April storms cut Eastern U.S. irradiance as northwest surges
In another weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that strong jet stream and Eastern storms split solar conditions across the U.S. in April, with the east experiencing a downturn in solar irradiance while the northwest saw irradiance gains.
Solar grazing supports healthier soil, food for sheep, study finds
Solar sheep grazing helps to create a beneficial dual-use environment, found American Solar Grazing Association in a two-year study conducted at 31 different solar sites.
Sunrun supports California grid with 75,000 distributed batteries
Through a customer opt-in, batteries are coordinated in a virtual power plant that is expected to dispatch 250 MW of power over 2-hour peak demand events.
Saving money is the biggest driver of residential solar adoption
A recent study by Ohio State researchers finds that cost savings and other practical benefits are the key motivators for people to adopt rooftop or community solar.
Hitachi Energy expands U.S. transformer production with $22.5 million investment in Virginia
Expansion and modernization of its dry-type transformer manufacturing operations is expected to help alleviate the shortage in North America.
MGM Transformers and VanTran ramp up manufacturing in Texas
With electrical load expected to skyrocket, two transformer manufacturers are combining forces to meet the growing demand for grid infrastructure.
States urged to promote advanced transmission technologies that can enable more solar
States have an opportunity to influence transmission providers to adopt advanced conductors and other technologies that increase transmission capacity, says a renewables trade group. Added transmission can enable more solar to connect to the grid.
AI platform brings real-time carbon tracking to solar and storage
WattCarbon’s ‘Aristotle’ provides granular data on asset performance and emissions profiles.
Cornell researchers bring art and science to flexible solar ‘skin’
In a pilot project the researchers plan to create a portable, dual-axis canopy of approximately 150 square feet that will morph and track the sun to optimize solar energy capture.
Longi claims world’s highest efficiency for silicon solar cells
Longi said it has achieved a 27.81% efficiency rating for a hybrid interdigitated back contact, as confirmed by Germany’s Institute for Solar Energy Research Hamelin (ISFH).
