People on the Move: CPower, NEXT Energy Technologies, Nearmap, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
They love me, they love me not – a tale of solar power romance
A Texas author opposing renewable energy has published a list of 17 rejected solar power projects across the United States since 2017.
The relationship of PV and metal roofs: Mounting system installation
In the final entry of the three-part whitepaper series, S-5! and the Metal Construction Association take a look at the critical technical factors for solar PV systems specific to mounting on metal roofs and illustrates how long-term performance of roof-mounted solar PV systems can only be achieved through careful planning, design, procurement, installation and quality control.
RFP Alert: PECO seeks Pennsylvania solar energy credits
The utility plans to buy a total of 160,000 solar alternative energy credits on 10-year contracts.
MCE approves 100MW solar-plus-storage project in California
Golden Fields Solar will be constructed with union labor using a Project Labor Agreement and will include pollinator-friendly habitats throughout the project site.
Enphase batteries to participate in Swell Energy virtual power plants
Microinverter provider Enphase entered an agreement with Swell Energy to participate in distributed virtual power plants in California, New York, and Hawaii.
Connecticut Green Bank surpasses $2 billion in total investment
Since July 2011, the nation’s first Green Bank mobilized $288.4 million in public dollars to attract $1.85 billion in private investment, a leverage ratio of $7.40 for every $1.
CleanCapital acquires 65MW solar portfolio spanning 12 states
The acquisition improves CleanCapital’s position in the rapidly-consolidating market share of the top commercial solar asset owners.
Powin to supply 5.8GWh of batteries for projects in US and Taiwan
The US battery specialist has signed framework agreements with four developers to deliver systems for multiple projects.
“Interconnection studies could be completed in months,” say SEIA, AEE and ACP in comments to FERC
With standardization and automation, interconnection studies “could be completed in months instead of years,” the groups told federal energy regulators, backing up their claim with a detailed plan to achieve that goal.
