Sunrise brief: Oil pipeline giant’s 164 MW solar project is underway
Also on the rise: Georgia solar association calls for Georgia Power to add 4 GW of near-term solar. No end to solar supply/demand imbalance. The latest job moves at NYSERDA, PosiGen, Cypress Creek Renewables, and m. ore. UL releases modeling software for utility scale energy storage. Schneider Electric to acquire AutoGrid, developer of AI for distributed energy resources.
Go local, be free
Various visions of the disruption that the transition to cleaner, cheaper electricity sources will have on energy markets and supply exist. Critics anticipate expensive chaos, while advocates see a powerful new network emerge. Serial entrepreneur, venture capitalist and energy futurist Bill Nussey has put his thoughts together in a new book, Freeing Energy, and pv magazine’s Tim Sylvia met the author to discuss its findings.
Summit Ridge energizes Montgomery County’s first ground-mount community solar project
The 2.5 MW installation will help the city towards its goal of eliminating greenhouse emissions in its operations by 2035.
Utility TVA targets 10 GW of solar by 2035
The Tennessee-based utility shared it has reduced emissions by 57% from 2005 levels in its FY 2021 sustainability report.
D.C. is outpacing its own solar goals, for now
The District’s 2021 RPS Compliance Report shows a significant expansion of RPS-certified solar facilities, with capacity additions outpacing program mandates.
For the first time in history, California’s demand was 100% matched by renewable energy generation
On Saturday afternoon, as the sun shined brightly, solar PV and other renewables generated 100% of the state’s needs for about fifteen minutes.
Group using NREL’s free ReEDs model validates 100% renewables by 2035 for 24 states
For 24 states whose governors support climate action, reaching 100% renewable electricity by 2035 would cost less than a “no new policy” scenario, the Union of Concerned Scientists found.
An Earth Day special: Test your knowledge of solar in the US
In honor of Earth Day, we share with you a quiz put together by Dan Snowden-Ifft, a physics professor at Occidental College in Los Angeles, California.
FERC takes major step toward transmission reform
The decision has been lauded as one that could lead to much-needed upgrades to the nation’s electrical grids, updates that would enable higher penetrations of renewable resources.
SolarBuddy eyes US expansion to tackle extreme energy poverty
As the charity prepares to move out of “stealth mode” SolarBuddy Founder and CEO, Simon Doble, sat down with pv magazine to discuss how his organization plans to lift as many people as it can from extreme energy poverty, and how expanding to the US will help accelerate that mission.
