Residential PV

A 10 MW, 40 MWh storage project on the Southern California coastline could provide the first link for a string of community microgrids that, according to the Clean Coalition’s Craig Lewis, could show that high penetrations of distribution-connected solar are entirely doable.

Alencon’s new white paper outlines the differences between PV-centric and battery-centric coupling.

Catholic organizations own up to 100,000 buildings in the U.S., as well as land, and Catholic Energies is helping them go solar. “The market is enormous,” said the program’s leader.

Also in the brief: More financing news on Longroad’s 331-MW Prospero 2 solar project in Andrews County, Texas, Duke Energy storage projects abound, and solar on military housing.

Also in the brief: Western Australia’s largest operating solar project, California’s recent grid woes

Executive, career and boardroom moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy VC — plus some select job openings.

Also in the brief: Recurrent Energy has begun construction on the 144 MW Pflugerville solar project, Ion Energy chosen by EsVolta to improve the operational efficiency of its utility scale battery energy storage

States like California whose laws say residential rooftop solar must be “intended primarily” for self-consumption could join Washington, D.C. in increasing their limit, says D.C. resident David Roodman. Generation in excess of consumption will be compensated at the wholesale rate in Washington.

Also in the brief: Did we mention carbon-neutral beer? Plus drone inspection of transmission towers.

Outside of a 12-month promotional period where customers don’t have to make payments on the system, Mosaic’s newest offering, PowerSwitch Zero, also includes a contactless sales tool and and installer partnership product.