Vermont utility building microgrid to provide backup power for town
GMP said Panton is the perfect place for this project because it leverages the utility’s existing 4.9 MW solar facility with utility-scale batteries already up and running in the town.
Jennifer Granholm confirmed as Energy Secretary
The solar industry has already begun to celebrate the confirmation of a secretary self-proclaimed to be obsessed with creating good-paying clean energy jobs.
NYC installing solar at nearly 50 public schools, other facilities
The 22 MW of solar projects are expected to include some energy storage systems and help New York City and the state meet sustainability goals.
Sunrise brief: Xcel Colorado aims to add 5.6 GW of renewables and storage capacity
Also on the rise: Altus Power plans more community solar on O’ahu, Wells Fargo passes $10 billion in tax equity investment for renewables, and Enphase Energy plans to issue $1 billion in senior notes.
Energy Transition Jobs: PG&E, Nexus Power Group, Breakthrough Energy Ventures, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
Trina Solar launches global energy storage unit
The Chinese PV manufacturer called storage the “only solution” that can support a major transition to renewable energy effectively.
California’s rate inequality is likely to worsen as energy transition advances
A new report says that the state’s investor-owned utilities charge residential electricity customers much higher prices than are paid in most of the country, impacting low- and moderate-income people the most.
Dominion plans to ditch all South Carolina coal by 2030
After having its initially proposed integrated resource plan shot down by regulators, the utility has done a heel-turn and plans to replace the coal with 2 GW of solar, up to 900 MW of battery storage, and 1 GW of natural gas by 2048.
Two ways to improve low-income community solar programs
Vote Solar’s Access & Equity Advisory Committee has released a policy brief outlining key initiatives for more successful solar expansion programs.
Crossed wires at a utility jolt Maine’s solar developers
Miscommunication at Central Maine Power led to some solar developers receiving letters saying that interconnection fees would jump by as much as 5x. The utility blamed growing pains.
