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The birth of the solar + storage peaker

AES has installed a 20 MWac / 100 MWh solar plus storage project on Kaua’i that will provide electricity after sundown, and allow the island to get more than 1/3 of its power from solar.

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PVEL splits from DNV GL

The testing lab is on its own again after a management buyout, and Jenya Meydbray is returning as CEO. PVEL will still collaborate with DNV GL on its annual module scorecard.

pvMB: Community solar, storage filling up in MA’s SMART, 75 MW more big solar in Hawaii, FERC’s McIntyre passes & more

In today’s pv magazine Morning Brief, we report on the filling up of “adder” tranches in Massachusetts’ SMART program, two contracts for large solar projects in Hawaii, the passing of FERC commissioner Kevin McIntyre, and more.

As utilities fight distributed generation, electricity is getting less reliable

One of the best tools that would allow utilities to meet their central stated mission of providing a stable electricity supply is one they are fighting the hardest.

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Solar tsunami

Developers have applied to build 139 GWac of large-scale solar projects in the territory of six grid operators – around five times what is currently online across the country – and that figure doesn’t even cover the entire United States. By any metric, we are looking at an unprecedented boom in solar development over the next five years.

Will the Select Committee on the Climate Crisis have any real power?

Democratic Leader Nancy Pelosi’s new committee could fall short of the demands of members of Congress on the party’s Left, and is not guaranteed to be anything more than an advisory body.

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Big solar and batteries coming to the border

El Paso Electric has awarded contracts for 200 MW of solar and 100 MW of battery storage through its latest solicitation, and may procure 50-150 MW more wind and solar. But the RFP also shows that the utility is firmly wedded to gas.

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Design of New Jersey’s SREC successor program wide open

New Jersey regulators have set a timeline for determining a new policy to follow the solar renewable energy credit system by next March, and are soliciting guidance from stakeholders – while trying not to repeat the mistakes of other states.

Solar stocks dragged down as market falls

The biggest crash in the stock market in the last 10 years has hit solar stocks, but for the solar coaster this is nothing new.

New York City gets its largest community solar installation at 1.2 MW

The array on two massive industrial roofs in Brooklyn will supply electricity to 196 households and businesses, with 10% of its output going to low- and moderate-income New Yorkers.

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