Markets & Policy

A look at three different hydrogen projects from around the world including one at the U.S. Department of Energy’s Ames Laboratory, which launched a new catalyst based on nitrogen and carbon to extract hydrogen from hydrogen storage materials at mild temperatures and under normal atmospheric conditions.

Tenaska and Arevon plan 300MW battery storage facility in San Diego County to add resilience to the grid across California.

Also on the rise: CommonBond enters solar finance market, hoping to lower costs. SunPower sells C&I business. BloombergNEF’s Jenny Chase says solar offers reasons for hope. NREL develops next-generation CSP. Greenbacker adds to solar portfolio. EV charging networks gets a boost. Nautilus grows community solar portfolio. Nature Conservancy releases Site Renewables Right map.

California Public Utilities Commission approves 6,396MWh of new and incremental utility-scale battery energy storage systems.

Within the new venture, the company hopes to be able to lowers costs for both installers and homeowners, and promises increased sales velocity for installers.

The Biden Administration announced the five-year plan to meet the broader agenda of electrification and decarbonization of transportation.

“The Army will lead by example” says the United States Army Climate Strategy, and by 2040 aims to add enough renewables and storage to self-sustain critical missions.

The sale enables SunPower to focus on growing its residential business, while TotalEnergies will advance its distributed generation activity in the US.

Nautilus Solar recently completed a 13MW community solar portfolio in Colorado, and acquired another 16.8MW portfolio in Minnesota.

The three 6.7MW projects are Greenbacker’s first assets in Washington, and all of the projects have long-term power supply agreements in place and completion projections for later this year.