No longer the new kids on the block, large-format solar modules (LFMs) have become the industry standard for new, utility-scale solar installations, with the conversation now shifting to what the optimal wafer size is: 210mm or 182mm. And while manufacturers, developers, and EPCs have an extra year of experience under their belts working with and …
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Less affluent households are adopting residential solar but higher incomes found among solar-plus-storage users. March 3, 2022 Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released the latest edition of the annual report, Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends. The report looks at 2.3 million residential solar adopters across the country in 2020, representing 82% of all US systems. …
1,376 kW Community Solar Garden in St. Cloud, Minnesota. New Energy Equity ALLETE announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire 100% of the membership interests of New Energy Equity for approximately $165.5 million, subject to a working capital adjustment. New Energy Equity, with headquarters in Annapolis, Maryland, has completed more than 250 projects …
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McCarthy Building Companies recently reached its peak workforce on the Arrow Canyon Solar project, a 274-MW solar and a 91 MW, 455 MWh DC-coupled battery energy storage system facility located on Moapa River Indian Reservation located near Moapa, Nevada. Secured as the EPC contractor by EDF Renewables to construct the 1,387-acre project, there are currently over 200 team members …
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Also on the rise: New York town plans floating-solar demonstration project. SB energy procures 1.5GW of First Solar modules. Solar Jobs Census seeks participants. Verizon Communications issues fourth green bond. Solarizing houses of worship in communities of color nationwide. Arizona Senate controls the fate of Phoenix anti-solar rate.
Two bills moving their way through the House and Senate of Florida threaten to slash the value of Net Energy Metering. The bills are being described as a knockout punch to the industry and have strong bipartisan opposition. March 2, 2022 A battle of solar net energy metering (NEM) has been raging in several states …
The United States electric grid is becoming older by the day. In 2020 there were over 180 power disruptions. Just 20 years ago, there were only roughly 24. A report that came out last year from the American Society of civil engineers found that 70% of transmission and distribution lines are past the second half …
The U.S. Electric Grid Is Failing – San Diego Impacted Hardest Read More »
Emergent Solar Energy Today, the Indiana General Assembly passed SB 411, which allows local communities to voluntarily adopt regulations that will qualify them as a wind- or solar-ready community. Clean Grid Alliance applauds the Indiana State Legislature for supporting a statewide siting standard that will help facilitate renewable energy development in the state while helping …
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RE-volv, Green The Church, and Interfaith Power & Light to discover new approaches to solarize houses of worship in communities of color nationwide. March 2, 2022 RE-volv, Green The Church, and Interfaith Power & Light are partnering to increase solar adoption by houses of worship led by Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) by …
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As the Virginia State Corporation Commission crafts final rules for the Commonwealth’s new shared solar program, advocates warn the latest proposal is anti-consumer and anti-business. Virginia’s shared solar law requires each program participant to pay a “minimum bill” to reflect the costs of participating in a shared solar project. The State Corporation Commission’s (SCC) Hearing …
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