Utility-scale solar construction costs halve 2013 averages, while wind and natural gas are relatively flat
Utility-scale solar projects used to cost nearly $4,000 per kW to build in 2013. By 2020, they fell to $1,655 per kW.
Renewable PPA price relief from the Inflation Reduction Act may take time
LevelTen Energy’s Q3 report shows U.S. solar and wind offer prices rose 9.6% in-quarter, and current market forces may continue this trend for some time.
US 2021 solar panel shipments total $9.8 billion at $0.34/W
Imports, exports, and domestically produced solar modules installed in the United States in 2021 were valued at nearly $10 billion.
US lifts tariffs on solar products from Canada, Mexico
Canada, the United States, and Mexico signed an agreement to lift Trump-era tariffs, after an independent panel said that the duties violated the provisions of existing trade agreements.
One-third of global PV manufacturing capacity is at medium or high risk of bankruptcy, IEA says
A new report from the International Energy Agency stresses the importance of geographically diversifying the global PV supply chain. This would prevent supply chain vulnerability to bankruptcies and underinvestment.
Sunrise brief: Polysilicon prices rise over 200% in 2022 amid supply shortages
Also on the rise: Entergy seeks to grow renewables up to 2500% over next decade. A zinc-based alternative to lithium-ion batteries. And more.
Cold-climate heat pump efficient in -10 F weather
Lennox developed the first prototype that achieved the DOE’s Cold Climate Heat Pump Technology Challenge’s standards about a year ahead of schedule.
ACORE outlines reduction in solar investment and development if tariffs persist
The US attracted $228.3 billion in renewable energy, grid-enabling technology and transmission for renewable integration investment since the launch of ACORE’s $1 Trillion campaign in 2018.
New York announces 2 GW of new solar across 22 projects
The awards represent the largest land-based renewable energy procurement in the state to date, and once installed, will bring the state’s renewable energy mix to 66% renewable, in pursuit of 70% by 2030.
An American at Intersolar, Part II – Solar Panels
The first two halls at Intersolar Europe 2022 were packed with many variants of solar panels and innovations: from eight-foot-tall monsters, to red, green and blue modules, to small, climbable modules from Meyer Burger.
