inc. announced that Enphase Energy Inc (Nasdaq: ENPH), a supplier of micro inverter-based solar and battery systems, recently closed on the acquisition. 365 Pronto had not yet responded to a Business Journal request to provide financial details of the buyout. 365 Pronto makes a predictive software platform to help the owners of clean-energy technology businesses — including installers, asset owners and manufacturers — connect with local technicians and other qualified workers to service equipment. Read more >>

Meyer Burger to establish solar module manufacturing facility in Goodyear

Meyer Burger Technology AG announced today that the company is establishing a production site for high-performance solar modules in Goodyear. The investment is an important step in meeting Meyer Burger’s commitments to produce modules near end-customers, source material from regional suppliers, and improve overall sustainability by reducing transportation emissions and optimizing the carbon footprint of the company’s solar modules. The development of a manufacturing facility in Arizona will provide flexibility, ease of access, and resilience for Meyer Burger’s customers in the growing North American market. Read more >>

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