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Today’s Green Deals are full of new and return low prices, headlined by the first discount on Jackery’s new Explorer 240 v2 Portable Power Station at $199. It is joined by a Best Buy sale on Traeger pellet grills and smokers that can save you hundreds on your next backyard BBQ savior, the Pro 34 Pellet Grill and Smoker that is back at $500, as well as Anker’s popular SOLIX C1000 Portable Power Station that has returned to its $599 low for the second time. Plus, all the other hangover Green Deals that are still alive and well.

Head below for other New Green Deals we’ve found today and, of course, Electrek’s best EV buying and leasing deals. Also, check out the new Electrek Tesla Shop for the best deals on Tesla accessories.

First chance to save on Jackery’s new LiFePO4 Explorer 240 v2 Portable Power Station at $199

Following on the heels of yesterday’s discount on the new Jackery Solar Generator 1000 Plus Roam Kit, the official Jackery Amazon storefront is now offering its new Explorer 240 v2 Portable Power Station for $199 shippedafter clipping the on-page $50 off coupon. Normally fetching $249 since its release in April, this is the first official discount that we have tracked on this unit. It comes in today as a 20% markdown and sets the new rate for the all-time lowest price going forward. You’ll also find Jackery’s Explorer 240 v2 bundled along with a 40W mini solar panel for $319after clipping the on-page $30 off coupon.

Jackery’s upgraded Explorer 240 v2 comes engineered with a new LiFePO4 battery that provides an increased 256Wh capacity, 300W of output power, and five output ports to charge your devices (one AC, one USB-A, two USB-Cs, and one car port). Speaking of those USB-C ports, each of them can put out 100W of juice, even simultaneously, for fast charging action. You can completely recharge the station itself in two hours via a standard wall outlet, in three hours when connected to a 100W solar panel, or you can access its fast charge settings through the companion app to drop times down to one hour in emergencies. Plus, it has a handy little camping light for vision needs when out in the dark wilds of the world.

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Backyard cookouts are calling Traeger’s Pro 34 Pellet Grill and Smoker as it returns to $500 low

Best Buy is offering the Traeger Grills Pro 34 Pellet Grill and Smoker for $499.99 shipped, with Best Buy’s Member Deals Days event also taking an additional $25 off for paid Best Buy members, dropping the cost down to $474.99 shipped. Down from its usual $700 price tag, this model mainly saw a handful of short-lived discounts over the last year, with the majority repeating to $600 before 2024. It spent the first four months of the new year untouched by price changes while riding its MSRP, until it fell to the $500 low at the top of May. It comes in today as a repeat $200 markdown to break up the building stagnation since its previous discount, returning costs to the all-time lowest price we have tracked (or for members – to a new all-time low).

Summer is finally moving right in and with it comes one of the best pastimes of the season: backyard cookouts and BBQs. The Traeger Pro 34 arrives to keep the party full, sporting a large 884 square-inches of cooking space to cover the varying appetites of kids, adults, and maybe even a sneaky pet or two – with enough room to load up 8 chickens, 7 racks of ribs, or 40 burgers at once. It hits up to a maximum temperature of 450 degrees, which it achieves by utilizing wood pellets as a fuel source, giving your food maximum flavor while also reducing emissions to levels below that of charcoal. Grill, smoke, bake, roast, and even braise your favorite meals like a professional pit master – keeping the heat at your preferred settings with no worries thanks to its precision temperature control and the included meat probe.

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Anker’s SOLIX C1000 Portable Power Station returns to $599 low

Courtesy of the Anker Amazon storefront, you can once again find its popular SOLIX C1000 Portable Power Station for $599 shipped. Normally priced at $999, we’ve been seeing discounts slowly growing since the start of the new year, kicking off 2024 with short-lived $649 rates, followed by a few recurring drops to $629, slashed to $609 in May and further to the $599 low back at the top of the month. Today it returns to its all-time lowest price that we have tracked, giving you a solid $400 in savings. There’s also four bundle options to keep the savings rolling: grab the SOLIX C1000 with a 100W solar panel for $799, or a 200W solar panel instead for $899 – or you can bump it up to the 400W solar panel combo at $1,299. There’s also the chance to snag it along with a BP1000 expansion battery for $1,099. You’ll also find the expansion battery by itself at $529, down from $799.

Featuring a compact design that is “15% smaller than the industry average,” the SOLIX C1000 gives you a 1,056Wh capacity (2,112Wh with the extra battery option), a max power output of 2,400W, and 11 different output ports: one carport, two USB-A ports, two USB-C ports, and six AC outlets. It can be fully charged via a wall outlet in up to 58 minutes and can recharge in up to 1.8 hours with its max 600W solar input. Through the Anker app, you’ll be able to get real-time status updates, view your battery level, and set AC charging speeds.

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Other new Green Deals landing this week

The savings this week are also continuing to a collection of other markdowns. To the same tune as the offers above, these all help you take a more energy-conscious approach to your routine. Winter means you can lock in even better off-season price cuts on electric tools for the lawn while saving on EVs and tons of other gear.

