Morning Brief: ERCOT market excitement and price jump, McCarthy completes world-record 250-MW storage project
Also in the brief: Small modular nuclear reactors reach regulatory milestone, Alabama regulates against solar, impacts of FERC Order 841
Construction of the world’s largest apartment complex VPP fleet starts next week
Soleil Energy, the EPC arm of the Wasatch Group, is beginning construction on a revolutionary virtual power plant program located on California apartment complex rooftops — with the roofs acting as community-based peaker plants.
Eos announces 1.5 GWh of zinc battery storage projects across Texas and California
The summer of battery storage rolls on, with zinc hybrid cathode technology now announcing massive development news.
Morning Brief: Nextracker CEO Dan Shugar on bifacial PV, plus NextEra’s massive energy storage plans
Also in this morning’s brief: Outback Power partners up for home resiliency, the top 10 global solar developers — plus NextEra is ready to construct Eagle Mountain, a 1,300 MW pumped storage project that is fully permitted and shovel-ready.
Navigating the uncharted 500 W panel market – part I
This pv magazine series, done in collaboration with industry experts, will analyze the challenges and opportunities created by the new generation of 500 W and greater panels.
Student-led initiative puts Pennsylvania school district on 100% renewable path
A group of students in Radnor Township, Pennsylvania, have successfully petitioned their school district to set a goal of transitioning to 100% clean, renewable electricity by 2030, and to electrify all other energy needs, including heating, cooking, cooling, and transportation, by 2040, with the help of Sierra Club
Morning Brief: Utilities battle net metering in Michigan, Indiana and California, gas industry battles electrification everywhere
Also in the brief: The never-ending net-metering battle. Maine gets a 25-MW solar plant.
Clean energy funding: Ex-Tesla CTO raises $40 million to recycle batteries, plus nuclear fusion and fission
Investors continue to invest and clean energy entrepreneurs continue to innovate — despite global setbacks. Here are five companies that have raised more than $60 million in funding in recent days — ranging across the cleantech spectrum from batteries to fusion to solar software for O&M.
Catholic organizations go solar to save money, and to put faith into practice
Catholic organizations own up to 100,000 buildings in the U.S., as well as land, and Catholic Energies is helping them go solar. “The market is enormous,” said the program’s leader.
Energy Jobs: JB Straubel’s battery recycling startup, Powerhouse, Total, Broad Reach Power, Span, Facebook, Clean Energy for Biden
Executive, career and boardroom moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy VC — plus some select job openings.
