Transfer payments vs tax equity, a utility-scale analysis
Segue Sustainable Investments compares and contrasts the newly available transfer payment finance technique with the industry standard tax equity investment structure.
Solar inverter reactions to forest fires analyzed
After forest fires caused power grid issues in 2016 and 2017, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation inverter reliability team determined that inverter settings need work to help them better react.
It’s no longer ‘if’, but ‘how’ to get to 100% emissions free electricity
NREL explores the complexities of the various technology paths to 100% emission-free electricity in the United States, which include 540 GWac to 1 TWac of solar power being installed by 2035.
Polysilicon price relief in 2023 as industry scales to 500 GW capacity
CEA has suggested that solar wafer pricing will fall 23% by the end of 2023, while Bloomberg NEF sees 500 GW of manufacturing capacity online by the end of next year.
Lab manufactured perovskite solar panel goes nine months, loses 25% of its efficiency
Researchers built and deployed a nine perovskite solar panel array that showed little generation loss due to high temperatures, and performed better over time than researchers expected.
To PTC or ITC, that is the financial question
CohnReznick Capital has released an analysis comparing the returns on investment of the newly available Production Tax Credit to the standard 30% Investment Tax Credit.
Ohm sees a 90% disconnect in California’s emergency electricity policy
The demand response leader OhmConnect believes that their customers should have access to the same program that Tesla’s VPP customers are in – which pays nine times more.
Ten Ohio counties have banned large scale wind and solar
After implementing SB 52 last fall, ten rural Ohio jurisdictions have banned large “single interconnection” wind or solar facilities in unincorporated areas.
A big boost to wind and solar is coming. Be patient, says Rystad
While the recently signed IRA is expected to add 155 GW of additional utility scale capacity, it will take time to gear up as both wind and solar have industry dynamics to manage.
EV shipping is set to blow internal combustion engines out of the water
Modeling 5 to 10 GWh electrified containerships, researchers find that 40% of routes today could be electrified in an economically viable manner, before considering environmental costs.
