Ryan Kennedy
Should I include a battery with my home solar project? Part 1
A growing share of residential solar projects now attach energy storage batteries. In part one, we consider the backup power feature of batteries.
iSun pegs its C&I project backlog at $80 million
Preliminary Q3 revenues were estimated at between $6.2 million and $7.2 million, while gross margin is expected to range from 18-20%.
Watch: Solar panels blasted with sound to better understand microcracking
Researchers at NREL and EPRI focused heavy bass sounds on solar panels to simulate the effects of wind-caused deflection.
Startup Sunday: Crowdfunding for solar cell power boosting tech
Also starting up: Heliogen is building a test CSP, and EV maker Aptera rolls out the third alpha of its solar equipped vehicle.
Solar employed 231,000 in the U.S. in 2020
The Covid-19 pandemic and higher productivity rates cut U.S. solar jobs by about 6.7% in 2020.
Want faster decarbonization? Look to consumer action first, study says
The study by Brattle Group and Oracle found that consumer actions like adopting residential solar could cut emissions twice as much as utility action alone.
How varied energy storage can enable a low-cost renewable energy future
Analysis from NREL shows that high-renewable operation is possible, and less expensive, when a variety of energy storage technologies are used.
Highway-side solar could produce 36 TWh annually
A collaboration between universities, nonprofits, and a geospatial mapper led to development of a highway solar evaluation tool.
A solar array is headed to a New York landfill
New Energy Equity closed on a 7 MW solar array at a former landfill, the latest in a national trend.
SolarEdge launches residential battery and inverter
The DC-coupled battery has 94.5% round-trip efficiency and the inverter offers up to 11.4 kW power and 10.3 kW backup power.
