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Also on the rise: Duke Energy’s 250MW Pisgah Ridge solar project finds offtaker in major US retailer. Coal company Peabody launches joint venture to develop solar in mining country. The Electrip by Letenda is a 30-foot bus with Cummins batteries and nearly 300kWh onboard. Lawrence Berkeley report outlines shifts in demographics of US residential solar adopters.

Less affluent households are adopting residential solar but higher incomes found among solar-plus-storage users.

The technology promises lower LCOE, drastic reductions in project costs, and reduced shipping costs, yet availability issues and the variance in form factors have contributed to limited field usage thus far.

Also on the rise: New York town plans floating-solar demonstration project. SB energy procures 1.5GW of First Solar modules. Solar Jobs Census seeks participants. Verizon Communications issues fourth green bond. Solarizing houses of worship in communities of color nationwide. Arizona Senate controls the fate of Phoenix anti-solar rate.

Cohoes, New York’s $6 million floating solar project will demonstrate how municipalities can turn reservoirs into clean energy plants, while serving the needs of low-income residents.

The procurement will help SB Energy to meet the demands of the company’s 4GW solar and storage development pipeline in the US.

Under the partnership, EnergyBin will use its exclusive member network to pull together solar equipment, monetary donations, and other resources, while Good Sun uses that equipment to bring solar to underserved communities.

The warranty covers linear power, labor and workmanship.

Also on the rise: Massachusetts issues request for proposals to develop a plan guiding the deployment of 10-20GW of solar power. Honeywell batteries deployed at Hecate Energy utility-scale solar and storage project. SEIA offers framework for siting community solar projects. A clunky tax credit system keeps vital incentives like the ITC and PTC from working the way Congress intended. Solar maintained its place as the country’s fastest-growing electrical resource, while widespread droughts caused hydropower to fall and coal saw a brief resurgence. Auxin antidumping case “an affront to the industry” said SOLV Energy CEO

Some northern states added as much small-scale PV per capita as the top states in the Southwest, taking advantage of solar irradiance in northern states that’s about 70% as high as that in the desert Southwest.