Community choice solar programs save New Yorkers $7 million in seven months
Joule’s programs have helped to bring access to clean energy and bill savings to 800,000 New Yorkers in 44 municipalities across the state.
Wood Mac analysts trade laptops for ladders, installing solar in Puerto Rico
A team of three analysts from global energy consultancy Wood Mackenzie are in Puerto Rico this week helping install solar panels on homes as part of a new initiative with charity Let’s Share the Sun Foundation.
Plans announced for a US lithium-ferro-phosphate battery gigafactory network
American Battery Factory said it is developing a US-based material processing and cell manufacturing network for LFP battery cells.
Cybersecurity for distributed energy and inverter-based resources
UL and NREL released a report on cybersecurity certification recommendations and are actively developing requirements to create cybersecurity certification standards.
3GW distributed solar and 2.1GW distributed storage in Michigan by 2035, under a low-cost scenario
A Vibrant Clean Energy study commissioned by Vote Solar found that GW-scale investments in distributed solar and storage would yield the lower cost between two approaches studied for Michigan to achieve economy-wide carbon neutrality by 2050.
Greenbacker acquires interest in Minnesota solar portfolio
In one of the company’s largest transactions to date, Greenbacker has acquired a significant financial interest in the 150MW operating Aurora solar portfolio
LONGi releases Hi-MO 5 snow load test results, suggests module superiority
LONGi Solar has released the data of an inhomogeneous snow-load test. Its results show that its 72-cell solar modules held 1,800 pascals more force than a competing large format product using 210 mm cells.
Anti-rooftop solar net metering bill passes in Florida
House Bill 741 was passed by the Florida Legislature. The rate paid by utilities to rooftop solar owners for excess electricity sent back to the grid is set to be phased down to a fraction of its original rate. It also opens the door for unlimited fixed fees to be levied on solar customers.
Sunrise brief: Battery prices won’t fall until 2024 and other projections from IHS Markit
Also on the rise: Powin Energy signed a supply agreement with Borrego for 800MWh of Powin’s Stack750 storage solution. Rigid trackers may be best for large-format modules. Koch subsidiary DEPCOM expands portfolio to 650MWh. Over the next two years utility-scale solar and battery energy storage will combine for 60% of the capacity added to the grid. NASA’s 1.5 billion-mile Psyche asteroid mission will be solar-powered. IREC and partners announce on-line training courses for residential plan review and permitting.
NASA’s 1.5 billion-mile Psyche asteroid mission will be solar-powered
NASA will explore a large, metal-rich asteroid with an remote-operated craft powered by two cross-shaped solar arrays.
