Lawrence Berkeley researchers studied how solar buying decisions are influenced across varying income levels and offer rationale for policy changes and incentives to spur adoption among low- to middle-income households. December 4, 2023 Solar on a neighbor’s rooftop may influence another neighbor to go solar, especially if the solar is visible and if the neighbor …
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Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS), in partnership with the Dept. of Energy (DOE), announced massive demand in the initial application period for solar and wind facilities through the Inflation Reduction Act’s Low-Income Communities Bonus Credit Program. During the initial 30-day application window, the program received more than 46,000 …
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CPUC has now disallowed using battery-tied solar exports to offset delivery charges. This comes after it moved to slash the value of standalone solar exports as a way to encourage pairing systems with battery storage. December 4, 2023 The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has made another anti-rooftop solar decision, ruling that solar-plus-storage customers cannot …
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DEPCOM Power recently began constructing Puerto Rico’s largest solar and battery energy storage system. Ciro One is a 90-MW solar and 51.5-MW storage project developed by Ciro Energy Group. Local subcontractor Lord Construction is assisting DEPCOM with the project. Credit: Lord Construction Group The project in Salinas is expected to begin operation at the end …
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A new set of antidumping and countervailing duties (AD/CVD) could affect more segments of solar manufacturing later this month. The Dept. of Commerce is considering imposing AD/CVD tariffs on aluminum extrusions imported from 15 countries, including China, Mexico, Turkey, India, Italy and South Korea. Organizations that petitioned for the AD/CVD investigation on aluminum are the …
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The company is developing a 90 MW solar / 51.5 MW energy storage project with an agrivoltaic pilot program. December 4, 2023 DEPCOM Power, a solar engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) and operations and maintenance (O&M) provider, announced it has begun construction on Ciro One, the largest solar-plus-storage project in Puerto Rico. The project, inaugurated …
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From pv magazine global The hot brine in a vast underground reserve under the Salton Sea in California probably contains enough lithium to build 375 million batteries for electric vehicles (EVs), according to “Characterizing the Geothermal Lithium Resource at the Salton Sea,” a new report by the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. The …
California’s lithium reserves could power 375 million EV batteries, say researchers Read More »
Generac Power Systems announced today that has made a minority investment into EV company Wallbox. Generac will offer its customers Wallbox’s full suite of EV charging solutions, including Level 2 AC chargers and its bidirectional charger Quasar 2. “This commercial relationship supports our Powering A Smarter World enterprise strategy and the continued build out of …
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Sunrise brief: California rooftop solar installations drop 80% following NEM 3.0 Read More »
Tri-State Generation and Transmission Association will close its coal-powered Craig Station by January 1, 2028 and Springerville Station Unit 3 in 2031, and seeks to acquire 1,250 megawatts of new renewable energy resources by 2031, according to the utility’s latest electric resource plan. Western Resource Advocates and other stakeholders worked closely with Tri-State throughout 2023 …
Southwest utility plans to close two coal plants, acquire 1.25 GW of renewables Read More »
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