Silicon Valley Bank reemerges as a lender, extends credit to Pivot Energy community solar portfolio
Subscribers in the portfolio include municipalities, healthcare, food service, and retail companies, as well as 8,000 low-to-moderate income (LMI) households.
Three ways to implement solar and renewables to reduce land use
A Nature Conservancy report offers a land-use reduction scenario and framework to help energy planners and policymakers execute informed and equitable net-zero strategies.
California solar project portfolio bypasses time-consuming “Super Cluster” study
Renewable America will provide distributed capacity for four community choice aggregators in California.
RFP alert: Tribal solar accelerator seeks projects
An accelerator fund for tribal authorities that includes 65 tribes and over 120 tribal individuals will award grants of up to $200,000 for solar projects situated on tribal authority land, and $50,000 grants per year for tribal energy plan proposals.
Sunrise brief: Virtual power plants could save utilities up to $35 billion by 2033
Also on the rise: Why solar assets are underperforming expectations by 8%. Ikea bets on Meyer Burger’s heterojunction solar modules. And more.
Commercial Solar Guy sells 101 MW New York portfolio, seeks additional 60 acres
The solar developer is also seeking another 16 MW of solar, mostly in the NYSEG power company region, to fill out the portfolio.
Sunrise brief: House votes to resume solar tariffs
Also on the rise: First Solar released Q1 2023 earnings with guidance on the advanced manufacturing production tax credit from the IRA
Multi-family housing developer looks to Mass. and Illinois for growth
High Impact Solar is planning on submitting applications for more than 65 projects for the anticipated Q3 2023 low-and-moderate income (LMI) communities adder, even though the developer has yet to see the application, founder John B. Wood said.
Con Edison sustainability report highlights 3 GW of renewables deployments
The utility’s 2022 report highlights milestones the New York company is making to procure distributed solar, storage, energy storage resources, EV charging and heat pumps in the coming decade, as it strives to become fully net zero by 2040.
Sunrise brief: Republican debt ceiling bill guts clean energy in Inflation Reduction Act
Also on the rise: Driven by solar, California’s net demand hit zero on Sunday. Tracking the sun on uneven terrain. And more.
