California bill to mandate bidirectional chargers for all EVs sold after 2026
California’s legislature advanced SB-233 last week. If the 14 million+ cars currently registered in the state had a 75 kWh battery, the combined energy storage would amount to just over a terawatt-hour.
Colorado passes bill to speed up solar permitting, inspection
HB-1234 provides nearly $1,000,000 to help local governments streamline solar permitting and inspection to support solar adoption.
Sunrise brief: Five state energy leaders describe how IRA incentives are helping their states
Also on the rise: Permitting, grid resiliency and fusion energy are top of mind at BNEF Summit. LG launches U.S. residential energy storage system. And more.
Five state energy leaders describe how IRA incentives are helping their states
Officials from clean energy states discussed how the Inflation Reduction Act is advancing rooftop solar, customer savings, economic development, and grid reliability, and described the extent of community support they see for the clean energy transition.
LG launches U.S. residential energy storage system
The new residential storage system connects two 10-hour batteries or 16-hour Prime battery modules in parallel to offer a capacity of 19.2 kWh to 32 kWh, with a maximum output of 9.6kW from the inverter.
CATL battery distributor looking at three states for 4.2 GWh battery facility
CSI is scouting out a gigafactory location in Arizona, Nevada and Texas, which could bring 300 jobs to the local market.
Solar Decathlon winners announced
Ball State University, University of Minnesota Twin Cities, and The Cooper Union named 2023 Build and Design Challenge winners of this annual Department of Energy collegiate competition.
East Bay buildings deploy 1.95 MW of rooftop, solar canopies
Two Pleasanton, California commercial building operators, Hines and Principal Asset Management, are able to participate in the city’s net zero vision, interconnecting 1.95 MW of total capacity solar canopy projects and various building rooftop solar arrays currently in various stages of development.
Permitting, grid resiliency and fusion energy are top of mind at BNEF Summit
The 2023 BloombergNEF Summit focused on grid innovations, climate change and renewable energy technology and saw in excess of 800 attendees turn out in person and on a live webcast, with about 26 corporate sponsors.
Sunrise brief: House votes to resume solar tariffs
Also on the rise: First Solar released Q1 2023 earnings with guidance on the advanced manufacturing production tax credit from the IRA
