Commercial rooftop solar racking with one drill bit
Esdec has launched FlatFix, its commercial flat-roof product, into the U.S. marketplace with a goal of minimizing installation parts and labor.
Connecticut zero carbon bid gets 71 solar proposals
pv magazine’s John Weaver looks at the bids in Connecticut’s new RFP, finding some interesting utility-scale solar projects.
Massachusetts’ SMART program is a go, but the details matter
The State of Massachusetts has officially approved its next round of solar power incentives. The program will push 1.6 GW of solar power onto the power grid.
Colorado muni wants to be 1/5th solar powered by 2024
Colorado Springs Utility has approved plans to build 150 MW of solar power, coupled with energy storage. This project, plus prior capacity, will bring the company to 21% solar electricity by 2024.
SMA is Now Shipping TS4-R-F Rapid Shutdown Solution
As the module level rapid shutdown requirements for rooftop solar come into play for 2019, multiple inverter manufacturers are moving forward with solutions.
Los Angeles households to get 121 MW of solar power from 8minutenergy
8minutenergy has entered into a definitive agreement to sell its interest in the 121 MW-DC Springbok 3 Solar Farm to Capital Dynamics. The project has a 27-year contract to sell power to the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power.
Ten batteries to power the world
ARPE-E has chosen ten projects as part of its DAYS energy storage program aiming for 10 to 100 hours of energy storage at affordable fixed costs per cycle.
The consolidation continues: AlsoEnergy merges with Locus Energy
AlsoEnergy has acquired/merged with its third energy monitoring and asset management company this summer. This most recent move brings 25 GW and 190,000 projects under AlsoEnergy’s responsibility.
SEIA seeks automated permitting and energy storage retrofits for business
SEIA is seeking to save $1 per watt on costs by automating the solar permit process, and also to unlock 30 GW of solar plant energy storage projects by confirming the 30% tax credit on commercial energy storage retrofits.
Solar and energy storage win big in Indiana
Electric utility NIPSCO announced plans to close all of its coal facilities by 2028, replacing them with solar, solar+wind, wind, demand side response and the spot market. The utility says some of the coal facilities could have stayed open past 2035, but would have cost customers millions of dollars more than shifting to new solar power.
