Strengthening the solar supply chain
From Covid disruptions to concerns about forced labor to volatile prices, the U.S. has been dealing with a myriad of supply chain disruptions. What we need now is certainty.
How local is local in solar manufacturing?
With more than 50 GW of module manufacturing announcements made in the United States, annual production capacity will exceed demand by 2025, says S&P Global’s Alex Kaplan.
Equity-centered regulation is vital to a clean energy future for all
True energy equity requires that everyone have the opportunity, knowledge, and access to participate fully in the regulatory process.
Planes, trains, or automobiles: Which has the lowest carbon footprint?
Three industry professionals traveled 3,000 miles across America. Their mission: to dissect their carbon footprint. What they found was a complex calculation, with results more tightly-knit than anticipated – and a CO2 revelation.
How developers can capitalize on IRA support for community solar financing
The incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act are combining with an evolving distributed generation market and investors’ greater appetite for community solar to drive an uptick in renewable project financing and deployment.
Industry leaders share insights on cost-competitive grid storage
Attacking the duck curve will take a shower of storage solutions including nickel-hydrogen and iron-flow
Treasury and IRS propose renewable energy prevailing wage and apprenticeship requirements
As the renewable energy industry adapts to a new normal, the NOPR outlines a more pragmatic path to compliance than many in the industry had feared based on Treasury’s Initial Guidance.
U.S. August irradiance: Sunshine before the storm in the South
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that Tropical Storm Hillary and its associated cloud systems led to significantly lower irradiance than usual for August, in a broad area from Baja, through Southern California, and along the Rockies to British Columbia.
El Niño threatens U.S. winter solar generation
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, predicts that El Niño will likely bring lower than normal solar power production through winter in the United States. Its analysis is based on data collected from previous El Niño events.
Driving down cost of solar, key to unlocking a green hydrogen future
Reducing the cost of solar electricity will be the key to unlocking the next chapter of the energy transition: a green hydrogen economy, according to Jim Tyler, CEO of solar technology company Erthos.
