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As solar energy increases in the United States, the DOE is investing $14 million in studies on how the infrastructure affects wildlife and ecosystems. October 17, 2022 The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $14 million in funding for researchers to use in studies of how solar energy infrastructure interacts with wildlife and ecosystems. Through …

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Sunrise brief: Global polysilicon capacities may nearly double by end of 2023 to 536 GW Read More »

Chula Vista Elementary School District now has solar across 48 sites and is putting the final touches on a microgrid system that will provide backup emergency power. October 13, 2022 Energy costs are the second largest expense for U.S. schools, according to the report Brighter Future: A Study on Solar in U.S. Schools by Generation 180, …

California school district saves $70 million with 8.1 MW solar installation Read More »

Annual rooftop solar installations more than double when each homeowner’s long-term “profit” on a system increases from zero to $1,000, a study found. Based partly on that study, a Minnesota utility must now evaluate distributed solar incentives as a means to save all customers money. October 13, 2022 Annual rooftop solar installations more than double …

Rooftop solar adoption rises sharply as system value to homeowners increases Read More »

The new GM Energy unit will provide a range of energy system with Ultium products for home and commercial markets as well as Ultium Charge, a public charging service. October 11, 2022 General Motors isn’t focused just on car manufacturing, as the company announced it a new GM Energy unit that will offer energy storage …

GM aims to compete with Tesla as it moves into energy storage Read More »

EnerVenue, a manufacturer of nickel-hydrogen batteries, announced Capacity Assurance—what the company says is the industry’s simplest and most straightforward extended warranty for stationary batteries. Capacity Assurance offers a 20-year/20,000-cycle warranty extension at no less than 88% capacity. While the batteries are designed to last 30 years, through more than 30,000 cycles without experiencing degradation, EnerVenue says …

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Domestic hot water, with a heating system powered exclusively by DC solar power, has now covered the needs of an apartment building in Linz, Austria, for a period of a year. The 14 residential units are each connected to their own 1.36 KW solar arrays. October 10, 2022 Austrian solar company my-PV has revealed the results of …

DC rooftop PV providing domestic hot water to residential building at 140 F Read More »

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Sunrise brief: Proposed FEMA building code may hamper solar deployment Read More »

TC Energy announced it commenced pre-construction of the 81 MW facility. October 7, 2022 The Saddlebrook Solar Project is a planned 81 MW solar facility in pre-construction, held by TC Energy Corporation. TC Energy is investing $146 million in the project, which is planned to be large enough to power the equivalent of 20,000 homes …

Bifacial solar and flow battery project in Canada is valued at $146 million Read More »

The Georgia Public Service Commission recently approved an Integrated Resource Plan, which calls for retirement of all but two coal-fired plants by 2035 and replacing them with natural gas, renewables and energy storage. October 6, 2022 The pv magazine USA tour of solar incentives state by state now takes us to the south Atlantic states, stopping off …

50 states of solar incentives: Georgia Read More »