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Colorado utility agrees to low-income solar program in nearly $100 million settlement

In a settlement agreement with the Environmental Justice Coalition, Xcel Energy agreed to boost equitable access to rooftop solar, community solar, and battery storage. It will set aside $33 million for environmental justice communities and $53 million for community solar.

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China’s solar cell production capacity may reach 600 GW by year-end

The Asia Europe Clean Energy (Solar) Advisory revealed that most of the planned new solar cell production capacity relates to high-efficiency n-type cell technologies such as TOPCon and HJT.

Georgia Power proposes to apply $200 rooftop solar interconnection fee to its customers

Analysis shows the utility has raised bills $26 annually over the last 11 years.

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Vertical solar on high-rise building to produce 58 MWh annually

An 83-foot building with 120 solar modules uses SolarEdge optimizers to overcome shading from neighboring buildings.

Distributed resources to earn compensation from Texas grid operator ERCOT

ERCOT’s pilot project, designed in less than a year, will support grid reliability and is expected to be ongoing. Some other grid operators have already launched or announced similar programs.

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Non-flammable, graphene-based lithium-ion batteries approaching stationary storage market

Nanotech Energy’s graphene battery uses proprietary electrodes with a thermally stable separator, and non-flammable electrolyte that is said to be inexpensive to manufacture. The technology is said to be superior in terms of safety and competitive in terms of cell performance.

Sunrise brief: U.S. corporate funding of solar reached $18.7 billion through nine months this year

Also on the rise: Modeling microgrid design with Inflation Reduction Act incentives. First Solar adds 700 MW to 4 GW solar module supply deal with Silicon Ranch. And more.

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First Solar adds 700 MW to 4 GW solar module supply deal with Silicon Ranch

The U.S.-made solar panel provider inked a deal to expand its supply agreement with the major utility-scale solar developer.

U.S. corporate funding of solar reached $18.7 billion through nine months this year

Mercom Capital Group’s Q3 report shows 51 GW of solar projects were acquired over this period.

Global installed PV capacity could hit 260 GW in 2022

The International Energy Agency Photovoltaic Power Systems Programme (IEA PVPS) estimates that 173.5 GW of new solar capacity was installed in 2021, and that figure might rise to 260 GW in 2022. pv magazine spoke with the co-chair of the European Solar Manufacturing Council to look into the figures.

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