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Month: January 2024

Bayer unveils dual solar projects on each coast

Bayer’s new solar panel installation at its main U.S. offices in Whippany, New Jersey. Healthcare and agriculture company Bayer has installed two solar arrays at facilities in New Jersey and California. A new solar array installation at Bayer’s vegetable research and development site in Woodland, California, will provide 70% of the site’s electrical energy demand. …

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Trilantic Europe acquires majority stake in AEROCOMPACT

Trilantic Europe, a European private equity firm with a dedicated energy transition strategy, acquired a 60% stake in AEROCOMPACT Group, a solar mounting solutions provider specializing in the development, production and distribution of substructures for mounting photovoltaic modules. With this investment, Trilantic plans to expand the company’s growth plan internationally. Founder Mathias Muther will remain …

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NexWafe is considering solar wafer production in the US

German silicon wafer manufacturing company NexWafe announced it has established a U.S. subsidiary to evaluate the development of a multi-gigawatt-scale solar wafer production facility in the United States with a target annual production volume of 6 GW. This potential U.S. operation would leverage NexWafe’s EpiNex production technology that is being put in place at the …

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Sunrise brief: Venture capital funding in energy storage increases 59% year over year

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CPUC Starts Work to Establish Customer Energization Timelines

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is taking steps to establish energization timelines for investor-owned utility (IOU) customers. In an effort to meet the State’s electrification goals and support the state’s growing housing and economy-wide needs, the CPUC has initiated a new proceeding, known as an Order Instituting Rulemaking (OIR), focused on customer energization. Directed …

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CPUC Approves $45 Million Penalty in Settlement With PG&E For Dixie Fire

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today approved a settlement agreement between the CPUC’s Safety and Enforcement Division (SED) and Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), which penalizes PG&E $45 million for its involvement in the 2021 Dixie Fire. The 2021 Dixie Fire started on July 13, 2021, and ignited after a Douglas fir tree …

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CPUC Invests More Than $6 Million to Close the Digital Divide in Rural and Tribal Communities

In a continued effort to support California’s Broadband For All initiative, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) today acted on grant funding of more than $6 million to enhance high-speed internet access in tribal and rural communities. Details of today’s awards are as follows: Round Valley Indian Tribes’ (RVIT) Fiber to the Home Project “I …

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Venture capital funding in energy storage increases 59% year over year

Mercom Capital reported the U.S. invested $9.2 billion of venture capital in energy storage in 2023. January 25, 2024 Venture capital funding in energy storage reached new heights in 2023, according to Mercom Capital, which reported that U.S. firms invested $9.2 billion in energy storage ventures throughout the year. This represents a 59% year-over-year increase. …

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Bayer installs 4.4 MW of solar as part of sustainability commitment

Two solar projects, one developed by Enel North America and the other by DSD Renewables, align with Bayer’s sustainability commitments to reach carbon neutrality by 2030 and achieve net-zero by 2050. January 25, 2024 The pharmaceutical, chemical, and agricultural biotechnology company, Bayer, which is based in Germany, is putting its sustainability goals into practice with two large-scale …

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Plug Power launches largest U.S. liquid green hydrogen plant in Georgia

The move comes as interest in green hydrogen grows as a tool to decarbonize specific industries, including heavy-duty transportation, heavy manufacturing and aviation. January 25, 2024 Hydrogen company Plug Power launched operations at the largest liquid green hydrogen plant in the U.S., located in Woodbine, Georgia. The facility has the capacity to produce 15 tons …

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