California transportation terminal retrofits energy storage to its solar carports
Energy Toolbase and Stellar Solar implemented an advanced energy management system for the Mira Loma transportation campus.
Solar-plus-storage dominating future U.S. power grid
A report from Berkeley Lab reveals a significant expansion of solar-plus-storage facilities in the U.S. power plant market, highlighting an evolution from frequency to arbitrage and curtailment mitigation markets. The best is yet to come, as ongoing price decreases are still being absorbed by the market and are already being used to fill the interconnection queues with terrawatts of capacity.
Solar module manufacturer closes $50 million tax credit transfer
Heliene will use the investment on its existing and planned U.S. solar cell and module manufacturing facilities.
APsystems unveils home solar and energy storage power control system
The new power control system (PCS) is designed to maximize capacity and storage integration with solar arrays.
Hydrogen-powered data center planned for Texas
California-based data center developer ECL is incorporating hydrogen fuel cells and battery storage into its projects to enable a completely self-contained generating capacity, even to the point of being grid free.
CIP acquires 1 GWh Arizona battery, BrightNight announces 800 MWh Washington project
Two grid-scale standalone battery energy storage system (BESS) announcements in the United States have highlighted the move by utilities to use energy storage to balance their networks and cope with the inexorable advance of renewables.
The significance of state-of-charge in energy storage
Everoze Partner Nithin Rajavelu considers the crucial importance of properly measuring and managing battery state-of-charge (SoC) for the efficiency, longevity, and safety of battery energy storage system (BESS) projects, especially in lithium ferro-phosphate (LFP) devices, which are widely used for large-scale storage.
People on the move: Berkeley Lab, Green Lantern Solar, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.
Sunrise brief: Government nuclear sites across U.S. going solar
Also on the rise: Solar recycling innovation keeps solar panels out of landfills. U.S. solar industry on track to install 250 GW in five years. And more.
Array Technologies announces 77-degree solar tracker stow for hail and wind protection
The company unveiled a solar mounting system that responds to weather events, protecting solar assets.
