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Here’s why Wisconsin is rapidly switching from coal to solar

Wisconsin, a state that currently gets most of its electricity (42%) from coal, is quickly moving to adopt solar. The state currently has 20 solar farms under active development that will generate more than 2.2 gigawatts of power. Wisconsin’s solar future Michael Vickerman, policy director for nonprofit green energy promoter RENEW Wisconsin, says that’s enough capacity to account for roughly…
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EGEB: Japan to scrap gas-powered cars by mid-2030s

In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB): Japan aims to abolish gas-powered vehicles in the next 15 years. Massachusetts reaches a deal to make 40% of its electric power green by 2030. South Korea will replace all diesel trains with an electric bullet train by…
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Tesla (TSLA) stock surges to $700 billion valuation

Tesla (TSLA) stock start its first trading day of 2021 by surging 5% to a market capitalization of $700 billion for the first time. Tesla (TSLA) Stock Performance 2020 was a crazy year for Tesla’s stock. It went up 700% while raising billions of dollars on three occasions, going through a stock split, and being integrated into the S&P500. Tesla not only became the most valuable automaker…
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Tesla (TSLA) announces a new battery cell deal with Panasonic

Tesla (TSLA) has announced a new battery cell deal with Panasonic through an SEC filing today. It’s the latest of many recent moves from Tesla in an attempt to secure a large battery cell supply to support its ambitious expansion goals. Tesla Signs new Battery Supply Deal with Panasonic Early this morning, Tesla released a new SEC filing confirming that they signed a new “2021 Pricing…
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Quick Charge Podcast: January 2, 2021

Listen to a recap of the top stories of the day from Electrek. Quick Charge is available now on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, TuneIn and our RSS feed for Overcast and other podcast players. New episodes of Quick Charge are recorded Monday through Thursday and again on Saturday. Subscribe to our podcast in Apple Podcast or your favorite podcast player to guarantee new episodes are delivered as…
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