Bifacial adoption and uncertainty: A call to action
In this op-ed for pv magazine, PVEL CEO Jenya Meydbray looks at challenges in the process of adopting new technologies as they relate to the deployment of bifacial modules.
Coming together to resolve tensions in capacity markets
In this op-ed for pv magazine, Dick Brooks of Reliable Energy Analytics takes a look at transmission capacity constraints, and tools grid operators can use to deal with new problems arising from the pressure on these resources.
From the editor: Entergy’s New Orleans gas plant shows our regulatory model is failing
The approval of a gas plant for which Entergy hired actors to fake support is just the latest demonstration of the failure of government bodies to meaningfully regulate utilities, a failure which is playing out across the nation.
Virginia’s solar freedom bill
In this op-ed for pv magazine, Ivy Main looks at new legislation to remove barriers and allow Virginia to develop its distributed solar potential.
A blueprint for saving civilization
Designing Climate Solutions is a superb guide to policies to reduce carbon emissions in the power sector. But even the best map is not the territory.
How more EVs on the road can advance a renewable grid
There’s an alternative future on the horizon, where instead of just drawing power from the grid, electric vehicles become a mobile grid storage resource, with drivers and utilities both reaping the benefits while providing clean power.
From the editor: Manchin appointment shows Democratic Party leaders’ true colors
The appointment of Joe Manchin to lead Democrats on the Energy and Natural Resources Committee could put a brake on any meaningful climate and energy policies at the federal level for the foreseeable future.
Soft costs of solar: The final frontier of utility LCOE reduction?
In this op-ed for pv magazine, KiloNewton Founder and CEO John Williamson looks at both the importance of reducing soft costs and the likely paths to get there.
Video shows FERC nominee Bernard McNamee’s bias against renewables
This post by Energy and Policy Institute reveals new information about the deep anti-renewable energy and pro-fossil bias of Bernard McNamee, who President Trump has appointed to run the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
Raising capital in very large chunks: The rise of solar securitization
In this op-ed for pv magazine, Mike Mendelsohn of the Solar Finance Council looks at the dramatic rise of securitization as a means to efficiently secure capital.
