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First Solar has announced plans to build the largest solar panel factory in the United States, reports Electrek. The facility - whose location is still being decided - will launch next year and have an annual capacity of 3.7 GW.
Swedish green steel startup Stegra will survive after securing new financing, explains Canary Media. Stegra is building an innovative hydrogen-fueled plant in northern Sweden to produce low-carbon steel, which is currently 60% complete.
A new study has confirmed that electric vehicles (EVs) are environmentally superior to their gasoline-engined counterparts, notes ABC News. Gasoline vehicles were found to cause twice as much environmental damage as EVs, which repay their carbon debt in only two years.
Three Just Stop Oil activists have been cleared of all charges relating to their infamous Stonehenge protest last year, relays The Guardian. The trio sprayed orange cornflour on the Neolithic monument to raise awareness of climate change, which provoked outrage but caused no lasting damage.
The practice of pairing solar farms with cattle ranching may be about to take off, reveals Inside Climate News. So-called vaccovoltatics could conserve land by dual-purposing pastureland to generate both electricity and food.
Brazil recorded an 11% drop in its Amazon deforestation rate in the year to July, according to AP News. The rate is now at its lowest in a decade.
