The report looks at how installation costs and energy savings prices change in relation to climate, heating source and type of home and suggests that policymakers further reduce the costs of installing heat pumps so that more U.S. households can benefit from them. February 14, 2024 Researchers from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) Buildings …
NREL paper details nationwide heat-pump feasibility Read More »
While distributed solar and storage are advancing quickly in Puerto Rico, utility-scale solar and storage procurements ordered by Puerto Rico regulators in 2020 have made little progress. February 14, 2024 Puerto Rico’s 1.6 GWh of residential-sited batteries represents the “largest untapped virtual power plant” in the world, said Javier Rúa-Jovet, chief policy officer at the Solar …
Puerto Rico distributed solar climbs to 680 MW, residential storage to 1.6 GWh Read More »
The largest and longest running of the RE+ regional conferences, this year it’s bigger than ever, having outgrown its previous space and now filling a hall in the Boston Convention Center. February 14, 2024 Despite dire warnings of a foot of snow, 3,500 people arrived at the Boston Convention Center Tuesday morning for the annual …
Part One of Dan Shugar’s series on replacing fiction with facts about solar, when the proverbial Uncle Bob comes to dinner. February 13, 2024 ‘Uncle Bob’ is that proverbial character who shares at family holidays all he believes to be true about solar and why it just isn’t a good idea. Dan Shugar, founder and …
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Hawaii is the most mature rooftop solar market in the United States, with nearly a third of homes having on-site solar, and over 90% of new installations opting to pair with on-site battery energy storage. This makes for a dynamic, flexible, and resilient grid and helps the island fight its high electricity rates for the …
Hawaii legislation seeks to undo “massive momentum killer” for rooftop solar Read More »
Environmental advocates appealed a cut to rooftop solar generation exports, arguing that utility Duke Energy ignored the benefits of customer-sited solar in its internal analysis of net metering rates. February 9, 2024 In North Carolina, a group of environmental advocacy organizations appealed a ruling that allowed electric utility Duke Energy to make steep cuts to …
North Carolina appeals court weighs critical rooftop solar decision Read More »
Nikola aims to build a network of up to 60 such hydrogen fueling stations over the next few years. February 8, 2024 Nikola Corporation, a manufacturer of heavy-duty battery and fuel cell electric vehicles, has opened the first in what will become a network of hydrogen refueling stations in Southern California. The station, located in …
Nikola opens its first hydrogen refueling station in SoCal for heavy-duty vehicles Read More »
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In partnership with solar panel manufacturer First Solar, the company developed the inverters to reduce degradation rates. February 7, 2024 At the upcoming regional RE+ Northeast event in Boston, Massachusetts, Yaskawa Solectria Solar will display its new XGI 1500 inverters and accessories. The utility-scale and commercial string inverters are designed and engineered in Lawerence, Massachusetts …
Yaskawa Solectria Solar to exhibit U.S.-made utility-scale inverters Read More »
In the wake of net metering cuts leading to an industrywide implosion in California, Utah regulators are proposing a law that would increase compensation for exporting rooftop solar generation. February 7, 2024 Rooftop solar has historically been supported by net metering regulations across the United States. The process involves customers exporting excess electricity generation to …
Utah bill proposes rooftop solar net metering rate protection Read More »
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