Sunrise brief: What happens to the IRA under a new administration?
Also on the rise: California has become rooftop solar and batteries NEM-esis. Renewable energy merger and acquisition opportunities for 2024. And more.
Solar profits drying up
The Invesco Solar exchange-traded fund (ETF) under-performed the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIA) stock indexes in January 2024. Jesse Pichel, a managing director at Roth Capital Partners, attributes this to logistics and apparent cashflow problems for some solar companies.
Sunrise brief: Top five solar states
Also on the rise: U.S. solar industry week in review. U.S. expected to outpace Europe in lithium-ion battery cells. And more.
U.S. solar industry week in review
pv magazine USA spotlights news stories of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.
Sunrise brief: How to boost U.S. solar rooftop installations
Also on the rise: Bloom Energy teams up with Shell to look at large-scale hydrogen projects. A look at the great transformer shortage affecting U.S. utilities. And more.
Sunrise brief: California community solar market lies in limbo
Also on the rise: Solar now accounts for over 50% of new electricity capacity added to the U.S. grid. IRS final rules for clean energy tax credit direct pay and transferability. And more.
People on the move: Mission Solar Energy, Navisun, Birch Creek Energy, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.
Sunrise brief: This Biden era law has spurred $240 billion in clean energy investment and 170,000 jobs
Also on the rise: Aurora Solar adds EagleView aircraft imagery to rooftop design platform. Molson Coors brews beer with solar power. And more.
Shining a light on solar module quality
With solar panel prices tumbling, project developers will need to be vigilant about quality. Comprehensive product testing could be a vital safeguard as PV manufacturers struggle to retain their margins, according to Everoze’s Martin Laing and Gauthier Dambrine.
Sunrise brief: Solar wins hundreds of millions in New England capacity payments
Also on the rise: Amazon helps Duke Energy complete power flow studies in hours, not months. Canadian Solar to supply Texas-made TOPCon modules to Sol Systems. And more.
