Sunrise brief: Solar power purchase agreement pricing is finally cooling
Also on the rise: Fracking enables record power and flow rates for geothermal pilot project. Judge tosses Tigo lawsuit. And more.
RWE signs 300 MW solar PPAs for Virginia utility
Eight solar power purchase agreements will add more than 700,000 MWh of generation for Dominion Energy Virginia.
The benefits and challenges in expanding local clean energy
Local clean energy ownership gives residents decision-making power over the construction, operation and distribution of benefits from clean energy projects, according to a report by Institute for Local Self Reliance.
Sunrise brief: Bifacial perovskites show 93% backside efficiency
Also on the rise: First Solar inks 5 GW supply deal with Energix. EPA announces two grant opportunities for clean tech projects. And more.
Lincoln Park’s first community solar program
Low-income and minority communities are often most affected by extreme and damaging weather storms, as well as to indoor air pollution and higher energy costs. However, one community in Minnesota is actively working to change that.
Sunrise brief: Texas curtailed 9% of solar generation in 2022
Also on the rise: The last net-metered project in Indiana. State climate policies that can make a difference. And more.
Solar powers manufacturing of concrete utility poles
The solar installation is enabling Valmont to create utility transmission and distribution poles at scale with lower greenhouse gas emissions.
The last net-metered project in Indiana
A 1.3 MW, behind-the-meter solar project had to meet a six-month deadline in order for the project to be exempt from Indiana’s 2017 law that revoked net-metering.
Sunrise brief: Former coal plant to house 100-hour iron-air battery
Also on the rise: Michigan utility settlement revises resource plan to add 3.8 GW of renewables. Secretary Yellen’s China mission underscores economic diplomacy, domestic climate policy nexus . And more.
Former coal plant to house 100-hour iron-air battery
Minnesota’s public utilities commission approves Form Energy’s 10 MW/1 GWh iron-air long-duration energy storage facility construction project for Xcel Energy.
