Yo, California, first – you stanch the bleeding, then you work the wound
The Clean Power Alliance of California is arguing that in dealing with projected electricity shortfalls, regulators should allow for full state participation and clean energy developers to meet the demand, versus extending the operations of gas plants located in population centers.
ZAF supplies batteries to the Air Force, Standard Solar completes Virginia school projects: pvMB 10/9/19
Hello and welcome to your Hump Day MB. Today we also have new board members at Solaria, and sPower completing 20 MW in California.
Solar stocks soar in 2019
The Invesco Solar ETF is up 50% year to date, driven by the successes of Solaredge, Enphase, Sunrun, First Solar and SunPower. These strong performances may look to increase the financial confidence of the industry as a whole.
The sun shines only at night
Engie has been selected to supply a solar power plant in Guam with 50 MWdc of generation capacity and approximately 300 MWh of storage – with the express purpose to deliver 100% of the electricity after sunset.
Only 2% of U.S. businesses have a 100% renewable goal
A survey conducted by Deloitte shows the healthcare industry surprisingly leading the way for near-term renewable goals, as well as a cross-industry focus on carbon reduction over renewable procurement.
Huawei faces three more Solaredge lawsuits
Inverter manufacturer Solaredge has filed three additional patent infringement lawsuits against its competitor, Huawei, in China. This comes after three similar legal actions against Huawei that had been undertaken by Solaredge in Germany last summer. While Huawei has decided not to comment on the matter, the Chinese manufacturer revealed that it had filed three patent litigation claims against Solaredge at a Chinese court this May.
100 MW could come to Dulles, SunPower safe harbors 200 MW of panels: pvMB 10/7/19
Welcome to your workweek and to this week’s Monday pvMN. Today we’re looking at 350 MW proposed for Buffalo, NY, Contra Costa County partnering with SunPower on solar carports, Alta Devices and Stanford’s solar car and more!
Platte River Power wants to grow its PV capacity 500%
The utility has issued a request for proposals for 150 MW of solar, in addition to the 22 MW upgrade set for its lone 30 MW project.
Google takes the first step towards its 5 GW goal
Google and Hecate Energy have announced a deal for Google to purchase 250 MW annually from a 500 MW Hecate project in Texas, the first development in the company’s recently-announced plan to add 1.6 GW of wind and solar.
TerraForm buys 320 MW, Batteries for trains: pvMB 10/3/19
Hello one an all! It’s Thursday and we have an MB just for you. Today we’ll be looking at Sun Tribe Development naming a CEO, Yotta winning Startup of the Year, Chinese PV makers challenging anti-subsidy rates for PV and more!
