Ryan Kennedy
Startup Sunday: EightTwenty shines light on Oklahoma solar
Also starting up: Watts Battery joins accelerator program, and an autonomous solar plane with a wingspan larger than a 747 takes flight.
SolSmart targets pricey solar soft-costs
Inefficient permitting alone can add $1 per watt to project costs, so SolSmart aims to help local governments reduce soft costs.
Dynamic Energy starts work on 6.6 MW commercial solar project in Maine
Energy from the array will power grocery stores operated by Albertsons. The commercial-scale project is one of the state’s largest.
Renewables now second only to natural gas in capacity, generation
Renewables have now crossed the 25% threshold of total U.S. available installed generating capacity.
Watch: Gravity-based renewable energy storage tower for grid-scale operations
Energy Vault secured $100 million in Series C funding for its EVx tower, which stores gravitational potential energy for grid dispatch.
Terabase acquires First Solar’s “PlantPredict” performance monitoring software
The software adds to Terabase Energy’s digital platform for utility-scale solar project development, engineering, and monitoring.
Solar power is targeted most often when California orders curtailments
Around 5% of utility-scale solar production was curtailed in 2020. Policy leaders are using a number of tools to reduce this waste of renewable energy.
3D printers produce solid-state battery technology for EVs and other uses
California-based Sakuú Corp. has started work on a 2.5 MWh per year pilot facility to produce its 3D-printed solid-state battery tech.
Startup Sunday: Ample raises $160m from Shell and others for EV battery-swap stations
Also starting up: ROSI recycles at multiple stages of PV lifecycle, and Comcast Ventures leads a funding round for a provider of AI-powered home energy improvements.
Solar on schools: A smart solution
School districts throughout the country are increasingly installing solar projects, often at no upfront cost. What are the benefits?
