California

Homes and businesses within a quarter mile of the Valley Center Energy Storage Facility were evacuated and a shelter-in-place order was in effect for anyone a half mile from the site. Owner, Terra-Gen, issued a statement saying that the facility’s design systems are keeping the incident contained.

Also on the rise: Ohm Analytics details a complex distributed solar market. LS Energy Solutions to construct large-scale energy storage to serve CAISO market. And more.

The 200 MW/400MWh Big Rock project, expected to be online in the second half of 2024, is designed to bring stabililty to the Southern California grid.

Third-party ownership and California are fueling residential solar growth, as interconnection and the solar coaster are slowing larger projects.

Paired Power partnered with Monarch Power to deliver the emissions-free off-grid solution.

The company released a hail stow-ready rack, a terrain following tracker and an irradiance-tracking yield optimizer.

Erthos projects span five states across U.S. including one on tribal land in Utah.

Also on the rise: Highway-side solar in three California counties can power 270,000 homes. Summit Ridge Energy to develop six rooftop community solar projects in Maryland. And more.

A report from Environment America and The Ray shows how the counties of Los Angeles, Ventura, and San Diego have 4,800 acres of suitable space to host nearly 1 GW of solar capacity.

Also on the rise: Funding for second-life EV battery materials manufacturer reaches $4 billion. Model procedures for fixing distributed solar and storage interconnection. And more.