DOE announces $9.5 million award for Iowa’s first microgrid project
The Montezuma project with a 3 MW solar installation and a battery energy storage system is expected to lower energy costs for residents by as much as 18% and to reduce transmission costs for the utility by 34%
U.S. solar industry week in review
pv magazine USA spotlights news stories of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.
Sunrise brief: How to boost U.S. solar rooftop installations
Also on the rise: Bloom Energy teams up with Shell to look at large-scale hydrogen projects. A look at the great transformer shortage affecting U.S. utilities. And more.
Solar now accounts for over 50% of new electricity capacity added to the U.S. grid
Looking back at the first full year since passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, the U.S. Solar Market Insight, Year-in-Review 2023 shows that the legislation has skyrocketed the industry and will have a lasting economic impact in terms of energy, jobs and investment opportunity.
Sunrise brief: Massachusetts expands solar net metering, bucking a national trend
Also on the rise: Module prices steady as market mulls price hikes. Baltimore Gas and Electric installs battery storage system to manage winter peaks. And more.
Baltimore Gas and Electric installs battery storage system to manage winter peaks
The 2.5 MW/9.74 MWh Hitachi Energy facility helped the utility avoid distribution upgrade costs and also participates in the PJM Interconnection.
Solar at “twice the natural capacity factor of the sun”
Eland Solar 2 and Skeleton Creek are two high-capacity factor renewable power plants moving through development.
DOE announces $366 million for energy projects in rural and remote communities
The funding will support solar, energy storage and other clean energy deployment across 20 states and 30 tribal nations.
Energy Vault begins building first-of-its-kind green hydrogen storage project
The 293 MWh green hydrogen and battery storage facility is being built in utility Pacific Gas & Electric’s service territory in Northern California.
Nearly 800 MW of solar bound for the Texas grid
Enel North America announced its 297 MW Fencepost solar project is operational, while Clearway Energy Group‘s 452 MW Texas Solar Nova complex is complete.
