The Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target program works. Here’s why
Tools deployed by the state as well as the underlying contract structure have created a program that local business and homeowners can grasp, and are investing in. That’s SMAHHHT.
Tesla unit eyes a battery energy storage system in Texas
The 100 MW battery storage system would provide black start and balancing services for a volatile node within ERCOT.
Sunrise brief: Online tools target permitting, inspection, interconnection processes
The NREL-developed online Solar TRACE and Solar APP platforms aim to help developers, installers, and homeowners understand their local and utility PII process and streamline the often expensive and frustrating experience.
University of Wyoming, 9H partner on a 3 MW solar research facility for students
The solar installation will use First Solar Series 6 modules and the research facility will return up to $10 million to the university through energy savings and services.
Bill would mandate rooftop solar on new homes and commercial buildings
The proposed Massachusetts mandate is modeled after a similar policy in California and would provide exemptions under certain circumstances.
Developer plans 10 MW community solar project at N.Y. landfill
Source Renewables said the project represents an opportunity to repurpose the waste site and create local benefits through distributed solar.
Sunrise brief: Community solar player Nexamp lines up $440m to fuel its growth
Also on the rise: Texas regulators rebuff a call to roll off $16b in storm-related charges, Enphase Energy supplies microinverters to a senior housing project, and Canadian Solar sells Japanese solar projects.
New Mexico bill would set up a statewide community solar program
SB 84 would establish a 100 MW community solar program and also include a 30% annual capacity carve-out for low-income customers and related service organizations.
Facebook ‘likes’ more solar power under TVA Green Invest program
The agreement also includes Facebook’s first large-scale energy storage project.
Sunrise brief: A Texas-sized ‘oops’ for grid operator ERCOT
Also on the rise: Researchers use AI to model how grid failures cascade in a disaster, VEIR raises capital for its novel transmission line technology, NV Energy issues a community solar RFP, Freedom Solar gains two new partners, and Daqo New Energy signs a polysilicon supply deal.
