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RECHARGE news | April 03, 2020

Automotive giant Toyota unveiled plans to enter the renewable power generation industry after a deal to set up Toyota Green Energy with a Japanese utility. Toyota – one of the world’s largest auto manufacturers and a pioneer of electric vehicles (EVs) with its Prius hybrid model – said the new company will run wind and solar plants in Japan to help the group meet its 2050 environmental ambitions. The auto-maker will own 50% of Toyota Green Energy, with power utility partner Chubu Electric holdin...

ARLnow | January 28, 2020

Arlington County is set to take a big step toward meeting some of its ambitious renewable energy goals. The county, which is working to become carbon-neutral by 2050, is joining Amazon in purchasing power from a new solar array in rural Virginia. The County Board is set to vote tonight on purchasing 31.7 percent of the output of a planned, 120 megawatt facility — dubbed the “Amazon Arlington Solar Farm Virginia” — in Pittsylvania County. “The proposed agreement would support construction of a s...

Theverge | May 20, 2020

Panasonic is restarting production at Tesla’s Buffalo, New York solar panel factory this week. Employees will also have to go through a pandemic safety training before their first shift. Read More

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CenterPoint Energy | June 06, 2022

CenterPoint Energy recently announced that its green hydrogen project in Minneapolis is operational. The project uses renewable electricity to safely split hydrogen from water, and the zero-carbon hydrogen is then blended at low concentrations with natural gas in the utility's local distribution system. CenterPoint Energy is one of the first natural gas utilities in the United States to produce and add green hydrogen to its distribution system. Because there are no carbon emis...