Sunrise brief: DOE requests input on how to allocate $1 billion Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund
Also on the rise: The State of South Dakota looks to pencil in a few hundred megawatts of solar in the coming years. In a saturated market, energy storage emerges as a silver bullet. And more.
Growatt opens automated factory in Vietnam to produce batteries, inverters
Growatt has an expansion plan to achieve an annual production capacity of 500,000 units of inverters and 100,000 units of batteries to serve the growing U.S. market as well as other markets throughout the world.
Innovations in long-duration energy storage
Long-duration energy storage (LDES) is essential for decarbonizing the grid but gigawatt-hour scale systems continue to be tricky for companies with big ideas.
Intersolar North America takeaways: Residential Storage and utility solar O&M improvements
The event, which is dedicated to advancing the clean energy transition, featured four keynote addresses, hundreds of exhibiting companies, the third annual Solar Games installer competition, and valuable distributed energy panel sessions and networking opportunities.
Canadian manufacturer releases carbon-fiber solar panel for boats
Lightleaf’s new 110 W PV module features monocrystalline solar cells from SunPower Maxeon, with 25.1% efficiency. It has a rigid carbon-fiber foam foundation instead of glass, and weighs just 2.5 kg.
RoyPow introduces whole home backup solar battery
The company is introducing the residential lithium-ferro-phosphate battery at Intersolar in Long Beach, California.
Sunrise brief: SolarEdge announces record revenues in 2022
Also on the rise: The IRA will unleash community solar markets. Saltwater flow battery added to solar-on-canal project. And more.
NanoGraf raises $65 Million to scale U.S. production of battery materials
Series B funding comes soon after $10 million contract from the U.S. Government to develop the first large-volume silicon oxide anode manufacturing facility in the Midwest.
Enphase and Lumio expand U.S. microinverter, storage partnership
The strategic relationship with Lumio will amplify the impact and distribution of Enphase Energy Systems, providing homeowners more access to sustainable and grid-independent power sources.
Sunrise brief: Solar-powered sports stadiums on the rise
Also on the rise: Duke Energy to cut jobs following Q4 loss. $2 billion loan for battery material gigafactory. And more.
