SunPower loan program for U.S. residential solar and storage customers
The electricity savings could equal the monthly cost of the 25-year loan for a residential solar system.
Duke Energy Florida announces two new solar projects near Tampa
Both set to clock in at 75 MW, the projects are a part of the utility’s bigger goal of quadrupling the amount of in-service solar on its system over the next four years.
FPL ‘green’ hydrogen pilot could herald a scale-up using solar and wind resources
The utility touted its massive Manatee Energy Storage Center and recommitted to a $65 million green hydrogen pilot project that could impact the future of zero-emission power generation.
Solar Alliance to develop 56 MW data center solar project
The project could expand to 150 MW, as part of Solar Alliance Energy’s second venture with Green Data Centers.
Duke faces pushback over North Carolina brownfield solar project
Duke along with community and environmental groups find themselves as unlikely allies as state officials deem a 5 MW installation to be expensive and unnecessary.
Insurance for renewable energy projects adapts to more frequent and destructive disasters
As much as 70% of losses linked to solar energy systems in the past decade have occurred since 2017. The insurance industry is no longer “naive” to the risk.
University of Wyoming, 9H partner on a 3 MW solar research facility for students
The solar installation will use First Solar Series 6 modules and the research facility will return up to $10 million to the university through energy savings and services.
DOE pumps $115 million into clean energy R&D for small businesses
The latest part of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better pledge, the funding will go to grid modernization, carbon removal, renewable energy and energy storage, among other technologies.
Sunrise brief: A Texas-sized ‘oops’ for grid operator ERCOT
Also on the rise: Researchers use AI to model how grid failures cascade in a disaster, VEIR raises capital for its novel transmission line technology, NV Energy issues a community solar RFP, Freedom Solar gains two new partners, and Daqo New Energy signs a polysilicon supply deal.
Target expands its renewables strategy by signing PPAs for solar and wind energy
The retail giant announced three power purchase agreements that will bring it nearly halfway to its goal of sourcing all of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
