Anne Fischer
Lessons learned from Texas storm Uri
Winter storm Uri that brought a deep freeze to Texas is also bringing insight into grid vulnerabilities, the need for more renewables, and the potential of solar-plus-storage.
Duke Energy to phase out coal use by 2035
Duke has retired 56 coal facilities since 2010, and over the next five years plans to invest in zero-carbon emissions sources including nuclear, renewables (wind and solar), hydro and battery storage.
Financing battery storage: Navigating a maturing market
At a recent power finance conference in New York, experts discussed the growing opportunities for installing storage projects, as well as considerations for where the storage markets need to mature to make them more financeable.
Sunrise brief: Three California utilities fund coalition backing NEM 3.0
Also on the rise: How green is this year’s Super Bowl: a look at solar in the NFL. 300MW Nighthawk utility-scale storage facility to use Tesla Megapack.
Nighthawk utility-scale storage facility to use Tesla Megapack
Tenaska and Arevon plan 300MW battery storage facility in San Diego County to add resilience to the grid across California.
Sunrise brief: The U.S. Army commits to using 100% clean electricity by 2030
Also on the rise: CommonBond enters solar finance market, hoping to lower costs. SunPower sells C&I business. BloombergNEF’s Jenny Chase says solar offers reasons for hope. NREL develops next-generation CSP. Greenbacker adds to solar portfolio. EV charging networks gets a boost. Nautilus grows community solar portfolio. Nature Conservancy releases Site Renewables Right map.
Strata Clean Energy Inland Empire Energy Storage project awarded PG&E agreement
California Public Utilities Commission approves 6,396MWh of new and incremental utility-scale battery energy storage systems.
SunPower sells Commercial & Industrial Solutions business to TotalEnergies
The sale enables SunPower to focus on growing its residential business, while TotalEnergies will advance its distributed generation activity in the US.
Nautilus Solar’s community solar portfolio continues to grow
Nautilus Solar recently completed a 13MW community solar portfolio in Colorado, and acquired another 16.8MW portfolio in Minnesota.
The Nature Conservancy releases map to help site renewables
Site Renewables Right map helps solar and other renewable developers avoid important natural areas, permitting delays, and cost overruns.
