Sunrise brief: Clean energy jobs outpace the overall market
Also on the rise: Beef cattle agrivoltaics on an Oregon family ranch. 10 best practices for building trust when developing solar projects. And more.
DOE provides $178 million to schools to lower energy costs and emissions
As Part of the Investing in America Agenda, the funding will benefit about 74,000 students in 97 school buildings.
Sunrise brief: Morgan Stanley and Santander invest $520 million in solar projects
Also on the rise: Scaling green hydrogen. EV sales to make up nearly one-third of passenger vehicle sales in U.S. by 2026. And more.
EV sales to make up nearly one-third of passenger vehicle sales in U.S. by 2026
BloombergNEF’s Electric Vehicle Outlook 2023 forecasts an impressive trajectory of EV sales in the U.S., but cautions that faster progress is needed in order to reach net-zero road transport emissions by 2050.
Sunrise brief: What salary and benefits can I expect in solar development?
Also on the rise: 50 states of solar incentives–Hawaii. Is your project underperformance caused by trackers? And more.
Electric vehicle charging stations to quadruple in U.S. by 2027
With a projected 18 million EV charging ports in the U.S. by 2027, range anxiety may soon become a thing of the past.
50 states of solar incentives: Hawaii
Solar represents 17.25% of the island state’s power mix. At the end of 2022, Hawaiian Electric had achieved 32% of its renewable procurement standard goal of becoming fully renewable powered by 2045.
Solar group petitions to suspend Dominion Energy interconnection rules
A coalition of distributed solar installers has petitioned to throw out an interconnection cost allocation rule in Virginia that has led to project delays and cost increases.
DOE announces over $192 million for battery recycling
The decision extends the Lithium-Ion Battery Recycling Prize contest and builds on the nearly $3 billion invested in EV and battery technologies by President Biden’s Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.
The missing ingredient in U.S. solar policy
To realize the IRA’s full potential, the solar industry needs well-defined and prompt guidance regarding the IRA’s implementation. Additionally, federal permitting reform is needed to address issues of congestion, interconnection and transmission.
