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Acquired from Black Mountain Energy Storage, the 400 MWh combined projects will serve a growing market with a strong need for energy resiliency. June 16, 2022 Recurrent Energy, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., announced the acquisition of two standalone energy storage projects from Black Mountain Energy Storage. Black Mountain Energy Storage, …

Recurrent Energy acquires two stand-alone energy storage projects in ERCOT territory Read More »

Alsym Energy emerges from stealth mode to introduce non-flammable batteries  Alsym’s batteries, made from readily available materials without lithium or cobalt, will be produced for electric vehicles, stationary storage, and marine applications. Tin-lead perovskite solar cell achieves 25.5% efficiency, improved stability  The National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed a tandem perovskite solar cell that tackles problems …

Sunrise brief: Real-time pricing that balances renewables could save $33 billion per year Read More »

As applications to interconnect solar and storage projects have “skyrocketed,” the national solar trade group recommends ways to speed interconnection on both the transmission and distribution grids. June 15, 2022 Interconnection procedures were designed for the “by-gone thermal generation era,” and need extensive reforms to speed interconnection and meet state and national clean energy goals, …

SEIA proposes how to extricate hundreds of gigawatts of solar from interconnection queues Read More »

One of the country’s most historically healthy and active solar markets, New Jersey has perennially been a top-10 state in terms of installed capacity and projects in construction. The state’s new incentive program, passed in July 2021, is set to bring nearly 3.8 GW of new solar capacity to the state by 2026, but concerns …

50 states of solar incentives: New Jersey Read More »

Grid-scale and residential storage installations set new records despite supply chain and pricing issues. June 15, 2022 The volume of grid-scale energy storage installations in the United States increased four times over that seen in Q1 of 2021, setting a new record in Q1 2022. According to Wood Mackenzie and the American Clean Power Association’s …

US grid-scale energy storage quadruples Read More »

The projects were approved under the second phase of Alliant Energy’s solar development plans, and are part of the company’s larger Clean Energy Blueprint, a plan which will effectively increase the state’s installed solar capacity by just under 130%. June 15, 2022 Regulators in Wisconsin have granted final approval to second phase of Alliant Energy’s …

Alliant Energy begins construction on 414 MW of solar in Wisconsin Read More »

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Sunrise brief: Biden halts solar tariffs. What’s next? Read More »

The electricity generated will be provided back to the school district at no cost, while Solar Landscape will collaborate with the Board of Education to provide renewable energy instruction to Asbury Park students. June 14, 2022 Community Solar developer Solar Landscape announced that it has completed and energized a 3,300-module series of community solar projects …

Solar Landscape brings 1.3 MW of community solar to Asbury Park School District Read More »

While the Covid-19 pandemic, ensuing supply chain challenges, and additional supply constraints brought about by the Department of Commerce’s (DOC) anticircumvention investigation have all served as recent potholes in America’s road to a cleaner, more renewable power supply, the country is still driving to bring on-line more solar, wind, batteries, and all other forms of …

Avangrid asserts its place in the US renewable future Read More »

The 1.1 MW floating solar facility is paired with 2 MW battery energy storage system to provide resilience. June 13, 2022 In a collaboration with Fort Bragg, Duke Energy and Ameresco, a 1.1 MW floating solar installation was built on the Big Muddy Lake located at Camp Mackall. The project is part of a $36 …

Floating solar array on Fort Bragg lake is largest in the Southeast Read More »