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50-year solar? Here’s how the numbers may work

The DCF from a solar project’s electricity generation increases by 46% when shifting the project from today’s standard 25-year lifetime to a 50-year time scale.

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Startup Sunday: Amazon funds transformer-based EV fast charger

Also starting up: Leap Photovoltaic turns to 3D printing to slash solar cell production costs, and solar EV startup Sono Motors files for its U.S. IPO.

Sunrise brief: Costs and savings of a home energy storage system

Also on the rise: The White House announces a pared-down framework for its Build Back Better agenda, Tesla orders 45 GWh of EV batteries, and New Jersey makes its community solar program permanent.

CIT Group leads financing for solar-plus-storage portfolio

Amp Energy is developing five separate solar power generation systems at four project sites in central New York State.

Sunrise brief: Google deploys ‘dragon scale’ solar shingles at its Silicon Valley campus

Also on the rise: Large format modules are gaining market share and presenting a new set of challenges, Honeywell and Duke will jointly test a flow battery, and Sunnova will offer EV charging through a partnership with ChargePoint.

iSun pegs its C&I project backlog at $80 million

Preliminary Q3 revenues were estimated at between $6.2 million and $7.2 million, while gross margin is expected to range from 18-20%.

Sunrise brief: Consumers can drive decarbonization faster than utilities, study says

Also on the rise: Ohio officials approve more utility-scale solar, SCE will add 2,150 MWh of energy storage, and large format modules are headed for standardization in a move driven by a Chinese trade group.

NextEra Partners buys stake in 2,520 MW renewables portfolio

The deal includes more than 800 MW of solar and solar+storage in four states.

Sunrise brief: Energy storage provider Fluence eyes a $4b IPO valuation

Also on the rise: D.E. Shaw lines up financing for a 149 MW solar project, Sunnova prices its latest securitization, and DOE awards $40 million for solar innovation projects.

Fluence eyes $4 billion valuation in planned IPO

The energy storage provider is a joint venture between Siemens AG and AES Corp., and said it aims to offer 31 million shares priced at between $21 and $24 each.

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