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Month: May 2023

CATL battery distributor looking at three states for 4.2 GWh battery facility

CSI is scouting out a gigafactory location in Arizona, Nevada and Texas, which could bring 300 jobs to the local market. May 1, 2023 Coulomb Solutions Inc. (CSI), a commercial electric vehicle battery integrator that installs CATL lithium-iron phosphate battery cells, announced a process for site selection of a 4.2 GWh manufacturing facility to assemble …

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DSD, Black Bear complete 1.4 MW solar installation at Pleasanton office park in CA

DSD Renewables and Black Bear Energy have completed two onsite solar canopies, totaling 1.4 MW at Pleasanton Corporate Commons office park in California. The 957 kW and 429 kW installations will offset much of the campus’ energy load and are expected to generate over 2 GWh of clean energy annually. Pleasanton Corporate Commons is managed by Hines, …

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LG Energy Solution unveils residential energy storage system for U.S. market

A rendering of the Prime+ system. LG Energy Solution (previously LG Chem) has unveiled a new residential energy storage system called Prime+, featuring flexible capacity that meets individual home backup needs of American households. Prime+ will officially launch in the U.S. in May to meet the ever-growing needs of installers and homeowners for residential energy …

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New Jersey approves pilot program to demonstrate feasibility of agrivoltaics

Nicholas Welch makes his way down one of the rows while helping set up for a kickoff event for agrivoltaic project Jack’s Solar Garden in Longmont, Colorado. Credit: Werner Slocum/NREL The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved an agreement with the Rutgers University Agrivoltaics Program (RAP) to facilitate the development and implementation …

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Solar Decathlon winners announced

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the 21st annual Solar Decathlon, an annual collegiate contest and DOE’s longest-running student competition. The contest challenges the next generation to design and construct high-performance, low-carbon buildings powered by renewable energy, while promoting student innovation, STEM education and workforce development opportunities in the buildings industry. Ball …

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East Bay buildings deploy 1.95 MW of rooftop, solar canopies

Two Pleasanton, California commercial building operators, Hines and Principal Asset Management, are able to participate in the city’s net zero vision, interconnecting 1.95 MW of total capacity solar canopy projects and various building rooftop solar arrays currently in various stages of development. May 1, 2023 An East Bay community east of San Francisco is rapidly …

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The Solar Policy Scoop: May 2023

A community solar project in Colorado, where customers now have more stability in monthly bill credits. Credit: Standard Solar IRS provides guidance on energy community bonus credit in IRAWashington, D.C. The Dept. of the Treasury has issued eligibility requirements for “energy communities” seeking a 10% ITC or PTC adder via the Inflation Reduction Act. The …

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Permitting, grid resiliency and fusion energy are top of mind at BNEF Summit

For a Monday morning at eight o’clock, the midtown Manhattan ballroom was slightly abuzz as a beyond-capacity BloombergNEF New York Summit audience started to pour into the InterContinental New York Barclay hotel ballroom.  Fifteen-second advertisements of Our Next Energy incorporating a solar plus storage project in coal country of Jackson County, W.Va. jumped across the …

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