David Wagman
Sunrise brief: Capital Power signs solar VPPA for Budweiser brewery
Also on the rise: CleanCapital inks a $300 million commitment from Manulife, Power Edison BESS to set sail, and Gen. Grant’s historic New York cottage gets a solar-plus-storage system.
Amazon adds solar, storage, and wind as it pushes to hit 100% renewable by 2025
The company said it has 206 renewable energy projects globally, comprised of 71 utility-scale solar and wind projects and 135 solar rooftops on facilities and stores.
Winners named in this year’s Solar Decathlon, a showcase for student-led innovation
Nine teams from the U.S., Canada, Chile, and the Netherlands competed in a design-build challenge that resulted in innovative solar-based houses being added to home-town neighborhoods.
Sunrise brief: D.E. Shaw finances Michigan solar project
Also on the rise: Capstone’s 132 MW solar project in Alberta enters service, Wallbox is looking for a site to make EV chargers, General Motors leads fundraising for battery-maker SES, NextEra buys more wind, and FTC Solar starts its IPO roadshow.
Product roundup: Trina Solar, Arctech, First Solar, Schneider Electric, and more
Check out this week’s list of some of the newest announcements related to clean energy products.
Winterizing Texas power plants makes economic sense, Dallas Fed says
The bank said that the most reasonable solutions to prevent winter storm blackouts are within the bounds of being economically justified.
Sunrise brief: Boulder adds 2.1 MW of solar at 11 city-owned sites
Also on the rise: Mosaic announces a $1.5 billion loan program for solar and storage, New Jersey levies a fine for damage related to a solar project, and SunPower deleverages its balance sheet.
SEIA releases environmental justice policy
The platform outlines principles for engagement, as well as environmental justice outcomes and policies that the organization will support to expand equitable access to solar energy.
A geospatial approach to evaluating potential solar sites
High-resolution data let the study group drill down to individual parcels in order to figure out how much land is available for solar in both optimal and preferred sites.
Sunrise brief: RES signs VPPAs for 170 MW of solar and wind
Also on the rise: Summit Ridge secures tax equity deal for community solar in three states, Hunt Perovskite wins DOE funding for cell development work, and EVgo opens a lab to test electric vehicle charging technologies.
