Lowe’s to install solar at 54 California locations
The hardware giant signed a power purchase agreement for a 48 MW portfolio of rooftop solar with Greenskies Clean Focus.
FEMA’s $13 billion for Puerto Rico’s grid could shift to solar if lawsuit succeeds
Rooftop solar plus storage would become the focus of FEMA’s spending to rebuild Puerto Rico’s grid, if a federal court grants the plaintiffs’ requests in a lawsuit, said their lead attorney. Equipping every home in Puerto Rico with 2.7 kW of PV and 12.6 kWh of battery backup is one option recommended by an independent study.
Most solar won’t qualify for Inflation Reduction Act hydrogen incentive, per IEA data
An analysis by the International Energy Agency puts solar’s lifetime emissions, manufacturing included, at a level that would earn only 25% to 33.4% of the IRA’s $3/kg hydrogen incentive
Ascent boosts production with acquisition of 15 MW Swiss thin-film producer
With the closing of this deal, Ascent will triple its production capacity from its 5 MW of existing nameplate capacity production.
Sunrise brief: Chipotle goes green with all-electric, solar restaurants
Also on the rise: American companies ask Congress to reject $1 billion in retroactive solar tariffs. Avangrid to build solar, wind and storage projects on Navajo land. And more.
Redflow receives California SGIP approval for non-lithium energy storage solutions
With SGIP approval Redflow expects its zinc-bromine flow batteries to be more economically attractive, as the state incentives support wider deployment across disadvantaged communities within the state.
Chipotle debuts all-electric and solar restaurant design
The all-electric design features rooftop solar, recycled materials, cactus leather chairs, and more.
Distributed solar project updates in California, Maryland and New York
Project updates for rooftop, commercial, industrial, and community scales for projects built by ForeFront Power, Genie Solar Energy, and Summit Ridge Energy.
UL and NREL set cybersecurity standards for distributed energy, inverters
UL 2941 provides testable requirements for energy storage and generation technologies on the distribution grid. The new cybersecurity protocol provides a framework for photovoltaic inverters, EV chargers, wind turbines, fuel cells and other distributed resources.
Rheem releases cold climate heat pump
Rheem has unveiled an air-source heat pump that reportedly provides uninterrupted heating under -22.9 F ambient conditions. It has successfully passed the U.S. Department of Energy’s Cold Climate Heat Pump Challenge.
