Sunrise brief: Milestones for residential solar in 2021
Also on the rise: A new EV battery factory in South Carolina, lithium-ion battery recycling company expands, solar module manufacturer Silfab and national installer Titan Solar strengthen partnership, more funding for solar on tribal lands, Apex Clean Energy inks deal with Wyerhaeuser, Shell buys storage and energy company Savion.
U.S. residential solar trends, 2021
In 2021, residential solar reached several milestones and extreme weather raised customer interest in home energy storage systems.
Proterra plans to open EV battery factory in South Carolina
The company’s first battery system factory on the East Coast is expected to produce multiple gigawatt hours of annual battery capacity and create more than 200 new jobs.
Li-Cycle to upsize Rochester Hub facility in face of growing demand
The facility will be expanded to process 35,000 tons of “black mass” annually, enough material for 225,000 electric vehicles.
Silfab and Titan Solar extend partnership
The Canadian solar module manufacturer Silfab and the Arizona-based national installer Titan solar have already installed modules across 18 states in partnership.
Shell buys solar and storage company Savion
The transaction, for which Shell did not reveal the purchase price, will see the energy company pick up a U.S. project development pipeline that reportedly runs to more than 18 GW of solar generation and energy storage capacity across 26 states.
Standard Solar acquires 10 MW community solar portfolio in Oregon
Standard Solar, Inc., has acquired 10 megawatts of community solar projects in Oregon.
Apex Clean Energy signs 1 GW development deal with Weyerhaeuser
The solar installations are planned to be located on Weyerhaeuser property in the southeastern United States.
Sempra Foundation donates more than $350,000 to help install solar for California tribal communities
Sempra Foundation funding goes to GRID Alternatives’ Tribal Solar Accelerator Fund
Sunrise brief: The value of net-metered solar is up for a vote in California
Also on the rise: Solar in Kentucky set to employ displaced coal workers, steps to take to mitigate cyberattack risks, net-metered solar up for a vote in nation’s largest rooftop solar market, and details emerge on what the Build Back Better program means for solar
