Sunrise brief: Solar is poised for record-setting growth, BNEF outlook says
Also on the rise: A report calls on DOE to do more to secure the distribution network from cyberattacks, Q CELLS claims top market share, and the National Solar Tour may be coming to a rooftop close to you.
Spruce Power and sonnen team up on residential battery retrofits and VPP projects
The companies expect the partnership to spur existing customers to add storage and join a future VPP project.
Indiana regulators slash a net metering rate, advise solar owners to buy a battery
One installer said the ruling would extend payback periods to as long as 25 years and effectively dry up new business in southwest Indiana.
Wells Fargo joins Duke Energy’s GSA program with solar buy
The bank is the fourth major corporate buyer to enter the program, with a contract for 58 MW of the Blackburn Solar Project.
NYPA agrees to test a 1 MWh zinc-based energy storage system
The deployment will provide peak shaving capability and aim to validate the system’s performance reliability and help determine O&M and life cycle costs.
Watch: Texas solar project gains financial backers as construction moves ahead
The PV solar resource at the 2,000-acre site ranges means the 200 MW project is expected to generate 537.30 GWh of electricity in its first year of operation.
Sunrise brief: New Jersey community solar program draws a flood of applicants
Also on the rise: Navajo Nation leaders vote to advance a 200 MW solar project, Greenbacker buys a development pipeline, Intersolar NA reschedules its live event, and a report says that flow batteries could use a jump start from DOE.
Power quality issues challenge utilities as solar is added to the grid, survey finds
Power quality issues emerge in terms of voltage swags, swells, flickers, and harmonic distortions, among other things. Many utilities said they are not happy with their ability to gather useful data to address the problems.
Insuring against hail is all about risk management for solar project developers
In the second installment of this series, pv magazine talks with Michael Kolodner of Marsh to learn about the evolution of hail risk management and how insuring a solar project is about more than just the policy.
Duke Energy Renewables looks to build 175 MW of solar in Indiana
The $180 million project would spread across two counties just southwest of Indianapolis.
