Sunrise brief: Secret solar stories revealed in new solar podcast
Also on the rise: Recent advances in fast EV charging. DC rooftop PV providing domestic hot water to residential building at 140 F.
DC rooftop PV providing domestic hot water to residential building at 140 F
Domestic hot water, with a heating system powered exclusively by DC solar power, has now covered the needs of an apartment building in Linz, Austria, for a period of a year. The 14 residential units are each connected to their own 1.36 KW solar arrays.
Sunrise brief: Proposed FEMA building code may hamper solar deployment
Also on the rise: Using AI to optimize and unlock the value of co-located solar and energy storage. Treasury seeks public input on the implementation of tax incentives in Inflation Reduction Act. And more.
Using AI to optimize and unlock the value of co-located solar and energy storage
When combined with on-site generation assets, battery storage systems can be used to ride out the worst of the price volatility – discharging during high prices and absorbing excess energy from generation.
RFP alert: Puerto Rico launches tender for 1 GW of renewables, 500 MW of storage
Puerto Rico’s latest procurement exercise is the second round of a tender scheme designed to allocate 3.75 GW of renewables capacity and 1.5 GW of storage.
Sunrise brief: Multi-day iron-air battery startup nets $450 million investment
Also on the rise: Generac to bring EODev hydrogen fuel cell power generators to North America. 50 states of solar incentives: South Carolina. And more.
HelioVolta wins American-Made Solar Prize for software innovation
SolarGrade software is a fieldwork platform by HelioVolta that includes pre-made workflows and pre-written issue descriptions that help reduce time on site.
Multi-day iron-air battery startup nets $450 million investment
Boston, Massachusetts startup Form Energy announced the Series E financing round.
A 100% solar community in Florida suffered no power losses from Hurricane Ian
Just 12 miles from Fort Meyers, Babcock Ranch was built with climate resiliency in mind.
RWE to acquire Con Edison’s clean energy business
The transaction is valued at $6.8 billion. The combined portfolio almost doubles RWE’s operating assets in the United States to 7.2 GW, making it the fourth largest renewable energy company and the second largest U.S. solar operator.
