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REopt is a techno-economic decision support platform for optimizing energy use of buildings, campuses, microgrids, and more. More advanced emissions impact tracing is now available as part of the tool. January 20, 2022 The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) released updates to REopt, a platform for evaluating energy needs and calculating potential savings for buildings, …

NREL’s REopt platform models site-specific renewable energy plans, calculates emissions Read More »

The Iron Point and Hot Pot solar-plus-storage projects will be constructed by Primergy Solar and sold to NV Energy upon completion, under a Build Transfer Agreement. January 24, 2022 Primergy Solar, a developer, owner and operator of utility and distributed scale solar and storage, and the principal North American solar and solar plus energy storage …

Primergy gets the regulatory ‘OK’ to develop 600 MW of solar and 480 MW of storage in Nevada Read More »

Through a unique power purchase and community impact agreement with Microsoft, Sol Systems announced a total investment of over $1 million in 2022 in five initial partner organizations focused on workforce development, energy access, or community resiliency. The company said it plans to invest at least $50 million in underserved communities in the US. January …

Sol Systems announces first recipients of Community Impact Agreement with Microsoft Read More »

DSD Renewables and T-Mobile entered into a partnership to develop and construct three community solar projects, as the cell carrier works to make progress toward its RE100 commitment to power its entire business with 100% renewable electricity. The projects, which total 17MW and are all located in New York, will be built in the towns …

DSD Renewables and T-Mobile partner on community solar portfolio Read More »

An attempt to circumvent the state’s already-limited net metering guidelines has been overturned in court, in a decision that distributed generation advocates see as an important step in strengthening the state’s market. January 31, 2022 It has been nearly five years since Indiana Senate Bill 309 was signed into law as Senate Enrolled Act 309 …

Indiana utility’s net metering calculation overturned in court Read More »

In the first of a three-part whitepaper series, S-5! and the Metal Construction Association take a look at symbiotic nature of solar systems and metal roofs, exploring it from a system lifespan perspective. February 1, 2022 S-5!, a manufacturer of metal roof attachment solutions with non-penetrative solutions for attaching solar systems to metal roofs, has …

The relationship of PV and metal roofs: Service life comparisons Read More »

Addressing the threat posed by climate change will mean using massive amounts of clean energy resources like solar to both decarbonize and electrify the economy. While projects hundreds of megawatts in capacity and breakthrough battery tech steal a lot of the headlines, small-scale, distributed energy resources (DER) will be one of the pillars holding up …

What’s holding back DERs: The manufacturer’s perspective Read More »

DSD Renewables (DSD) sad that it has has acquired a six-site community solar and energy storage project portfolio in southeastern Massachusetts from Borrego. In total, the projects will have a combined capacity of 45MW of solar PV and 88MWh of battery energy storage. All six projects are set to operate under the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target …

DSD Renewables acquires 45MW of Massachusetts community solar and storage Read More »

Also on the rise: Solar growth occurred despite more than a year of price increases. Interconnection delays and costs plague utility-scale developers. Affordable hydrogen-based system for seasonal energy storage could be achieved at a hydrogen price lower than $3. California PUC raises renewable energy target. Impending 3G shutdown may affect inverters: there’s an app for …

Sunrise brief: Finance experts discuss growing opportunities for installing storage projects and what will make them more financeable Read More »

Duke Energy has clean energy goals of reducing carbon 50% b 2030 and is aiming for net-zero carbon emissions by 2050. The company recently announced additional steps it is taking to help reduce carbon including decreasing use of coal to less than 5% of total generation by 2030 and to fully exit coal by 2035 …

Duke Energy to phase out coal use by 2035 Read More »