Quantifying losses from harmonics in solar facilities
Gamesa Electric has released a white paper on losses due to harmonics in PV plants, including an independent study that compares the performance of ultra-low total harmonic distortion inverters.
Research shows repaired PV modules can perform with acceptable losses
A research group has demonstrated the technical feasibility of using repaired solar modules with satisfying results. It also warned, however, that there is an urgent need to define a protocol for evaluating the features of a “viable” repaired panel.
Colorado modernizes community solar program
Governor Polis signed into law bipartisan legislation that launches a new dispatchable distributed generation program and leverages Solar for All funding to upgrade its grid, lower energy bills for all and promote energy equity.
PERC solar products hard to sell due to falling TOPCon module prices
Prices for tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) solar panels continue to fall. pvXchange.com founder Martin Schachinger explains how this will affect the sale of PV modules based on passivated emitter and rear cell (PERC) cells.
Sunrise brief: Renewables must triple by 2030 to hit net-zero by 2050
Also on the rise: EV manufacturer Rivian invests in solar energy. Market impacts from the recent flurry of solar policy actions. And more.
EV manufacturer Rivian invests in solar energy
Rivian will subscribe to community solar and purchase renewable energy certificates (RECs).
Acciona completes Texas-size solar project near Houston
The 458 MW Red-Tailed Hawk solar plant is the company’s largest solar plant to date.
Market impacts from the recent flurry of solar policy actions
The U.S. had an extremely busy week of policy changes, including AD/CVD, domestic content, bifacial panel exemptions, and changes to 301 tariffs.
Enel, Energy Vault build 18 MW/36 MWh of U.S. gravity storage
Energy Vault and Enel have revealed plans to build 18 MW/36 MWh of gravity storage in the United States. They say that the project will be the first large-scale gravity energy storage in a Western country.
GoodWe U.S. inverter on Sunnova’s approved vendor list
This partnership allows GoodWe and Sunnova to meet the growing demand by commercial and industrial customers that want to stabilize energy costs.
