Advocacy can save the IRA and your job
Tor Valenza asks all 275,000 solar workers (plus all other clean energy workers) to take five minutes a day to call their senators and ask them to preserve all clean energy tax credits in the Inflation Reduction Act.
PJM expects adequate resources for summer with opportunities for demand response
The regional transmission organization, PJM, forecast “sufficient generation” for typical peak demand this summer but is preparing to call on contracted demand response resources to reduce electricity use under more extreme scenarios featuring record demand.
The advantages of asset management software for solar energy businesses
While spreadsheets remain a ubiquitous tool for data management, their limitations and hidden costs are becoming more apparent.
Large-scale solar projects facing outsized risks
Obsolescent technology, serial defects, maintenance difficulties, and grid connection limitations are all creating unique risk management problems for North American solar.
April storms cut Eastern U.S. irradiance as northwest surges
In another weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that strong jet stream and Eastern storms split solar conditions across the U.S. in April, with the east experiencing a downturn in solar irradiance while the northwest saw irradiance gains.
Building not your average dream home: High performance
This series describes the process of designing and building a sustainable home, which is passing tests for airtightness and proved to retain heat in winter. But the Xcel stumbling block has yet to be overcome.
The key to renewable energy procurement
Keeping purchaser causation, collaboration and emissionality in mind are key to procuring 100% renewable energy in a low-risk, cost-effective way that achieves tangible emissions reductions and environmental improvements.
The secret behind solar project success in the IRA era
Companies that build strong partnerships that combine domestic manufacturing, field experience and responsive problem-solving are positioned to thrive regardless of policy changes.
Deciphering solar supply chain challenges and where we go from here
Brian Lynch calls on U.S. manufacturers to re-evaluate their supply chain strategies and partners, with a heavy dose of common sense.
How renewable energy projects can enhance ecosystems
On this Earth Day consider how by integrating ecological principles into the full value chain of renewable energy deployment we can create systems that restore and enhance natural processes while generating the clean power that society and the Earth deserve.
