Also on the rise: Advanced conductors could enable 27GW more renewable power per year. Solar-powered data server network developed to frame the internet as a natural resource. Stanford flips the switch on new solar array, powering campus with 100% renewables. Project between Maui Electric and Paeahu Solar moves forward. Global tracker provider FTC Solar posts …
Despite a Maui community group’s allegation of potential harm caused by a proposed solar facility, the project between Maui Electric and Paeahu Solar moves forward. March 16, 2022 Pono Power Coalition, a community group opposed to the Paeahu Solar plant, was recently told by Hawaii’s Supreme Court that it upheld Public Utilities Commission’s approval of …
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Also on the rise: RFP released for 500MW of PV for Indiana Michigan Power. Enphase Energy acquires SolarLeadFactory, a solar sales generation specialist. Concentrating solar power with heat storage could compete with batteries. U.S. Light Energy completes the school and municpal solar projects for the Tri-County Energy Consortium.
Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), a portfolio company of American Electric Power, issued a request for proposals (RFP) for 500MW of solar capacity and 800MW of wind. The request comes as a first step in implementing the utility’s Next Tomorrow Plan, which calls for 2GW of renewable energy capacity to be added to the utility’s generation …
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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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