Ryan Kennedy
Virtual power plants and the data-driven future of distributed energy
The evolution of energy markets from vertically integrated utilities to open access competitive markets has created a power grid increasingly integrating smaller and more diverse distributed energy resources requiring robust interaction for integration and management.
U.S. Congress passes anti-clean energy budget bill: An industry reacts
Solar and other clean energy industry members react to the passage of the “One Big, Beautiful Bill Act.”
Arizona’s largest grid-scale battery is now online
A 1,200 MWh storage facility developed by Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has reached commercial operations.
Five reasons solar and wind are core to U.S. energy
Renewable energy has sustained an attack from the federal government, but it remains a central focus for new-build energy, explains a memo from the Natural Resource Defense Council.
Redwire deploys 60 kW roll-out solar array for the first lunar orbit space station
The company held the first test deployment of its solar arrays designed to power solar-electric propulsion systems for the Gateway space station.
GameChange Solar introduces terrain-following tracker designed to reduce land grading
The Genius Tracker TF supports slops of up to 1.7 degrees between posts, thereby reducing land grading costs.
What is solar net metering?
In many states, rooftop solar is supported by a billing structure called net metering, under which utility bills are credited for exporting electricity to the grid.
Utility-scale solar developer Arevon secures $600 million portfolio funding
The project finance deal includes an option to expand to $850 million.
Solar cost of electricity beats lowest-cost fossil fuel – even without tax credits
Lazard’s analysis of levelized cost of electricity across fuel types finds that new-build utility-scale solar, even without subsidy, is less costly than new build natural gas, and competes with already-operating gas plants.
Solar tax credits cost $25 billion, but lower bills by $51 billion annually, said SEIA
The $25 billion annual cost of tax credits is far outweighed by the $51 billion in lower electricity bills, $12 billion in federal tax revenue, and $3.7 billion in state and local taxes, found analysis by the Solar Energy Industries Association, Brattle Group, and University of Louisiana.
