Morning brief: Elon Musk’s battery day ‘will blow your mind,’ Chinese module prices expected to rise 12.5%
Also in the brief: Powerhome has partnered with Generac, Duke Energy is donating $150,000 in low-income bill relief, Seychelles readies the world’s largest salt-water floating solar plant and more.
Massachusetts doubles the size of its SMART solar incentive
Dubbing the measure an “emergency regulation,” the incentive program’s capacity has been expanded to 3.2 GW of incentive blocks, with specific carve-outs for smaller projects and low-income community solar projects.
Morning Brief: Satellites help predict cloud cover for solar plants, REC Group did not infringe Hanwha Q-Cells’ ‘215 patent
Also in the brief: Vistra is increasing the size of its Oakland battery energy storage project, a University of Arkansas professor researching solar project cybersecurity and more.
Amid layoffs, some residential solar firms are outsourcing solar design
Outsourcing makes sense for startups and medium-sized companies, according to the CEO of Three Line Design
Pandemic’s utility impacts are coming into focus
Since the beginning of February, there have been widespread electric load declines of 3% to 11% across the U.S.
University of Pennsylvania signs 220 MW PPA with Community Energy for state’s largest PV project
Leadership on climate action at a competitive price on electricity.
ClearVue’s luminescent solar concentrators create clear PV windows
The lure of building integrated photovoltaics continues to attract entrepreneurs and startups.
Morning Brief: California Central Coast spends $600M on solar and geothermal, Sierra Club defeats PV farm
Also in the brief: DOE And FERC exploring the use of energy storage to bolster fossil fuel plants
Europe’s largest solar park goes online despite Covid-19
Iberdrola’s 500 MW Núñez de Balboa solar park has started commercial operations, following the completion of construction in December.
Massachusetts struggles to incentivize behind-the-meter storage
While praised for the level of large-scale energy storage the state’s Clean Peak Standard is anticipated to bring, opponents have called the policy “a waste of ratepayer funds for behind-the-meter energy storage.”
