Sunrise brief: SunPower maps 2021 expansion plans, jobs growth
Also on the rise: Pivot Energy completes community solar projects, Enphase deal opens a new market segment, IREC gains from a solar donation, and NREL storage study outlines a four-step adoption process with big implications for the grid.
Entergy Arkansas solar program slated to save $60m for local schools, other customers
“From October to November, our energy bill went down by $2,700,” said Robby Lowe, superintendent of the Junction City School District.
Sunrise brief: Xcel fined $1M over solar interconnection complaints
Also on the rise: Sungrow supplies battery energy storage system to Texas project, and MIT researchers lay out a path for higher rates of EV adoption.
Navisun acquires 4.5 MW community solar project
The Linden Hawk Rise Solar Project is part of New Jersey’s community solar pilot program, and is expected to be completed later this year.
Swell Energy wins approval for 100 MWh VPP
The contract was awarded in response to Hawaiian Electric’s request for dispatchable energy storage and renewable generation through distributed energy resources along with capacity and ancillary services.
Colorado awards nearly $5 million in grants for local solar projects
One of the state program’s main goals is to “support communities feeling the impacts of the transition from coal.”
Sunrise brief: Regulators OK Duke Energy solar plans
Also on the rise: More BESS is coming to ERCOT, Peck Company acquires iSun Energy, Enphase and Sunnova expand their business ties, and a New York community solar project gets a new owner.
Sunrise brief: Battery-electric locomotive enters service
Also on the rise: NPPD shops for 2 million MWh of renewables, JV will fuel ReneSola expansion, Canadian Solar sells a project stake, and natural gas rebounds after a lousy 2020.
Sunrise brief: Out with the coal, in with the renew
Also on the rise: An innovative program brings solar to a school district, a Canadian investment group buys a 563 MW portfolio of renewable capacity, and developers want to build solar in the heart of Wyoming’s coal country.
San Francisco company aims to boost solar access across Africa
A new partnership will involve selling ZOLA’s Infinity systems into nine sub-Saharan countries.
