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The 3.1 MW installation on a closed landfill will power up to 700 households with clean energy, dedicating 55% of its capacity to low- and moderate-income subscribers.

Think of your solar system as a custom retrofit. That means the list of unique variables and components can be long, and hardware requirements may result in a significant pricing variance.

Proposed legislation could better balance the goals of solar developers to add capacity in prime resource zones, which also overlap some of the state’s best farmland.

Also on the rise: The interconnection logjam for solar is large and growing, says Berkeley Lab in an upcoming study; price quotes for solar saw a big drop in the second half of 2020; and an Illini solar farm lives up to its name by planting a pollinator habitat.

Fifteen utility-scale solar projects and two energy storage projects became operational during the first quarter, alongside a 40% increase in wind capacity. Even more is on the horizon, according to a new report.

The White House said that recent incidents share commonalities, including “insufficient cybersecurity defenses that leave public and private sector entities more vulnerable to incidents.”

The report said a transmission ITC could enable an additional 30,000 MW of renewable energy capacity and spur more than $15 billion in private capital investment in the near term.

Also on the rise: DOE funds university hydrogen research, Canadian Solar backs an AI-based energy storage tech provider, Mitsubishi partners to develop hydrogen storage for U.S. markets, and two Canadian companies float a ‘blue’ hydrogen plan.

Sheep and solar farms can exist symbiotically, and the American Solar Grazing Association says that now is the time to convert that relationship into a full-scale industry.

Around 2 GW of new resources are on their way, but a repeat of last year’s hot summer weather could stress a grid that remains susceptible to high demand for energy.