June 2022 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

Navajo home swaps alkaline batteries for lead-acid as part of Sandia Labs demo

More than 15,000 residents live without grid-supplied electricity on the Navajo Nation, which spans 17.5 million acres across parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. To address their needs, the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has installed 500 solar PV and energy storage systems of various kinds to date. Sales and marketing month sponsor Get Aurora …

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ROTH: Customs detains solar module shipment under UFLPA

Policy / By Staff

Customs and Border Patrol has detained a large shipment of quartzite, the raw material for making polysilicon, from an unnamed Tier 1 solar module supplier. June 30, 2022 According to a recent industry note from ROTH Capital Partners’ Managing Director, Phil Shen, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has detained a large shipment of material …

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Advocates say solar industry will take a hit from Supreme Court EPA decision

Industry / By Staff

On June 30, the Supreme Court issued a final decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The SCOTUS majority found the EPA does not have the authority to regulate power plant greenhouse gas emissions. Solar advocates reacted with unanimous disdain. “While many top corporations are stepping up and taking ownership of their carbon …

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Court Decision Leaves Biden With Few Tools to Combat Climate Change

News / By Staff

WASHINGTON — One by one, the tools available to President Biden to fight climate change are being stripped away. After a Supreme Court decision on Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency will have less authority to limit carbon dioxide from power plants, a major source in this country of the pollution that is dangerously heating the …

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Alkaline batteries power off-grid home in Navajo Nation

Installation / By Staff

The home chosen for the first demonstration system can use its solar system when the sun is shining and the charged battery when it’s not, even when temperatures spike well over 100 F. June 30, 2022 A family living off grid in the Navajo Nation in Arizona is using a new 13 kWh energy storage …

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Leeward closes financing for Rabbitbrush Solar Project, its first solar + storage facility

Projects / By Staff

Leeward Renewable Energy closed $58.5 million in construction financing and secured tax equity commitments for its Rabbitbrush Solar Facility located in Kern County, Calif., which is currently under construction. When completed, will have a solar generation capacity of 100 MW and the project also integrates a 20 MW, 50 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), …

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Solar FlexRack chosen for Arizona Community Solar project

Installation / By Staff

The 15 MW Raptor Ridge solar array features 35,500 bifacial modules housed on Solar FlexRack single-axis trackers. June 30, 2022 The newest community solar program in Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) generation portfolio was constructed using Solar FlexRack’s single-axis trackers, according to news from Solar FlexRack. The 15 MW Raptor Ridge solar array was commissioned this …

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Solar net metering on track to end in Indiana

Industry / By Staff

Effective July 1, Indiana customers who pay an electric bill to one of the five Indiana investor-owned utilities — Duke Energy Indiana, Indiana Michigan Power, NIPSCO, CenterPoint (formerly known as Vectren), or AES Indiana (formerly known as Indianapolis Power & Light) — will no longer be allowed to participate in net metering when they install …

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War pushes Ukraine to deploy solar

Policy / By Staff

New small-capacity solar power plants are being developed in Ukraine to avoid blackouts, which is helping businesses to stay afloat amid dire economic conditions. June 30, 2022 A 13.9 KW Tesla Powerwall solar plant, donated to Ukraine by Elon Musk, was recently installed in Borodyanka, a town in Kyiv region. “In the de-occupied territories most …

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Sunrise brief: Delaware launches free solar panel program for low-income households

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