First Solar signs multi-year deals for 5.4 GW of modules
Lightsource bp and bp placed orders for around 4.4 GWdc of modules, with options for an additional 1 GWdc.
Startup Sunday: Haliburton backs flywheel energy storage
Also starting up: Haliburton funds a company capturing and using waste heat from solar panels, and nonprofit Native Renewables connects Navajo and Hopi families with solar power.
White Pine Renewables to develop Michigan’s first floating solar project
Once completed, 1 MW project will sell power to the township via a power purchase agreement.
Here’s why you need to support California net metering
John Fitzgerald Weaver argues that we need net metering to fully recognize the value of solar power on our homes and businesses.
Agrivoltaics clearinghouse launches to share info on matching solar with farming
The National Center for Appropriate Technology launched the clearinghouse to connect farmers and solar developers with agrivoltaics information.
Sunrise brief: Battery recycling is hot, but lightbulb moments lag
Also on the rise: SunPower will market a VPP offering for energy storage customers, and mPrest CEO Andy Bennett talks with pv magazine about the potential for DER under Build Back Better.
Managing an evolving grid using distributed energy resources
mPrest CEO Andy Bennett joined pv magazine to talk about the future of DERs and the role that distributed energy resource management systems are likely to play.
SunPower launches VPP offering for its energy storage customers
The company will manage charging and discharging the batteries, while keeping some electricity in reserve for backup power to the home.
American Battery approved to build battery recycling facility in Nevada
The facility will include a battery recycling building, an office building with laboratories, and a finished goods warehouse.
Novel solar cell architecture to reduce silver costs, improve voltage
Developed by a U.S.-based start-up, the new manufacturing process is claimed to reduce silver consumption and improve solar module performance by up to 3 W. It consists of connecting sub-cells in series within a single cell in order to increase the device voltage and without requiring cells to be physically broken and rewired.
