Solar in the NFL
As we enter Super Bowl weekend, pv magazine looks at how the National Football League adopts solar.
Sunrise brief: The U.S. Army commits to using 100% clean electricity by 2030
Also on the rise: CommonBond enters solar finance market, hoping to lower costs. SunPower sells C&I business. BloombergNEF’s Jenny Chase says solar offers reasons for hope. NREL develops next-generation CSP. Greenbacker adds to solar portfolio. EV charging networks gets a boost. Nautilus grows community solar portfolio. Nature Conservancy releases Site Renewables Right map.
‘Solar and wind deployment could not now be stopped if we wanted to’
BloombergNEF’s Jenny Chase has surveyed the state of affairs in world solar for clean energy journal Joule and said the technology’s historic ability to surmount obstacles – and persistently confound analysts’ predictions – should offer a reason for hope.
CommonBond enters the solar finance market, looking to help installers grow their business
Within the new venture, the company hopes to be able to lowers costs for both installers and homeowners, and promises increased sales velocity for installers.
The U.S. Army commits to using 100% clean electricity by 2030
“The Army will lead by example” says the United States Army Climate Strategy, and by 2040 aims to add enough renewables and storage to self-sustain critical missions.
Nautilus Solar’s community solar portfolio continues to grow
Nautilus Solar recently completed a 13MW community solar portfolio in Colorado, and acquired another 16.8MW portfolio in Minnesota.
Greenbacker expands into Washington with solar portfolio purchase
The three 6.7MW projects are Greenbacker’s first assets in Washington, and all of the projects have long-term power supply agreements in place and completion projections for later this year.
The Nature Conservancy releases map to help site renewables
Site Renewables Right map helps solar and other renewable developers avoid important natural areas, permitting delays, and cost overruns.
Sunrise brief: Another anti-circumvention case filed against Southeast Asian countries, said ROTH
Also on the rise: Terrasmart shares vision of its role in transition to renewables. AES using AI-powered bidding software. Excel commits to procuring 2.5GW of solar by 2030. T-Mobile subscribes to 10 Nexamp solar farms. Funding for water-based electrolysis for green hydrogen. ACORE wants to eliminate anti-renewable rule in New England. Job moves at Scout Clean Energy, PosiGen, QOS Energy, and more
AES to use AI-enabled bidding software for solar and energy storage projects
Fluence reports that the recent 1.1GW agreement with AES is one of the largest single procurements of AI-powered bidding software for renewables and storage assets by an independent power producer in the US.
