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Private and public electric vehicle supply equipment (EVSE) are essential to the transformation of the transportation sector, yet associated expenses outside of the actual hardware, software, and construction called “soft costs” are not well understood. A new multilaboratory initiative led by the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) aims to find pathways to reduce soft costs for EVSE installation.

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Nestlé announced it invested in Stampede, a nearly 2,600 acre solar project in Hopkins County, Texas.

Meta Platforms signed a long-term Environmental Attributes Purchase Agreement for an Indiana solar array.

Tech company Google signed a strategic long-term agreement initially covering 1.5GWp of solar project development until 2030 and with an option for future expansion.

Toyota Tsusho America (TAI) announced the beginning of construction on its 159-megawatt (MW)/125-MW Norton Solar Project in Runnels County, Texas.

Clean Harbors, Inc, a provider of environmental and industrial services, avoided more than double the GHG emissions generated by the company’s operations in 2023.

CarMax, a retailer of used cars, became an anchor customer and subscribed its Buffalo and Albany stores in New York to a community solar farm.

Construction began on the town of Eagle’s new 749-kilowatt solar array at its wastewater treatment and lower basin water treatment facilities in Colorado.

A 7-MW DC ground-mount solar power project known as the Oak Orchard project has entered the development stage on a 23-acre site located in Clay, New York.