Sunrise brief: New York offers funds for electric bus transition
Also on the rise: Fluence gains an investor, Cap Dynamics buys an Arizona solar facility, and legislation would boost DER as a safeguard in wildfire-prone California.
Sunrise brief: PG&E announces six BESS projects with 387 MW of capacity
Also on the rise: 8Minute upsizes its credit facility, an NREL-led team publishes a new guide to inverter-based power systems, and Altus Power adds to its portfolio.
Sunrise brief: Year-end dealmaking hits its stride
Also on the rise: A solar firm helps neighbors in need, researchers show how to turn a ZEB into a PEB, and researchers correct a climate model error: the fix isn’t good news for California.
Solar roundup: Lower export fees in Michigan and net metering takes a hit in Vermont
Consumers Energy cuts solar export fees in Michigan, while net metering takes a hit in Vermont. And TVA wants feedback on an environmental report for a planned 50 MW solar and 200 MWh storage project in Mississippi.
Solar plus storage cleared to land at JFK airport
The 12.3 MW solar installation will create a carport canopy, providing cover to around 3,000 parking spaces. Excess power will flow to the grid and storage will support AirLink JFK rail shuttle service.
NYC site will host a 100 MW/400 MWh energy storage system
Under a seven-year contract with Con Edison, the utility will bid power from the battery system into New York State’s wholesale energy market.
Energy storage investments 2020: VC and equity firms put more than $500 million in these 25 battery startups
Here’s a year-end round-up of VC investments across the energy storage value stack.
Biden makes his picks: Granholm is Energy Secretary and McCarthy is Climate Czar
Also in the morning brief: Ormat expands energy storage presence, acquires a shovel-ready project in Upton County, Texas. RatedPower’s software for utility-scale solar. CS Energy hits 1 GW.
Morning Brief: Bipartisan energy deal rumored to be imminent in lame-duck session
Although the situation in DC remains “fluid.” Also in the brief: LG Energy’s new residential battery systems, and solar on Arkansas jails with Entegrity.
Morning Brief: Amazon replaces Google as world’s largest corporate purchaser of renewable energy
Also in the brief: Battery material breakthrough of the day, Kern County coping with climate change, Longroad Energy plans $128 million solar farm north of Houston
