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Governor Kathy Hochul announced the appointment of Mario Cilento, President of the NYS AFL-CIO, as the newest member of the State’s Climate Action Council, which is tasked with finalizing a Scoping Plan with recommended policies and actions to help New York meet its ambitious climate directives as part of the Climate Leadership and Community Protection …

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Pacific Gas & Electric is developing three pilot programs to test how bi-directional EVs and chargers can send power to the grid. May 9, 2022 The California utility Pacific Gas & Electric Company (PG&E) plans to test bidirectional charging technology in homes, businesses, and with local microgrids in select high fire-threat districts (HFTDs). The purpose …

PG&E $11 million pilot programs to accelerate vehicle-to-everything technologies Read More »

The Bayou Galion solar project is expected to reach commercial operations in 2024 and is part of a larger portfolio set to bring 343 MW of solar energy to the state, which has seen just over 200 MW installed thus far. May 4, 2022 Recurrent Energy, a subsidiary of Canadian Solar, said that regulators in Louisiana have …

PPA approved for 100 MW Canadian Solar project in Louisiana Read More »

The installation will provide approximately 95% of the New Jersey American Water Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant’s annual power needs. May 3, 2022 NJR Clean Energy Ventures (NJR) announced that it has begun construction on an 8.9 megawatt (MW) floating solar installation in Millburn, New Jersey, just west of NYC, an installation which the company …

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WeSolar and the University of Maryland Medical System partner to develop 8 MW community solar installation May 3, 2022 WeSolar, a Baltimore-based WMBE (women-owned and/or minority-owned business enterprise), focuses on delivering community solar energy to underrepresented communities. The company has enlisted the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) as a development partner, which will pay …

Solar farm in Baltimore City to power university medical system as well low-income area residents Read More »

CubicPV will supply 1 GW of Direct Wafer silicon solar cells per year to Indian manufacturer Waaree Energies under a five-year contract. The cells will be supplied from its upcoming 2 GW factory in India. April 28, 2022 From pv magazine India “The company is in active discussions regarding the factory’s location,” Laureen Sanderson, chief …

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The veto has received unanimous bipartisan support. April 28, 2022 The clean energy world let out a collective sigh of relief last night, when Florida Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed House Bill 741, a wildly unpopular piece of legislation dubbed the “anti-rooftop solar bill,” which would have phased down the value of net metering and opened …

Anti-rooftop solar bill vetoed: An industry reacts Read More »

The newest update to the organization’s survey for solar workers and companies shows increasingly drastic outcomes for the solar industry if tariffs are imposed on the countries under investigation. April 27, 2022 The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has lowered its solar installation forecasts for 2022 and 2023 by 46% due to the Biden administration’s …

SEIA cuts solar deployment forecast 46% in light of anti-circumvention investigation Read More »

The German company’s decision to cede market share to Chinese companies producing the material for solar panels, in order to focus on semiconductor-ready, electronic grade product, has seen it slip behind its rivals in terms of production scale. April 27, 2022 From pv magazine global German polysilicon manufacturer Wacker Chemie‘s increased focus on semiconductor-linked material, …

Wacker falls to fourth in global polysilicon ranking Read More »

For 24 states whose governors support climate action, reaching 100% renewable electricity by 2035 would cost less than a “no new policy” scenario, the Union of Concerned Scientists found. April 27, 2022 If the 24 states in the US Climate Alliance all set a mandate for 100% renewable electricity by 2035, they could meet that …

Group using NREL’s free ReEDs model validates 100% renewables by 2035 for 24 states Read More »