Solar and storage groups call for dynamic pricing of electricity in California
Dynamic pricing could advance renewables while cutting both customer costs and system costs, suggests a petition from solar and storage industry participants. They call for a rulemaking process to give all customers the option to choose real-time pricing.
Stanford University to become 100% solar powered
Thanks to a power contract with Recurrent Energy, the Cardinal will become the third college in the nation capable of entirely offsetting their electricity usage with solar.
18 incoming Members of Congress back call for Green New Deal
The radical call for a rapid energy transition and jobs program now has the stated support of more than 4% of the U.S. Representatives who will take seats in January.
California’s community has chosen 2 GW of renewables
Community choice aggregators in California have now signed over 2 GW of power purchase agreements for renewable energy projects, with 1.4 GW in 43 projects coming from solar power.
Canadian Solar is putting more steel in the ground
The Chinese-Canadian PV manufacturer is continuing to grow its development activities under subsidiary Recurrent Energy, including some landmark solar and solar plus storage projects.
Helping our fellow solar workers who lost everything
CALSSA has raised $17,900 – and counting – for solar workers who lost homes in the devastating Camp Fire in Northern California.
Two CCAs sign up for 128 MW of solar plus storage
A deal with EDF Renewables is one of the largest power contracts ever penned involving community choice aggregators, with special focus on the potential of the project’s battery storage component to help those CCAs deliver energy more efficiently.
Sunrun puts 100 MW of residential solar online in one quarter
The nation’s largest residential solar company is getting bigger and taking market share from its rivals.
California regulators approve the world’s biggest battery projects
CPUC has signed off on four lithium-ion battery projects in California, one of which at 300 MW is the largest battery project to date known by pv magazine.
NantEnergy acquires Sharp’s U.S. energy systems & services
Zinc battery specialist NantEnergy has acquired the U.S. energy systems and services business from Japanese electronics giant Sharp. The acquisition, according to NantEnergy will provide the company an important foothold in the U.S. market, and allow it to provide ‘energy as a service’ business models, using its Zinc-air battery, in multiple markets.
