SunPower had a ‘solid’ Q1, finds hope for May and June after a difficult April
It’s solar earnings season and there’s a clear, non-surprising theme: The first quarter was strong and largely unimpacted by the pandemic, but the second quarter and 2020 as a whole is uncertain.
Morning Brief: Financing for a 200 MW project, EDP agrees to a power contract
Also in the brief: solar on schools in Virginia and a Hawaiian microgrid.
1 MW battery system meets the challenge of supplying power to a remote Alaskan community
Cordova, Alaska, a small fishing community in a remote part of Prince William Sound, has been able to find long periods of fossil fuel independence thanks to a new battery system developed by Saft.
Morning Brief: massive PacifiCorp renewable energy RFP excites developers, China’s energy storage boom falters
Also in the brief: First Solar will supply Geronimo Energy with 415 MW of Series 6 modules, a D.C. circuit court hears about a vital FERC energy storage order, the Midwest Solar Expo will not be postponed and more.
Sunrun weathers Covid for a strong Q1
The company reported strong solar deployments and revenue to start 2020, even with orders decreasing by as much as 40% for periods in March. And while the company has remained strong throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, additional sales decreases loom in Q2.
Regulatory developments shaping energy storage in 2020 so far
Customized Energy Solutions and the U.S. Energy Storage Association have released a new report analyzing the regulatory, legislative and market developments relating to energy storage across the nation’s RTOs and ISOs in the first quarter of 2020.
Hydrogen and ‘direct air carbon capture’ enter the policy conversation
While utilities, municipalities and states across the U.S. struggle to find a cost-effective way to get to 100% carbon-free power, some companies, like Wärtsilä North America, think that the answer is closer than we realize.
Dominion plans 16 GW of solar for Virginia by 2035
Under the utility’s latest IRP, Dominion plans to procure 16 GW of solar, 2.7 GW of storage and 5.1 GW of offshore wind in the next 15 years. Kicking off these new plans comes a request for proposals of 1 GW of solar or wind and 250 MW of energy storage.
Texas could add 3.5 GW of solar this year
Additional solar could help the ERCOT grid region in Texas meet its summer peak, after it faced “tight grid conditions” last summer. New task forces aim to improve ERCOT’s markets for ancillary services and battery storage.
Southern California Edison wants its new, huge 770 MW battery storage procurement online fast
In an era of plunging battery costs, these awards point to the end of intermittent renewables and the dawn of dispatchable solar and wind.
