Solar tracker designed for solar installations of under 20 MW
FTC Solar and AUI Partners introduce new single-axis tracker solution for distributed generation market.
North Carolinians would save $18 billion through 2050 with high-renewables carbon plan
An independent carbon plan for North Carolina would add storage instead of gas through 2030, and add 21 GW more solar and 22 GW more battery storage by 2050 than Duke Energy’s plan proposes.
US Senate passes Inflation Reduction Act of 2022: An industry reacts
Solar industry leaders weigh in on Senate passage of the IRA, the bill that carries $370 billion in energy security and climate spending.
SEIA and environmental groups comment on proposed changes to Community Reinvestment Act
In May federal banking regulators proposed sweeping changes, which include shoring up the underserved against climate disasters, but SEIA and environmental groups asked them to go further in financing renewables to benefit LMI communities.
Sunrise brief: Energy storage software provider posts 246% revenue growth
Also on the rise: Do we have enough engineers to conduct interconnection studies? Green car dealership goes green. And more.
Green car dealership powered by green energy
TC Chevy in Ashland, Oregon is installing pole-mounted solar on trackers manufactured locally by Stracker Solar.
Sunrise brief: Solar deployment to increase fivefold under Inflation Reduction Act
Also on the rise: DOE offers $26 million to demonstrate that grid can run on clean energy. World’s largest underground hydrogen storage project. And more.
GameChange Solar to add 6 GW to its US manufacturing capacity
The solar tracker manufacturer will begin operating a new manufacturing line somewhere in the Midwest in February 2023.
Sunrise brief: Battery storage operation under net billing provides virtually no grid value, says Berkeley Lab study
Also on the rise: US added 15 GW generating capacity, 4.2 GW solar in first half 2022. Pairing agrivoltaics and pollinator habitat with community solar in New York. And more.
Community solar market forecast to grow 7 GW by 2027
State-level policy has fueled the growth, and pending legislation for community solar programs in five states could add another 1.2 GW, according to Wood Mackenzie
