The Dept. of Energy has announced more than $70 million in research and development selections to seed new technologies across the solar supply chain. Funding from President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law will enable new entrants to the solar manufacturing market to establish their technologies and access more capital. The 18 selected projects will address gaps …
DOE invests $71 million in solar manufacturing R&D Read More »
The NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q1 2024 edition of the 50 States of Power Decarbonization. The quarterly series provides updates on state and utility actions pertaining to clean energy targets, emission reduction targets and carbon policies, generation planning and procurement rules, integrated resource plans and electric generation capacity changes (RFPs, green …
Latest NC Clean Energy report finds utilities concerned about load growth Read More »
Today the Dept. of Treasury has released long-awaited further guidance concerning the domestic content bonus within the Inflation Reduction Act. Solar developers and installers that source iron and steel products and certain manufactured products from domestic producers can receive up to a 10% bonus to the investment tax credit (ITC) or production tax credit (PTC) …
More details on IRA domestic content bonus revealed today by Treasury, IRS Read More »
The Biden Administration today put imported bifacial solar panels back under Sec. 201 tariffs, after the specialty solar panels enjoyed a two-year exemption from extra duties first initiated by President Biden in 2022. Credit: Appalachian Renewable Power Systems (ARP Solar) This decision is part of the President’s sole right to make changes to in-progress tariffs …
Bifacial solar panels lose tariff exemption after Biden reverses course Read More »
The United States has officially exceeded 5 million solar installations, marking another milestone just eight years after the nation reached one million installations in 2016 — a milestone that took 40 years to achieve following the first grid-connected solar installation in 1973. Credit: Lightsource bp According to data released by the Solar Energy Industries Association …
The U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the Dept. of Commerce today announced they will investigate claims made by the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee that silicon solar cells and panels made in Cambodia, Malaysia, Thailand and Vietnam are still being dumped into the U.S. market at prices that make domestic producers unable …
sonnen On December 15, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission passed an overhaul of the net-metering program for the state’s investor-owned utilities. The changes replaced the long-standing net energy metering (NEM) tariffs with a net billing tariff (NBT) structure — colloquially known as “NEM 3.0” — which significantly reduces the compensation for behind-the-meter solar PV …
Berkeley Lab report finds storage attachment rates jumped 10% under NEM 3.0 Read More »
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) announced the 80-MWAC Elektron Solar Project has reached commercial operation. The project in Tooele County, Utah, began construction in 2021 and was acquired from Enyo Renewable Energy in 2020. “We are thrilled to have completed construction on the Elektron Solar facility,” said Hy Martin, Chief Development Officer of DESRI. …
DESRI completes 80-MW Elektron solar project in Utah Read More »
Last month, with the help of the nonprofit Georgia Interfaith Power and Light (GIPL), Trinity Episcopal Church in Statesboro, Georgia became the first faith community in the state to sign a solar energy procurement agreement (SEPA) with Georgia BRIGHT—a first-of-its-kind solar program designed to help low to moderate-income communities cut power bills and carbon emissions. …
Georgia church goes solar with help from Capital Good Fund Read More »
Qcells and Hanwha Aerospace USA (HAU) have announced the completion of two solar and energy storage projects in Connecticut to help HAU meet its energy demands. Under a 20-year PPA, Qcells will provide HAU with nearly 20% of its energy needs. The projects are among the first to utilize Connecticut’s Energy Storage Solutions program and …
Qcells completes 1.7-MW solar + storage portfolio for Hanwha Aerospace USA Read More »
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