August 2024 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

With load growth and fear of rising utility bills, are low-income customers protected?

By the decade’s end, data centers in the United States are projected to account for as much as 35 GW of demand and about 9% of the country’s electricity consumption. Though these are merely forecasts, to power the 24/7, 365-day operations, utilities plan to finance dozens of GWs worth of new generation resources from clean energy to natural gas. According …

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450 projects invited to apply for Round 2 of 48C advanced energy tax credit

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More than 800 concept papers were submitted to the IRS, Treasury and Energy Depts. for Round 2 of the Qualifying Advanced Energy Project Tax Credit (48C) Program. The concept papers (project proposals) equate to nearly $40 billion in tax credits while representing $200 billion in total project investments. Round 2 of the 48C Program will …

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Zero6 Energy taps Radian Digital to manage renewable energy projects

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Radian Generation has announced the deployment of Radian Digital, a software platform that manages the life cycle of renewable energy projects, with Zero6 Energy. “We are thrilled to be working with the Zero6 Energy team to support them in streamlining business processes and optimizing power generation across a diverse portfolio of solar, wind, hydrogen, microgrids, …

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Bureau of Land Management proposes 31 million acres of western land for solar development

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) today announced its proposed roadmap for solar energy development on public lands, designed to expand efficient and environmentally responsible solar project permitting on public lands across the West. Today’s release of the Final Utility-Scale Solar Energy Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement and Proposed Resource Management Plan Amendments (also known as …

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Survey finds consumers overwhelmingly support renewables over fossil fuels

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A report based on survey conducted by storage provider Powin says education needed to support future projects. August 29, 2024 Given a choice, most people would prefer new renewable energy projects to new fossil-fuel generation sources. This is the finding of a survey conducted by energy storage systems provider Powin. The company included responses from …

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Dynamic Energy completes almost-1-MW rooftop solar project in Pennsylvania

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Pennsylvania-based Dynamic Energy completed an onsite commercial solar project for Cooper-Booth Wholesale. Dynamic Energy has completed a 907-kW commercial rooftop solar project with Cooper-Booth Wholesale Co., a full-service distributor for convenience store merchandise in the Mid-Atlantic. Situated on 61,000 ft2 of industrial rooftop located at the company’s Mountville, Pennsylvania warehouse and headquarters, the project will …

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Maxeon will offer warranty support to SunPower systems after installer’s bankruptcy

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For SunPower Corp. customers in the United States concerned about their product warranties now that the installation company has filed bankruptcy, panel manufacturer Maxeon is stepping in with a solution. For SunPower systems installed by SunPower dealers that use SunPower-branded solar panels made by Maxeon, Maxeon will provide warranty coverage support on the solar panels. …

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U.S. DOE allocates funding for community solar, battery storage in Puerto Rico

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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) new Programa de Comunidades Resilientes will fund solar and battery storage facilities across Puerto Rico serving low- and moderate-income communities. August 29, 2024 From ESS News The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced a $325 million funding opportunity with the goal to improve community-level energy resilience for vulnerable …

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Yaskawa Solectria to showcase utility-scale string inverter at RE+

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Yaskawa Solectria Solar announced it will display its newest made-in-America utility-scale inverter, the SOLECTRIA XGI 1500-DCG RE+ 2024, from September 9-12 in Anaheim, California. The SOLECTRIA XGI 1500 DCG Series utility-scale inverter is designed to optimize the output of First Solar’s thin-film PV modules with an electrically grounded DC input, ensuring optimal performance and longevity. …

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New California legislation aims to update electrical grid for renewables

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The California Assembly passed legislation on Wednesday by a 58:0 vote to increase efficiency of the state’s electric grid and speed up the deployment of renewable energy resources in California. SB 1006 will require utilities to study the feasibility of grid enhancing technologies (GETs) and advanced conductors and then file a report with the California …

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Month: August 2024