The IRA won’t solve all of our energy issues
Texas solar owners still have to give their energy away at discounted rates
Sunrise brief: Sungrow mulling new inverter factory outside of China
Also on the rise: US startup unveils plug-and-play solid-state battery for residential applications. California lawmakers pass equitable community solar bill. And more.
California lawmakers pass equitable community solar bill
AB 2316 gives renters access to clean energy and lowered bills and ensures at least 51% of customers are low-income.
Sungrow mulling another new inverter factory outside of China
Sungrow told pv magazine at the recent Intersolar South America event in Sao Paulo that its cumulative delivered capacity in Latin America now stands at 9 GW, with 6 GW of the total delivered to Brazil alone.
First Solar to invest up to $1.2 billion in expanding U.S. solar manufacturing by 4.4 GW
New 3.5 GWDC manufacturing facility planned in the U.S. Southeast; Ohio plant expands and gets a $185 million upgrade.
Solar industry was held back in the first half of 2022, but now the floodgates are opened
Module supply shortages hampered solar deployment in the first half of 2022, but legislation and executive action should cause a strong new wave of installations in the coming months.
To PTC or ITC, that is the financial question
CohnReznick Capital has released an analysis comparing the returns on investment of the newly available Production Tax Credit to the standard 30% Investment Tax Credit.
50 States of solar incentives: West Virginia
A state that is in the heart of coal country has been slow to adapt to clean energy, but the tide may be turning.
Ten Ohio counties have banned large scale wind and solar
After implementing SB 52 last fall, ten rural Ohio jurisdictions have banned large “single interconnection” wind or solar facilities in unincorporated areas.
California extends solar property tax exemption, Missouri does not
A property tax exemption brings some sense of stability to California solar owners, whereas the repeal of a 2013 ruling creates an obstacle to clean energy adoption in Missouri.
