December 19, 2022 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

CPUC Awards Third Round of Grants to Local Governments To Help Close the Digital Divide

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today announced it has made its third round of awards for State broadband funds to local governments by providing $5.75 million in broadband technical assistance grants to 16 local governments to support efforts to close the digital divide. These are in addition to grants announced earlier this month. Eight …

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Air-source heat pump for cold climates

Markets / By Staff

From pv magazine global Johnson Controls is developing residential heat pumps for cold climates, under the U.S. Department of Energy’s Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge. The heating tech manufacturer currently offers two residential heat pumps that meet the U.S. Northeast Energy Efficiency Partnerships (NEEP) Cold Climate Air Source Heat Pump specification – the York YZV …

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Most-read news stories of 2022

Policy / By Staff

What a year it has been for the U.S. solar industry and for pv magazine usa, which had the highest readership in its history. Here we share what sparked our readers’ interest in 2022. December 19, 2022 Throughout 2022, which turned out to be a blockbuster year for the U.S. solar industry, our readers kept …

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Kayne Anderson Capital launches renewable energy index fund

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With experience in the midstream oil and gas segment, Kayne Anderson is launching an index fund for listed renewable energy infrastructure companies. December 19, 2022 Kayne Anderson Capital Advisors, an energy private equity investment firm, announced the launch of the Kayne Anderson Renewable Infrastructure Index (Ticker: KRII) in conjunction with S&P Dow Jones Indices. The …

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White House releases IRA program guidebook

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On Friday, the White House released Building a Clean Energy Economy: A Guidebook to the Inflation Reduction Act’s Investments in Clean Energy and Climate Action. The guide is a quick access tool with high level descriptions of the many incentives found in the act, and links to the official documents. The document is arranged in …

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Growatt releases new LFP battery for residential and commercial applications

Industry / By Staff

Growatt has released its new APX HV cobalt-free LiFePO4 battery to the global market. Integrated with soft-switching parallel connection technology, the new battery solution stores more energy by eliminating the effect of the energy mismatch between packs, allowing each module to fully charge and discharge independently. The APX also provides flexibility for installation and expansion …

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Fintech meets solar: Raise Green revolutionizes local impact investment and development

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Raise Green is a crowd funding platform providing tools and resources for individuals to directly participate in community solar as well as various clean energy deployments. December 19, 2022 Sustainable investing has gone mainstream. A 2021 Morgan Stanley survey found that among individual investors, an astonishing 99% of millennials and 79% of the general population …

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A year of solar industry proposals to clear interconnection queue logjams

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One of the greatest challenges for large-scale solar and storage this year has been interconnection, with the solar industry responding vigorously. Solar developers first sounded the alarm, with nearly 90% of survey respondents saying interconnection delays and costs pose the biggest barrier to utility-scale renewables. Interconnection studies “could be completed in months instead of years,” said trade groups SEIA, …

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To make room for more distributed solar and storage, New Mexico to require smart inverters

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Requiring smart inverters will enable more customers to install rooftop solar and storage without paying for grid upgrades. New Mexico also enabled interconnection of more storage by following guidance in the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s BATRIES report. December 14, 2022 New Mexico will require smart inverters for new distributed solar and storage, joining several other states in …

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Sunrise brief: Testing prairie and pollinator agrivoltaics at a former nuclear power site

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