Solaredge records pandemic progress despite tough final quarter
Full-year revenues nudged up despite tough comparisons with the end of 2019 for the final quarter of last year. The inverter maker expects to log revenues of $385-405 million in the current three-month window.
Sunrise brief: Sunnova feeds its residential solar pipeline with deal for SunStreet
Also on the rise: Utilities plan a massive solar + storage project in Wisconsin, Fluence supplies an AI-based trading platform for a BESS, and Avangrid wants a partner for an HVDC line in New York State.
West Virginia’s largest-ever solar project gets siting approval
92.5 MW of solar could be coming to 795 acres in Jefferson County, after state regulators granted a siting certificate to Wild Hill Solar LLC.
Hawaiian Electric surpasses RPS target on path to 100% renewables
Renewable resources accounted for half of the electric power serving Maui County in 2020, a first.
SolarEdge to supply electric powertrain units and batteries for Fiat EV
SolarEdge’s e-Mobility division will supply Fiat with full electrical powertrain units and batteries for the automaker’s E-Ducato light commercial vehicle.
Sunrise brief: Texas grid struggles to recover from winter storm, massive outages
Also on the rise: Appalachian Power issues an RFP for 300 MW of renewables, Canadian Solar closes its Japan fund, and a battery recycler is acquired.
Sunrise brief: Southeast utilities ask FERC for market changes that could help renewables
Also on the rise: ERCOT orders rolling blackouts as 30 GW of resources are forced out, PNM shareholders OK merger with Avangrid, location is key when talking about DERs, and Dominion claws back from a big ice storm.
Sunrise brief: Intel signs on to 138 MW Avangrid solar project
Also on the rise: ARPA-E offers $100 million in R&D funding, California hunts for generation resources for this summer, and CIT Group helps arrange financing for a handful of BESS capacity.
Four key solar market trends from 2020
Data firm REsurety identifies four trends that illustrate how solar power markets performed in 2020.
Automakers are embracing the EV revolution, but what about your state?
Ford, Toyota, and the Biden administration have all taken huge steps toward getting more EVs on the roads, and the American Council for an Energy-Efficient Economy has released a report outlining which states are keeping pace.
