Silicon Ranch selects Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives to construct 100 MW of solar in Georgia
The project is being constructed to help support Facebook’s data center in Newton County, Georgia, and represents the solar partners’ second such project.
Swell Energy wins approval for 100 MWh VPP
The contract was awarded in response to Hawaiian Electric’s request for dispatchable energy storage and renewable generation through distributed energy resources along with capacity and ancillary services.
Colorado awards nearly $5 million in grants for local solar projects
One of the state program’s main goals is to “support communities feeling the impacts of the transition from coal.”
Naturgy enters U.S. renewables market with acquisition, plans $1.8b investment
The Spanish energy company bought developer Hamel Renewables, whose project portfolio includes 8 GW of solar and 4.6 GW of energy storage.
Solar, wind, storage superpower: Part 2
In the second of a three-part interview with pv magazine publisher Eckhart Gouras, Tony Seba and Adam Dorr discuss their concept of “SuperPower” and argue that by investing in even more solar PV and wind power, electrons will become so cheap that a Walmart would give them away to draw shoppers.
Tesla introduces solar inverter
The Tesla Solar Inverter comes in 3.8 kW and 7.6 kW versions, and features two and four maximum power point trackers.
Sunrise brief: Duke Florida reaches deal for EV charging and floating solar
Also on the rise: Webinar panel discusses energy under Biden, JA Solar supplies modules for 88 MW project, partners develop P2P blockchain trading platform, and Total splits with API over climate, for now.
Solar, wind, storage superpower
In an interview with pv magazine publisher Eckhart Gouras, Tony Seba and Adam Dorr discuss their concept of “SuperPower”: by investing in even more solar PV and wind power than the lowest-cost system defined by the “Clean Energy U-curve,” the gain in additional energy, or “superpower,” is exponential to the money invested.
Product roundup: New year and 2021 CES produce myriad announcements
Modules, a community solar website, product partnerships, tracker tech, electric vehicles, and more.
Massachusetts governor vetoes climate and clean energy bill
The broad legislation included provisions to reduce emissions and important compromises to cut red tape for solar projects in the Bay State.
