Tucson Electric Power (TEP) has contracted E.ON and Greensmith Energy to provide frequency response and voltage control from the 10 MW Iron Horse Battery Energy Storage Project, using lithium titanate oxide (LTO) batteries supplied by Landis+Gyr.

San Diego was forced recently to cancel 65 solar PV projects in its territory that were planned late last year with SunEdison after the developer advised the city that its deadlines would slip.

National design firm TCA Architects designed a group of net-zero eco-apartments for Houston-based Hanover Company within its new Hanover Olympic apartment building in Los Angeles. These units feature solar power, smart thermostats, iPad accessible monitoring, in-apartment monitoring screens, high efficiency lighting, and smart AC and water systems, along with EV charging facilities.

A new grass-roots solar consumer organization has formed in California recently to champion the rights of homeowners with solar, and facilitate the adoption of solar by those seeking solar.

The famed InterSolar North America solar trade show here in San Francisco wrapped up late last week with an increase in several indicator categories, most important among which was the 10 percent rise in exhibitor space by 550 companies, indicative of the strong manufacturer outlook for near term growth.

The future growth of the PV industry in the United States will necessitate that solar EPCs increasingly focus down market from the standard 100 MW utility project to the 1 MW to 20 MW commercial and industrial mid-market.

Solar FlexRack has launched its new single-axis TDP tracker this week at InterSolar North American, here in San Francisco.

Homeowners with PV now have a smarter approach to avoiding home energy usage peaks and time of use charges: JLM Energy and Honeywell’s strategic partnership to quash cooling bills.

The novel PV and storage system was unveiled for the U.S. market at Intersolar North America