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The first giant 15 MW turbine is up at Germany’s largest offshore wind farm

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The first giant 15 MW turbine is up at Germany’s largest offshore wind farm

Germany’s largest offshore wind farm under construction, EnBW’s He Dreiht, just hit a big milestone: The first enormous turbine is now up in the North Sea.

He Dreiht – which means “it spins” in Low German – is using Vestas’s massive 15 megawatt (MW) turbines, the first project in the world to install them. Just one spin of one of the rotors can generate enough electricity to power four households for an entire day.

When it’s finished, He Dreiht will have 64 mega turbines cranking out 960 megawatts (MW) of clean power – enough to supply around 1.1 million homes. And it’s being built without any government subsidies.

EnBW, one of Germany’s major energy companies, has been working in offshore wind for more than 15 years, but He Dreiht is their biggest project yet. “It will play a key role in helping us to significantly grow our renewable energy output from 6.6 GW to over 10 GW by 2030,” said Michael Class, who heads up EnBW’s generation portfolio development.

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The project is a win for Vestas, too. “With the installation of the first V236-15.0 MW, we have reached an important milestone for both the He Dreiht project and our offshore ramp-up, which helps Germany build a more secure, affordable, and sustainable energy system,” said Nils de Baar, president of Vestas Northern & Central Europe.

He Dreiht is located about 85 kilometers (53 miles) northwest of Borkum and 110 kilometers (68 miles) west of Helgoland. At peak times, more than 500 workers will be out at sea building the farm, using a fleet of more than 60 ships. EnBW’s offshore team in Hamburg is running the show.

The installation process is a major operation. The 64 foundations were already set in the seabed last year. Parts for the turbines are loaded onto the installation vessel Wind Orca in Esbjerg, Denmark, and shipped out in a 12-hour journey to the construction site. From there, the turbines are lifted into place. Meanwhile, crews are also working on internal wind farm cabling.

A partner consortium made up of Allianz Capital Partners, AIP, and Norges Bank Investment Management owns 49.9% of the shares in He Dreiht.

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Tesla gives update on Tesla Semi factory, says on track for volume production in 2026

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Tesla has released a quick update about its Tesla Semi factory in Nevada. It says that it is on track for volume production of the electric semi truck in 2026.

The Tesla Semi was first scheduled to go into production in 2019, but it has faced numerous delays.

Now, it appears that there is finally some momentum to bring it to volume production.

For the last two years, Tesla has been working to build a new factory next to Gigafactory Nevada, where it builds the battery packs and drive units for most of its electric vehicles built in North America.

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Today, Tesla released a “progress update on the factory, confirming that it finished building and it’s now working on deploying the production lines:

Tesla had previously mentioned aiming for volume production by 2025, but it is now only talking about starting production toward the end of the year and ramping up next year.

The automaker reiterated its planned production capacity of 50,000 units.

We recently reported that an early Tesla Semi customer, Ryder, stated that the electric truck program is experiencing more delays and a price increase described as “dramatic.”

They now expect to take deliveries of their first trucks later in 2026 and said that the price has increased “dramatically,” leading them to scale back their pilot program from 42 to 18 Tesla Semi trucks.

When originally unveiling the Tesla Semi in 2017, the automaker mentioned prices of $150,000 for a 300-mile range truck and $180,000 for the 500-mile version. Tesla also took orders for a “Founder’s Series Semi” at $200,000.

However, Tesla didn’t update the prices when launching the “production version” of the truck in late 2022. Price increases have been speculated, but the company has never confirmed them.

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Vietnamese solar giant Boviet opens first US factory in North Carolina

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Vietnamese solar giant Boviet opens first US factory in North Carolina

Vietnamese solar panel maker Boviet Solar just opened the doors to its first US factory — a huge new PV module plant in Greenville, North Carolina.

The company dropped $294 million into the state-of-the-art facility, which will pump out Boviet’s Gamma Series monofacial and Vega Series bifacial solar panels. They’re using advanced PERC and N-Type solar cell tech, which basically means these panels are built to deliver higher efficiency and better performance across residential, commercial, industrial, and utility-scale projects.

The Greenville factory’s first phase is now online with an annual PV module output capacity of 2 gigawatts (GW). For Phase 2, which is scheduled to come online in the second half of 2026, Boviet will invest another $100 million to add 600,000 square feet and ramp up to another 2 GW. It will make high-efficiency solar cells.

Once both phases are complete, Boviet’s campus will cover more than 1 million square feet of manufacturing and R&D space. It’s one of the biggest clean energy manufacturing projects North Carolina has ever seen.

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The jobs impact is significant, too. The first phase will create 460 skilled local jobs. Phase 2 is expected to add another 908, bringing the total to over 1,300 direct jobs, plus nearly 2,000 more indirect jobs across the region. That’s good news for Pitt County’s economy, real estate market, and workforce training programs.

“This facility is not just creating jobs, but creating opportunity, innovation, and a stronger foundation for eastern North Carolina,” said Senator Kandie Smith. Governor Josh Stein added that Boviet Solar’s move shows how North Carolina is leading the way in clean energy growth.

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