Energy Transition Jobs: Tigo Energy, First Light, International Solar Alliance, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
Probes launched as Texas works to get the lights back on
For many Texans, this week’s blackouts seem a lot like a 2011 winter storm that was supposed to have ushered in a host of reforms.
Solaredge records pandemic progress despite tough final quarter
Full-year revenues nudged up despite tough comparisons with the end of 2019 for the final quarter of last year. The inverter maker expects to log revenues of $385-405 million in the current three-month window.
Sunrise brief: Sunnova feeds its residential solar pipeline with deal for SunStreet
Also on the rise: Utilities plan a massive solar + storage project in Wisconsin, Fluence supplies an AI-based trading platform for a BESS, and Avangrid wants a partner for an HVDC line in New York State.
Solar+storage project underway at New Mexico State University
“The major benefit is that we’ll be able to receive power during the noon-to-early-evening window, usually when the energy demand is at its peak,” said an NMSU official.
West Virginia’s largest-ever solar project gets siting approval
92.5 MW of solar could be coming to 795 acres in Jefferson County, after state regulators granted a siting certificate to Wild Hill Solar LLC.
Hawaiian Electric surpasses RPS target on path to 100% renewables
Renewable resources accounted for half of the electric power serving Maui County in 2020, a first.
Sony lab and LF Energy partner to advance peer-to-peer microgrid
The partners said that enabling peer-to-peer microgrid energy trading would allow even remote communities to store and distribute energy without connecting to large-scale power stations or distribution grids.
SolarEdge to supply electric powertrain units and batteries for Fiat EV
SolarEdge’s e-Mobility division will supply Fiat with full electrical powertrain units and batteries for the automaker’s E-Ducato light commercial vehicle.
Sunrise brief: Texas grid struggles to recover from winter storm, massive outages
Also on the rise: Appalachian Power issues an RFP for 300 MW of renewables, Canadian Solar closes its Japan fund, and a battery recycler is acquired.
