Sunrise brief: Battery recycling is hot, but lightbulb moments lag
Also on the rise: SunPower will market a VPP offering for energy storage customers, and mPrest CEO Andy Bennett talks with pv magazine about the potential for DER under Build Back Better.
SunPower launches VPP offering for its energy storage customers
The company will manage charging and discharging the batteries, while keeping some electricity in reserve for backup power to the home.
American Battery approved to build battery recycling facility in Nevada
The facility will include a battery recycling building, an office building with laboratories, and a finished goods warehouse.
RFP alert: PS Oklahoma seeks up to 1,350 MW of solar
Battery energy storage capacity may be included, and the solar projects must be sited in Oklahoma.
Sunrise brief: Solar’s share of the generation mix could hit 20% by mid-century, EIA says
Also on the rise: A trade court tossed out a Trump action on bifacial modules, and a real estate giant will use its C&I database to identify sites for rooftop solar and energy storage.
Sunrise brief: Global energy storage market set to hit 1 TWh by 2030, BNEF says
Also on the rise: Rooftop solar fires are a real and growing risk, A-SMACC says it could refile anti-dumping tariff petitions, and five New England colleges now are powered by solar under a novel PPA arrangement.
The energy storage decade has arrived, BNEF says
Falling battery costs and “surging” renewables penetration make energy storage a “compelling flexible resource in many power systems.”
Sunrise brief: Solar+storage microgrid for EV bus charging wins $6m in funding
Also on the rise: Costs for all types of solar PV continue to fall, NREL says; and financing is lined up for a solar project near Denver.
Costs for all types of PV systems continue to fall, NREL benchmark report says
In a change from previous years’ reports, however, balance of systems costs have increased or remained flat across sectors in 2021.
Transit agency to install a solar+storage system for EV bus charging
The Los Angeles transit agency will deploy 1.5 MW of rooftop and bus solar canopy paired with a 4.5 MWh energy storage system.
