Sunrise brief: GM goes all in on carbon neutrality, EV transition
Also on the rise: BESS blackstart capability for a major California power station, and Lightsource pb signs a VPPA for a big solar facility in Indiana
Sunrise brief: 20 MW Cummins electrolyzer is producing green hydrogen
Also on the rise: Salient Energy wins a grant to advance its zinc-ion battery tech, Ingeteam supplies equipment for a California solar project, and a new call for to avert global “energy apartheid.”
National lab and Youngstown State partner to develop battery manufacturing workforce
The Energy Department said the U.S. is in a period of “tremendous advancement in battery technologies, presenting new opportunities for electric vehicles and energy storage systems.”
Product roundup: Enphase, Panasonic, Con Edison, startups, and more
Check out this week’s list of some of the newest announcements related to clean energy products.
Top Gun is one of 4 dozen large-scale BESS projects set for service in 2021
Nearly 1.4 GW of battery energy storage capacity is under construction and slated for delivery during 2021, according to data from FERC and DOE.
Sunrise brief: New York offers funds for electric bus transition
Also on the rise: Fluence gains an investor, Cap Dynamics buys an Arizona solar facility, and legislation would boost DER as a safeguard in wildfire-prone California.
Sunrise brief: PG&E announces six BESS projects with 387 MW of capacity
Also on the rise: 8Minute upsizes its credit facility, an NREL-led team publishes a new guide to inverter-based power systems, and Altus Power adds to its portfolio.
Nikola and Republic scrap electric trash truck
The pair were working to design and build a refuse truck based on a zero-emissions battery-electric drive platform and body while also integrating multiple new systems into a new state-of-the-art vehicle.
Energy storage investments 2020: VC and equity firms put more than $500 million in these 25 battery startups
Here’s a year-end round-up of VC investments across the energy storage value stack.
Morning Brief: Swell raises $450M for VPPs, Terra-Gen and Mortenson start on world’s largest standalone solar and storage project
Also in the brief: CPS Energy opened bidding last week on a contract that will double its solar capacity and add 500 MW of backup power to the grid.
