Installation

U.S. Light Energy completed the solar projects for the Tri-County Energy Consortium. March 15, 2022 Four individual ground-mount solar arrays that total 11.52MW were recently completed for members of the Tri-County Energy Consortium,  a New York-based intergovernmental cooperative of schools and municipalities created for the procurement of renewable energy generating facilities for its members. The …

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For short-term storage in a 100% renewables grid, thermal energy storage located at concentrating solar power plants could compete with batteries, found a study using an idealized grid model. Seasonal storage needs could best be met with power-to-gas-to-power technology. March 15, 2022 Concentrating solar power plus thermal energy storage (CSP+TES) could be cost-competitive with battery …

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Also on the rise: 300MW Bighorn Solar Project is complete. To achieve DOE’s goal, we need 700% more community solar in the next four years. MIT scientists develop PV cleaning system based on electrostatic repulsion. Solar drone data assessment shows rise in PV anomalies. Kentucky utility adds more solar as Solar Shares Program gains customers.

The Bighorn Solar Project has been completed by McCarthy Building in partnership with project owner Lightsource bp. March 14, 2022 Lightsource bp, Xcel Energy, and Evraz North America dedicated the 300MW Bighorn Solar project to partially power Evraz’s Pueblo, Colorado, steelmaking operations. McCarthy Construction announced it completed building the project.  The project is primarily located on 1,800 …

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Achieving the US government’s ambitious climate goals will take an all-hands-on-deck approach. Several studies have looked at how much solar must be installed to meet the goal of 80% clean electricity by 2030, and the consensus is that at least 103GW of distributed solar and 137GW of distributed storage must be deployed every year in …

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LG&E and KU’s Solar Share facility in Simpsonville, Kentucky is more than halfway subscribed and the fifth section is under development by Solar Alliance Energy. The new section will add more than 1,100 solar panels and will produce an additional 500-kilowatts of energy. The utilities will construct the remaining three sections planned for the site …

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The homo sapien species has installed its first terawatt of hardware on Earth to generate electricity directly from its local star. March 14, 2022 Milestones may be arbitrary, but the morale boost they provide is not. Humans have very recently installed enough solar panels to generate one terawatt of electricity directly from the sun. It’s …

Humans have installed 1 terawatt of solar capacity, generated over 1 petawatt of solar electricity in 2021 Read More »

Also on the rise: Indiana ruling paves the way for HOAs to allow solar. Shoals opens manufacturing facility in Tennessee. NASA announces advances in space solar and thin films. Majority of homeowners want solar but need help with upfront financing. Rocket Lab unveils space solar cell with 33.3% efficiency.

A look at the interconnection queue of California’s grid operator shows that the state’s market has already shifted to batteries—sometimes with solar, and sometimes without. March 11, 2022 No state has led the energy transition like California has. While other states may have higher portions of wind in their electricity mix, at full sun the …

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House Bill 1196 establishes a process for residents of HOAs with existing bylaws against solar installations to petition for a system in a fashion that cannot be denied once a certain level of community support has been attained. March 11, 2022 Indiana passed legislation, House Bill 1196, which makes it considerably more difficult for Homeowners …

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