Michelle Lewis

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This California EV charging pilot saved drivers $200 a year and made the grid smarter | Electrek

1 day ago | electrek.co | Michelle Lewis

This California EV pilot cuts bills, boosts off-peak charging to 98%, and shows how smart rates can make the grid cleaner and cheaper for all.
Meyer Burger just shut down its US solar factory and laid off 282 workers [Update]

4 days ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has pulled the plug on its US solar module factory in Arizona and laid off nearly 300 workers; now, there’s more bad news. June 2, 2025: On Saturday, May 31, Meyer Burger announced that its subsidiaries in Germany have each filed for insolvency proceedings. As we wrote below last week, the employees in Hohenstein-Ernstthal in Saxony and Bitterfeld-Wolfen in Lower Saxony were furloughed last year, but they’ve now been laid off.
Meyer Burger just shut down its US solar factory and laid off 282 workers

1 week ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

Swiss solar manufacturer Meyer Burger has just pulled the plug on its US solar module factory in Arizona and laid off nearly 300 workers. On May 29, all 282 remaining employees at the Goodyear, Arizona, factory received termination notices, and operations were shut down immediately. The site was still in its ramp-up phase and had a planned annual production capacity of 1.4 gigawatts. Meyer Burger had just started assembling solar cells imported from its factory in Germany.
Texas just shot its wind + solar boom in the foot on purpose [Update]

1 week ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

Texas is No. 2 in the US for wind and solar capacity, but the Texas Senate passed a bill that aims to kneecap clean energy with an industry-killing review process. Here’s what happened in the House. May 28, 2025: The Senate passed SB 819, which would have created prohibitive new restrictions on wind and solar energy development that didn’t apply to any other form of energy. But it failed to meet deadlines that would have allowed it to progress in the House, so it’s now dead in the water.
US wind + solar outproduced coal and nuclear in Q1 2025 - EIA

1 week ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

All renewable energy sources, including wind + solar, produced more than a quarter of US electrical generation in Q1 2025 and provided nearly a third of total US electrical generation in March alone, according to US Energy Information Administration (EIA) data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. In EIA’s latest monthly “Electric Power Monthly” report (with data through March 31, 2025), the data confirmed that solar continues to be the fastest-growing source of electricity.
Zurich Airport found a smart new way to squeeze out more solar power

2 weeks ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

Zurich Airport is testing out an innovative new way to make solar power: vertical solar fences. The Swiss airport, which already uses rooftop solar panels, has now installed upright solar panels on a security fence near its heating facility. The solar arrays generate power from both sides, capturing sunlight throughout the day. That dual-sided design can boost power output by 10 to 30% compared to traditional flat panels. Plus, they double as functional fences.
TotalEnergies just went big on solar with its largest project in Europe

2 weeks ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

TotalEnergies has officially opened its largest solar power installation in Europe, and it’s a big one. The massive solar cluster is located just outside Seville in southern Spain and is made up of five solar farms. Together, they have a total capacity of 263 megawatts (MW) – enough to generate 515 gigawatt-hours (GWh) of clean electricity each year. That’s about as much power as 150,000 homes in Spain use annually. Even better?
India's Waaree to double its solar module output at its Texas factory [update]

3 weeks ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

India’s Waaree Energies doubled Texas production in April to counter US solar tariffs – now it’s investing hundreds of millions more. May 15, 2025: Waaree Solar Americas, a wholly owned subsidiary of Waaree Energies, has announced that it will invest an additional $200 million in battery energy storage. This raises Waaree’s total US solar and storage investment to $1.2 billion.
FERC: Solar + wind made up 98% of new US power generating capacity in Q1 2025

3 weeks ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

Solar and wind accounted for almost 98% of new US electrical generating capacity added in Q1 2025, according to new Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) data reviewed by the SUN DAY Campaign. Solar and wind also made up an impressive 100% of new capacity in March, and March was the 19th consecutive month in which solar was the largest source of new capacity.
Porsche just added 97,000 more charging stations to its app

3 weeks ago | evdriven.com | Michelle Lewis

Porsche Cars North America has integrated over 97,000 more charging stations into its app, streamlining its Porsche Charging Service. That brings the total number of EV charging stations available to Porsche Charging Service customers in the US to 102,000, with more scheduled to be added in 2025. That means Porsche drivers can now use the My Porsche app as a one-stop shop to easily find, use, and pay at most J1772 and CCS charging stations.