Solar is front and center in the fight for energy justice
Renewable energy in the form of community and rooftop solar can bring relief to people who are disproportionately affected by climate change, pollution, and rising energy prices. Many groups are working hard to open up access to solar and the recently passed U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has a plan, backed by generous funding.
People on the move: SunVest, BrightNight, Heelstone Renewables, Elexity and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
Schneider Electric launches home energy management system that integrates solar, storage, EV charging and appliances
The Schneider Home platform’s five components include a smartphone app to help monitor and allocate energy resources.
Sunrise brief: North Carolina carbon plan favors gas over solar-plus-storage
Also on the rise: New electrolyzer to split saltwater into hydrogen. Solar Alliance completes 687 kW distributed generation projects in New York. And more.
Michigan utility doubles distributed generation cap
Consumers Energy files a settlement agreement to raise its cap on distributed solar generation from 2% to 4%, bumping up one of the nation’s most restrictive rules. The settlement includes other clean energy and equity provisions.
Solar Alliance completes 687 kW distributed generation projects in New York
The Canadian developer is targeting additional ownership opportunities in 2023 combined with growing revenue from installation division.
Luminia closes out 2022 with $2.5 billion in solar financing requests
With a 600 MW+ project pipeline, active development includes community solar and other projects primarily across the Northeast.
North Carolina carbon plan favors gas over solar-plus-storage
The carbon plan includes substantially less solar and storage than the amounts called for by a North Carolina trade group and a citizens’ group, and similar amounts proposed by technology firms.
All I want for Christmas is 400 GW of solar installed in 2023
For a long time global installation projections have come up short in forecasting solar installation volumes, including a big miss in 2022. Is it possible that we could see outpaced growth in 2023, like we saw in 2022?
Global solar capacity additions hit 268 GW in 2022: BNEF
BloombergNEF solar analyst Jenny Chase says 268 GW of new solar capacity came online in 2022, with annual installations expected to hit 315 GW in 2023.
