Utility Scale PV

Solential said it is in final negotiations with a major Midwestern city to install the region’s first floatovoltaic solar system.

Rapidly falling price of solar panels has created an impetus for the construction of solar fields, which is often perceived as competing with crop production.

Also on the rise: NREL points to energy efficiency as a good substitute for energy storage, and a salary survey finds a widening pay gap between women and men in the solar sector.

Utility-scale solar–both thin-film and crystalline silicon–as well as wind have the lowest LCOE of all U.S. sources considered.

Reducing building energy usage by about 60% is key to a least-cost 100% renewable energy grid, the study found. 

The DCF from a solar project’s electricity generation increases by 46% when shifting the project from today’s standard 25-year lifetime to a 50-year time scale.

Also on the rise: LONGi says that modules were detained by U.S. Customs agents, Salt River Project rolls out a new Solar Choice program, and a standalone storage project is headed to Utah.

Also on the rise: Alliant Energy outlines its solar plans for Iowa, ENGIE NA scraps a solar+storage project, and distributed solar company Navisun has a new owner.

The company blamed interconnection costs along with global supply chain and production issues, and tariff and trade disputes.

Extending section 201 tariffs for another four years and increasing the quota on imported cells is clearly in the long-term best interest of all downstream participants.