May 28, 2024 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

Texas is the proving ground for a new way of electric grid operation

Texas has a unique electric grid. Its grid operation organization, ERCOT, is independent of other states and deregulated, making the state open for business for a market-based approach toward energy generation and transmission. Texas has been a favorite among utility-scale solar PV developers for a long time, thanks to its business-friendly environment and its lack …

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21 states accept the grid modernization challenge

Policy / By Staff

The Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment initiative aims to shore up the U.S. energy grid to prepare for both challenges and opportunities in the power sector. May 28, 2024 The Federal-State Modern Grid Deployment Initiative received commitments from 21 states. The program aims to bring together states, federal entities and power sector stakeholders to help modernize the U.S. …

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Verogy completes nearly 6-MW community solar project in Connecticut

Industry / By Staff

Verogy announced it has completed Connecticut’s largest solar project developed under the state’s Shared Clean Energy Facility (SCEF) program. In addition to being the largest SCEF project completed to date at 5.96 MWDC, Enfield Solar One is also the first SCEF project completed in Eversource’s service area. The SCEF program, governed by the Connecticut Department …

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Battery energy storage tariffs tripled; domestic content rules updated

Policy / By Staff

Breaking down U.S. market impacts on energy storage from recent policy changes with insights from Clean Energy Associates. May 28, 2024 The United States federal government recently made a rapid series of international trade policy changes and updates to incentives for clean energy projects and manufactured components. Clean Energy Associates (CEA), a clean energy advisory …

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Largest solar project in Wyoming moves forward

Installation / By Staff

The $1.2 billion Cowboy solar project will be built by Enbridge, with 771 MW expected to be fully operational by 2027. May 28, 2024 Wyoming ranked 50th in installed solar in 2023, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) with only 124 MW installed. As of Q4 2023, SEIA expected it to pop up …

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Guaranteed and transferable tax benefits will make the PV industry too big to fail

Markets / By Staff

Trina Solar executive says policies in the Inflation Reduction Act will make or break the future of solar in the U.S. May 28, 2024 Robert Gibbons, Strategic Development Manager at Trina Solar US, entered the world of photovoltaics about three years ago, coming from the oil and gas industry. Fossil fuel projects were becoming less …

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