Markets & Policy

Portland General Electric plans to roll out wireless network coverage over the next five years, intended to improve grid reliability and support the integration of clean technologies.

Also on the rise: Waste-to-hydrogen facility to fuel transportation in California. BP to construct 134 MW project in Ohio for Meta. And more.

EnergyLink’s fund launch addresses an underserved niche for sub-$50 million project funding.

VP3 Initiative will help catalyze potential for the rapid growth of virtual power plants.

The DC-coupled battery offers efficiency improvements over traditional batteries, which require three power conversions.

Chevron New Energies, Raven and Hyzon Motors team up to commercialize green waste-to-hydrogen production.

Since 2004, the volume of polysilicon per watt is down by 87%, and the inflation adjusted price for polysilicon is also down by 76%.

Also on the rise: Community solar on New Jersey self-storage facility benefits low-income residents. Solar4America begins module production at California factory with wafer plans announced. And more.

Two EDF Renewables projects with 219 MW of capacity will be deployed in Jefferson County, where National Grid has identified the need for additional distributed generation resources. One AES project with 100 MW capacity was approved.

Initial production of 700 MW of American-made modules will ramp to 2.4 GW later this year. The site includes production lines for 410 W and 550 W modules.