Don’t leave money on the table: How timely renewable energy quality data leads to smart decisions
Inadequate data management in renewable energy projects can result in significant financial losses due to forfeited payments and poor market performance. Reliable data systems and proactive commercial strategies are essential for financial viability.
From development to bankability: How accurate modeling can save your solar project
In the high-stakes world of solar development, a project’s journey from concept to completion is fraught with challenges, with financing representing the ultimate hurdle. At the core of a project’s viability lies the energy assessment, where a single miscalculation can jeopardize millions and send a project back to the drawing board.
The importance of transparency in the distributed energy value stack
The distributed energy value stack is the collection of benefits and revenue streams that distributed energy resources (DERs) — such as solar, storage, demand response, and flexible generation — can deliver to customers, utilities, and the grid. As the market evolves, the value stack has become increasingly complex. For sellers of DERs and virtual power plants (VPPs), transparency into this value stack is no longer optional.
Digital transformation in off-grid solar: A comprehensive roadmap for practitioners
As off-grid solar systems expand to serve remote and underserved communities worldwide, digitalization has become a crucial need for efficient project development, implementation, and long-term sustainability. A new report from IEA PVPS Task 18 systematically explores digital tools across the entire off-grid energy project value chain, providing much-needed guidance for practitioners looking to optimize their operations.
Solar production falls in U.S. Midwest, Southeast amid wildfires and hurricanes
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that fire and storm activity across North America shaped solar conditions during August, with irradiance down in central and eastern regions but above average in the northeast.
Navigating One Big Beautiful Bill and tariffs in U.S. solar PV and storage
Turning challenges into opportunities as the U.S. solar and storage sectors enter a phase of major policy and market realignment.
Solar panel prices increase nearly 5% as China tightens oversight
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, OPIS, a Dow Jones company, provides a quick look at the main price trends in the global PV industry.
Understanding clean energy tax credit rollbacks in the wake of the OBBBA
Tax credits are set to expire and new restrictions to imports will apply. Michael John David, accounting director for the CPA firm Scrubbed weighs in.
The behavior of solar project resilience
Technology is only one part of the resilience equation; how a renewable energy site actually operates and maintains its assets can be just as important as the equipment itself.
Taking charge: How Terrasmart strengthens eBOS supply chain efficiencies
The company says it places a focus on fewer delays, lower costs, and transparency.
