Duke Energy to test novel approach to turn coal plants into energy storage stations
Funded by a Department of Energy grant, the project will evaluate Malta Inc.’s thermal energy storage system as a viable, scalable solution.
Alliance formed to push for increased community access to solar
The Alliance aims to support the passage of two bills intended to make community solar legal in Michigan.
Maxeon launches a line of frameless, conformable rooftop solar panels
Maxeon’s Air technology platform looks to bring solar to previously inaccessible roof spaces.
Price pressures may delay 15% of utility-scale solar projects this year, Roth Capital warns
Shaving off 15% would trim new capacity additions by more than 2.3 GW this year alone, based on Energy Information Administration forecasts. Higher prices throughout the solar supply chain are being blamed.
Sunrise brief: Over 1 GW a day of new solar to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, IEA says
Also on the rise: CS Energy provides EPC services for a 50 MW solar portfolio, UL buys a solar analytics platform, Sunnova places $500m of senior notes, service stations on Puerto Rico go solar, and XL Fleet buys an EV charging provider.
Pine Gate sheds its in-house EPC, launches Blue Ridge Power
Pine Gate is the latest in a string of solar companies to outsource their engineering, procurement, and construction functions to third-party or subsidiary companies.
More solar modules are being shipped at lower prices, EIA data shows
The latest from the Energy Information Administration shows that more than 2.7 GW of modules were shipped at an average price of $0.34 per watt during March.
New York funds a study to learn how grazing can benefit solar installations
Sheep and solar farms can exist symbiotically, and the American Solar Grazing Association says that now is the time to convert that relationship into a full-scale industry.
More than 7,000 schools across the US are solar powered
Total installed solar capacity on schools has grown 139% since 2014, and now can be found on 5.5% of all public and private K-12 schools, according to the 2020 Brighter Future report.
Dominion buys solar developer Birdseye Renewable
Dominion may be hoping to ease some of the pushback that local communities have shown to the development of utility-scale solar projects.
