May 16, 2023 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

We Recycle Solar unveils largest PV recycling plant in the nation

We Recycle Solar announced it has expanded its Yuma, Arizona-based operation to tackle the growing environmental challenge of solar panel waste. The company specializes in the highly technical task of solar panel removal, decommissioning, recycling and processing for reuse and is the nation’s only solar recycler fully permitted by the federal EPA to handle hazardous …

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Biden Vetoes Legislation That Would Reinstate Tariffs on Some Solar Panels

News / By Staff

President Biden vetoed legislation on Tuesday that would have reinstated tariffs on solar panels from Chinese companies in Southeast Asia that had been found to be imported into the United States in violation of trade rules. The Senate narrowly passed the resolution this month, with several key Democrats supporting the measure, in a sharp rebuke …

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Solar powers more than crops at Newton Community Farm in MA

Projects / By Staff

Working with the city of Newton, Massachusetts, and Newton Community Farm, Resonant Energy and ACE Solar completed the installation of a 10.8 kW solar array with battery backup system on the barn at 303 Nahanton Street. This state-of-the-art system will provide renewable energy for the farm’s operations, allowing them to power their activities and grow …

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ACE Solar, Resonant Energy complete solar + storage system for Massachusetts community farm

Industry / By Staff

Resonant Energy and ACE Solar have completed a solar + storage system for the Newton Community Farm in Massachusetts. Newton Community Farm places an emphasis on sustainability, and now the site can power its operations with renewable energy. For Newton Community Farm, this solar project is the culmination of many years of work and persistence …

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President Biden vetoes legislation to repeal moratorium on solar tariffs

Policy / By Staff

Biden vetoed the repeal, saying it would undermine the efforts to ramp up domestic manufacturing to support a burgeoning solar industry and would create uncertainty for businesses and workers in the U.S. solar industry. May 16, 2023 In June of 2022, when President Biden implemented a two-year tariff exemption on solar modules made in Cambodia, …

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Mining operation to use solar-plus-storage project to offset 50% of energy usage

Installation / By Staff

Imerys is partnering with TotalEnergies to install a 15 MW solar system and 7.5 MWh battery energy storage system for its Santa Barbara County, Calif. mining operations. May 16, 2023 The mining of rare earth metals and minerals is an energy intensive process that has historically relied on fossil fuel-derived power generation resources to support …

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Soltec’s new bifacial tracking algorithm can slightly increase production

Industry / By Staff

Soltec announced it has launched a new bifacial tracking algorithm. This new algorithm seeks the optimal position of the solar tracker considering not only the front radiation, as all tracking algorithms have done until now, but also the rear radiation. Thus, the algorithm calculates the perfect position or angle that maximizes production by considering the …

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PG&E to test V2X technology with BMWs in California

Industry / By Staff

PG&E and BMW of North America are working together on vehicle-to-everything (V2X) technology testing. The V2X testing is taking place at PG&E’s Applied Technology Services (ATS) Lab in San Ramon, California, and is the focal point of an extended partnership to advance V2X technology and explore the utilization of EVs as a flexible grid resource. The …

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Bidgely releases hourly grid-monitoring distributed energy tool

Markets / By Staff

An energy data software start-up company has released the 8760 Energy Model, a data set and report that provides utilities and industry stakeholders with behind-the-meter energy data tracked at the hourly level throughout the year. May 16, 2023 The intermittency of renewable energy created the use of distributed energy tools such as energy storage and …

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RFP alert: $9.7 billion to bring clean energy to rural electric coops

Policy / By Staff

The funding available through two USDA programs under the Inflation Reduction Act represent the single largest investment in rural electrification since President Franklin Delano Roosevelt signed the Rural Electrification Act into law in 1936. May 16, 2023 To help bring clean energy to rural communities across the United States, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the availability …

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