Sunrise brief: EQT Infrastructure acquires Cypress Creek Renewables
Also on the rise: nearly 1 GW of solar has been proposed for development in Louisiana, Generac acquires an American microinverter manufacturer, and EVgo goes public.
Solar PV fires: Cost estimates and the road to better data
The solar industry’s struggle with fire safety is ongoing. Dr. John R. Balfour and Lawrence Shaw have developed a means to begin to estimate the future costs and impacts from reported PV system-sourced fires.
Urban Electric Power’s long-term storage solution takes battery storage back to the basics
Using a modified version of the same technology used in AA batteries, Urban Electric Power was accepted into EPRI’s Incubatenergy Labs program to prove their technology’s worth in front of some of the nation’s top utilities.
Sunrise brief: IRS extends ITC safe harbor for solar projects, offering ‘much-needed breathing room’
Also on the rise: Crossover Energy inks deal with KKR, EPRI to address extreme weather reliability issues, Nautilus Solar buys community solar projects, LS Power completes solar asset acquisition, and VDE takes a stake in testing firm RETC.
Does the Southeast need wholesale power markets in order to hit its renewable goals?
A new report from ACORE, the American Clean Power Association, and SEIA explores the benefits of instituting real-time, wholesale energy markets across the 12 Southeast states as a way to accelerate renewable resource adoption.
Pine Gate Renewables completes its first North Carolina storage project
The 6.9 MW/10 MWh Grissom solar and storage project will provide energy to the North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation under a long-term power contract.
The electric utility anti-rooftop solar playbook
The paper, Blocking Rooftop Solar, includes seven case studies from around the nation exposing the specific actions taken, which sometimes were illegal, and quite often were manipulative.
Renewables accounted for more than a quarter of all U.S. electrical generation in April
The latest issue of the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Electric Power Monthly report shows renewables setting records once again and accounting for 25% of the country’s April electricity output.
Renewables up to 90% by 2050 would cost less than current generation mix: NREL study
Even 100% renewables could be reached with existing technology, the study said. Stanford University’s Mark Jacobson commented that system costs would be even lower with additional measures.
Import action ratchets up risks for U.S. solar companies
Further price increases for residential and C&I projects, along with a possible drop in module shipments and even more delays for utility-scale projects are possible in the wake of action by the Biden administration to address forced labor allegations in China.
