Sunrise brief: Silicon cost per watt down 96% over last two decades
Also on the rise: Waste-to-hydrogen facility to fuel transportation in California. BP to construct 134 MW project in Ohio for Meta. And more.
Waste-to-hydrogen facility to fuel transportation in California
Chevron New Energies, Raven and Hyzon Motors team up to commercialize green waste-to-hydrogen production.
Sunrise brief: Researchers develop solar-powered waste-to-fuel system
Also on the rise: Community solar on New Jersey self-storage facility benefits low-income residents. Solar4America begins module production at California factory with wafer plans announced. And more.
Solar4America begins module production at 2.4 GW Sacramento factory
Initial production of 700 MW of American-made modules will ramp to 2.4 GW later this year. The site includes production lines for 410 W and 550 W modules.
North American EV battery production forecast to reach 1 TWh annually by 2030
Rust Belt states of the Midwest have estimated production capacity of 30 GW to over 100 GW per year of EV batteries, with California and Ontario adding capacity as well.
Space-to-Earth solar power to undergo testing
On January 3, Caltech launched a PV array into orbit to test its ability to transmit electricity back to Earth.
Novel ice dispatch energy storage systems to be deployed for building decarbonization
Modular cold energy storage projects are in line for a DOE-supported loan for the installation of a 120-building energy storage portfolio in California and various other states.
Utility-scale solar developers went bigger and bolder in 2022
In 2022, as supply chain challenges persisted, utility solar projects in development grew in size and energy storage is connected to half of them.
California utility to deploy 20 MWh storage and 10 MW rooftop solar VPP system
SMUD’s My Energy Optimizer Partner+ program will be able to scale up to 54 MWh / 27 MW storage and solar capacity over time.
Comparing customer value of solar-plus-storage under net energy metering versus net energy billing
Economist-at-large Ahmad Faruqui reviews the customer incentive to install rooftop solar and energy storage under various California rate structures.
