Engineering, procurement and construction agreements for utility-scale battery projects
In the second installment of our series addressing best practices, challenges and opportunities in utility-scale battery energy storage systems deployment, we examine engineering, procurement and construction agreements for battery projects.
Energy job moves at Fluence, Avangrid, Sunfolding, Sunrun, juwi, BEI, Energy Foundation, Kanin Energy
Executive, career and boardroom moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy VC.
New York regulators, NYSERDA, release white paper on how to better achieve 70% renewables by 2030
In pursuit of the state’s Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act, the two entities have outlined a plan to rewrite current procurement procedures, expand the role of offshore wind and establish a new tier of eligible generation resources.
KB Home is now installing SunPower’s building-integrated solar racking system on new homes
SunPower has captured more than 50% market share with new solar builds in the state.
Morning Brief: Renewable-energy spending will edge oil and gas for the first time ever in 2021
Also in the brief: Repowering older wind and solar plants is big business and getting bigger, Xcel accelerates $3 billion in spending, particularly on large renewable-energy projects, Highview gets more funding for long-duration energy storage.
Did I mention I’m a certified solar installer?
The bullshit women deal with every day. A solar veteran and company founder shares some stories.
Bringing solar to the heart of coal country
The Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia, spurred on by Virginia’s pro-solar legislative spring, has released a request for qualifications, seeking a partner to co-develop commercial-scale solar projects in seven coal counties.
Denmark’s CIP reaches first close for $6 billion renewable infrastructure fund, the world’s largest
Investments will include offshore wind, onshore wind, solar PV, transmission, storage, waste-to-energy and biomass assets.
Solar opportunities ‘ignored’ across 100 million acres in the Southwest
The Bureau of Land Management “has ignored most possibilities” for utility-scale solar “on its vast land holdings across the solar-rich Southwest,” says a paper. Renewable energy development accounts for less than 1% of economic activity on BLM lands, while oil and gas account for 70%, according to BLM data.
Data shows solar asset underperformance and bias towards optimistic pricing
Solar assets are underperforming far more frequently than official energy estimates would suggest, according to the industry experts who contributed to KwH Analytics’ 2020 solar risk assessment report.
