Sunrise brief: Solar wafer prices fall for first time in three months
Also on the rise: California ends summer with 5 GW energy storage record. Sunnova secures $3 billion Department of Energy loan. And more.
Sunnova secures $3 billion Department of Energy loan
The agreement will advance Project Hestia, a low-income distributed clean energy program.
Teeing up the “Solar + Decade”
George Hershman, executive chair of SEIA and chief executive of SOLV Energy shares his perspective on aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act one year later.
Sunrise brief: Solar module prices are falling with no end in sight
Also on the rise: The win-win of agrirvoltaics, long duration energy storage emerges, and more.
Shifting state policies reshape distributed solar in the U.S.
Major residential solar markets policy changes essentially necessitate battery energy storage attachment, while other policies are launching community solar markets.
Sunrise brief: Global carbon emissions-free electricity reaches 38%
Also on the rise: Solar is reliably and predictably supporting the Texas grid, carbon electrode pervoskites are advancing, and more.
Solar industry should focus on virtual power plants, says DOE’s Jigar Shah
With the days of solar net metering “numbered” and more utilities looking to deploy virtual power plants that compensate owners of distributed storage, industry veteran Jigar Shah sees virtual power plants as a route to industry success.
Sunrise brief: U.S. energy storage deployments to exceed 10 GW this year
Also on the rise: Nextracker opens steel manufacturing facility in Las Vegas. Briggs & Stratton launches new lithium iron phosphate battery packages. And more.
Nextracker opens steel manufacturing facility in Las Vegas
The facility will produce steel for Nextracker’s solar mounts and tracking systems. Nextracker and Unimacts held an event to dedicate the new production line, which coincided with the RE+ 2023 conference, the largest energy trade show in the country, also in Las Vegas.
Verdagy plans first U.S. facility to manufacture large volume of advanced water electrolyzers
The facility, located in California, will have more than 100,000 square feet of manufacturing space and is expected to come into operation in Q1 2024.
