Headline News:
- JinkoSolar Holdings, the world’s largest solar panel maker, is thought to ship a little over 20% of its product to the US. Now that the US is imposing tariffs on Chinese solar products, Jinko plans to sell products elsewhere. It expects production to increase by about 30% this year to 13,500 MW for sales in emerging markets. [Nikkei Asian Review]
Solar array in China
- “National flood insurance is underwater because of outdated science” • The National Flood Insurance Program, which is run by FEMA, is struggling because it is trapped in a downward spiral of ballooning claims without the resources to cover them. And the Senate is failing to hammer out reforms that address the changing math of flood risk. [Salon]
- Hawaii, with its population of nearly 1.5 million, had less than 7,000 electric vehicles registered across the state in January. But the Hawaiian Electric Co believes that number will explode to more than 430,000 EVs on Oahu alone by 2045, according to Brennon Morioka, the utility’s general manager for electrification of transportation. [Honolulu Civil Beat]
- Jobs in the Minnesota solar industry increased from 1,995 to 4,256 between 2015 and 2017, a report finds. About half of the jobs were focused on installation. Hennepin County had the most solar jobs by far, totaling 2,767 position in 2017, according to the report by the Solar Foundation. The growth is counter to a nationwide decline. [BusinessNorth.com]
- National Park Service officials have deleted every mention of humans’ role in causing climate change in drafts of a report on sea level rise and storm surge that has been long awaited. Interior Secretary Ryan Zinke vowed to Congress that his department is not censoring science. The report has been altered as its release was held up for ten months. [Reveal]
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April 2 Green Energy News posted first on Green Energy Times
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