Solar generation up 36% in the first two months of 2022
pv magazine examines the growth of solar in the early months of this year, and takes a look at its sustainable energy counterpart, wind energy.
NJR Clean Energy Ventures breaks ground, or rather water, on 9 MW floating solar project
The installation will provide approximately 95% of the New Jersey American Water Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant’s annual power needs.
22 Senators call on Biden to end anti-circumvention investigation
The bipartisan group is led by Jacky Rosen (D-NV), who was influential in last year’s dismissal of a similar antidumping investigation request. Secretary Raimondo offers the DOC’s perspective.
Top ten hybrid solar and storage plant observations
Government researchers have collected ten observations from various recent research papers looking at solar- or wind-plus-storage power plants in the United States.
Lack of trained workers, ITC uncertainty, supply chain woes cited as challenges for US solar installers
EnergySage and NABCEP release results of 2021 solar installer survey, which shed light on the impact of supply chain and policy challenges.
Sunrise brief: Elon Musk wins SolarCity lawsuit, avoids over $2 billion judgement
Also on the rise: Power Electronic Grid Interface streamlines the transition to a more modern grid. RFP Alert: Dominion Energy Virginia seeks 1.2 GW of solar and wind, 125 MW storage. Convergent announces operation of Maryland solar and storage portfolio. Ultracapacitor sonar seeking a 100% solar and wind grid.
Convergent announces operation of Maryland solar and storage portfolio
The 2 MW solar and 8 MWh storage installation will contribute to the region’s grid stability, which has to face annual extreme weather threats.
Sunrise brief: Florida Governor’s veto of net metering bill a win for clean energy in the Sunshine State
Also on the rise: Missouri town declares solar farm a nuisance. PG&E seeks 176 MW of front-of-the-meter local solar. Group using NREL’s free ReEDs model validates 100% renewables by 2035 for 24 states. Caesars bets on solar, breaks ground on three projects in Atlantic City. MIT, NREL researchers develop 40%-efficient thermophotovoltaic cell for grid-scale thermal batteries. SEIA cuts solar deployment forecast 46% in light of anti-circumvention investigation. LG Energy Solution Q1 net income cut in half by materials costs and supply chain challenges, with sights set on strong EV market.
Missouri town declares solar farm a nuisance
The City of Bloomfield has updated their rules to require additional requirements for all solar projects larger than 50 MW, or 200 acres, declaring the sites a nuisance, and requiring NextEra to heavily alter a project.
SEIA cuts solar deployment forecast 46% in light of anti-circumvention investigation
The newest update to the organization’s survey for solar workers and companies shows increasingly drastic outcomes for the solar industry if tariffs are imposed on the countries under investigation.
