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U.S. Will Pay to Add Solar Panels to Hospitals, Schools After Disasters

The Federal Emergency Management Agency will begin paying to install solar panels on schools, hospitals and other public buildings that are rebuilt after disasters, making them more resilient against future disasters while reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The change, set to be announced on Tuesday, reflects the disaster agency’s decision to use federal dollars to expand …

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Sunrun solar-plus-storage power the grid during peak demand

Installation / By Staff

In partnership with utility Pacific Gas and Electric, the residential solar installer enrolled distributed batteries to serve the grid during times of peak demand. January 29, 2024 Residential solar installer Sunrun has partnered with utility Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to enroll solar and energy storage customers in a program called Peak Power Rewards, which …

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Secondary market for solar modules presents low-cost buying opportunities

Markets / By Staff

Pricing comparisons and trends within the solar panel secondary market are reviewed in a report from EnergyBin. January 29, 2024 EnergyBin maintains a business-to-business solar equipment commerce platform, selling secondary-market components for goods that are not sold via primary distribution channels. In its recent report, “PV Module Price Index for the Secondary Market”, the company …

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Solar is a team sport

Markets / By Staff

Despite the infrequent failures and ‘thermal events’ that are verifiably caused by solar, the hundreds of thousands of solar ecosystem members globally suffer when an issue with a solar site gains media attention. In most cases, a sober root-cause analysis will uncover a relatively minor issue that started a cascade of other, more serious problems. …

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Georgia Senators Press Biden for Tougher Tariffs on Chinese Solar Panels

News / By Staff

A bipartisan quartet of senators, led by two Democrats from the critical swing state of Georgia, are asking President Biden to toughen up tariffs on Chinese solar panels or face a glutted market just as the president’s clean-energy tax credits hit the market. “We must not allow China to destroy U.S. manufacturing and control this …

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Wyman’s Blueberries to power harvest with Maine solar project

Industry / By Staff

Wyman’s, one of the world’s largest growers of wild blueberries, has partnered with ReVision Energy and nationwide solar developer REC Solar to install more than 17,000 solar panels on 35 acres of non-productive farmland in Downeast, Maine. In the first year, the solar array is expected to generate 8.5 million kWh. “Wyman’s is an iconic, …

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Remarketed solar panels are retaining resale value, EnergyBin report finds

Industry / By Staff

EnergyBin has released its third annual “PV Module Price Index for the Secondary Solar Market” report. The price index tracks wholesale pricing and supply of crystalline-silicon solar modules that have fallen out of traditional distribution channels, and as a result are listed for resale on the EnergyBin exchange. For the third year, the report findings shed …

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A retirement boom for fossil fuels

Markets / By Staff

Since early 2003, the United States has retired the same amount of fossil fueled electricity generation capacity as it has installed, even while the size of the economy has grown by two thirds. January 29, 2024 The United States hasn’t built any “net new” fossil electricity generation facilities since early 2003, over twenty years ago. …

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Tribes to sponsor 1 to 3 GW of renewables to help retire dams and restore salmon

Policy / By Staff

Four Native American tribes, two states and the U.S. Government have agreed to work together to replace the energy now produced by hydroelectric dams. The U.S. Congress could then vote to breach the dams to restore native fish populations. January 29, 2024 An agreement among the U.S. Government, Washington, Oregon and four Native American tribes …

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NREL says long-term degradation of 8 GW of U.S. solar ‘matches expectations’

Installation / By Staff

The short-term impact of extreme weather, such as flooding, high winds, hail, wildfire and lightning, was minimal in most PV systems studied. January 29, 2024 From pv magazine global A research team from the U.S. Department of Energy’s NREL has reviewed the degradation of commercial and utility-scale PV sites from across the United States between 2008 …

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Month: January 2024