Mars electricity generation record set with 29.5% efficient solar cell
The NASA InSight lander generated 4,588 watt-hours during sol 1, a new record for electricity generation on Mars.
Milwaukee eyes its own rooftop solar mandate with a California clone
The proposed legislation would require all new residential units in the city to include solar arrays, starting in 2019.
PV Info Link expects solar demand to reach 112 GW in 2019
That would mean a market increase of around 25% on this year. Demand is predicted to become particularly strong in the second half of the year, with renewed market growth coming from India and the USA.
Solar panel shipment data points to construction boom
pv magazine is finding more evidence of a major uptick in the construction of solar projects.
Solar PV generation grows 29%: Slowing, but still on pace to dominate
Per the EIA, electricity generation from solar PV grew 29%, year to date, 2018 over 2017, through the end of the 3rd quarter. So far this year, solar PV has supplied just over 2.3% of the total electricity generated in the United States.
Extra Space Storage adds 2.7 MW to solar arsenal
The company has partnered with Pivot Energy to provide 2.7 MW of capacity over 23 Colorado and Illinois locations.
Capital Dynamics, Tenaska join booming Midwest solar market
The developer and asset manager have signed a deal to develop 2 GWac of solar projects in six Midwestern states – more than the entire capacity that is currently online in those states. But this appears to only the beginning for the region.
Solar power project pipeline partying like it’s 1999
Per S&P Global Market Intelligence’s installation data, the total U.S. utility-scale solar project pipeline grew by 5.8 GWac in Q3 ‘2018, with the 2019-2020 pipeline increasing by greater than 50% over the last two quarters to 23 GW.
DC votes in favor of the nation’s most aggressive 100% renewable energy target
The nation’s capitol is close to mandating that PEPCO serve the district’s entire electric demand with renewables by 2032 – and that all vehicle fleets in the city go 100% low-or-zero emissions by 2045. But the bill isn’t done yet.
Senate committee advances pro-fossil ideologue to FERC
Over the protests of Democrats, a Republican majority in the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee has advanced Bernard McNamee to serve on the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. He must still be approved by the full Senate.
