Georgia On My Mind: Senate Runoffs & Renewables
The Georgia Senatorial elections have the potential to impact local, state, and federal climate policies significantly.
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Georgia Sends Renewable Energy Love Letter To Rust Belt State
A just transition to the 2035 decarbonization goal is achievable by planning ahead for the renewable energy workforce of tomorrow.
Tesla Owners In Atlanta Will Shut Down A Georgia Highway For A Guinness Record Attempt…
This weekend in Atlanta, Tesla owners will be shutting down a large portion of the GA 400 highway — with permission, of course. In this two-part event, the first part will be a Guinness World Record attempt for the Longest Tesla Parade which is a title currently held by Tesla owners in China.
Georgia, What Have Republican Senators Done For You?
We have a big special election coming up in Georgia in January, an election that will decide who represents Georgia in the US Senate. Both senators for the State of Georgia will need to be chosen.
SK Innovation Accelerates Hiring At Its 1st US-Based EV Battery Site In Georgia
With the support of the State of Georgia, Jackson County and City of Commerce, SK Innovation today announced it plans to hire more than 1,000 skilled American workers by the end of 2021 as it prepares for initial production at the first of two electric vehicle battery plants being built in Commerce, about 70 miles northeast of Atlanta.
Voices of 100%: Pandemic Pauses Clean Energy Planning In Georgia
With city and state budgets stretched to their limits, families struggling to stay afloat, and one all-absorbing crisis on everyone’s mind, can clean energy planning proceed in a pandemic?
A Georgia Town Gets Half Of Its Electricity From President Jimmy Carter’s Solar Farm
Plains, Georgia, is a small town that is just south of Columbus, Macon, and Atlanta and north of Albany. It is the hometown of former United States President Jimmy Carter. On his farmland, there were once nut and soybean crops that would stretch their fingers to the ends of the horizons as if reaching for the unknown. Those have been replaced by 3,852 solar panels that provide clean energy for over half of Plains, GA.
University of Georgia Getting 20 More Electric Buses, Bringing Fleet To 33
The University of Georgia (UGA) has plans to add more electric buses on its campus and to host the largest fleet of electric buses out of all the universities in the nation.
Bill Introduced To Reinstate Georgia EV Tax Credit
Recently, Georgia State Representative Todd Jones (R – South Forsyth) introduced HB 732, which would reinstate the state’s tax credit for electric vehicles. If the bill is made law, the tax credit would be $2,500 for new electric vehicles, plug-in hybrids and zero-emission vehicles. The state of Georgia had an EV tax credit of $5,000 but it was ended in 2015. Representative Jones answered some questions about his proposed legislation for CleanTechnica.
University of Georgia Orders 20 Electric Buses from Proterra
While an order of 20 electric buses still not be at “China level,” that’s a pretty huge order in the US, especially for a university bus fleet.
