California

KB Home announced the energy-smart, all-electric, solar, and battery powered new home community comes in partnership with the Department of Energy, SunPower, University of California, Irvine, and more.

The virtual power plant will combine more than 7,000 Sunrun solar plus battery systems installed at Puerto Rico homes.

As part of Aurora Solar’s Empower 2022 online solar summit, Bernadette Del Chiaro, from the California Solar & Storage Association, will moderate a talk about electric utilities and how they have abused their monopoly position to discriminate against solar in the U.S. Here, she gives pv magazine a taste of the presentation.

Also on the rise: A globalized supply chain is key to cutting costs in solar module manufacturing. Enphase to open several U.S. manufacturing lines. And more.

The solar inverter provider’s announcement was made amid a Q3 earnings call with record revenues reported.

Hourly pricing is intended to shift some load to periods of high renewables generation, when wholesale power prices are lower. Some customers are expected to opt in to hourly rates with the support of automated demand-shifting technology.

California’s 350 MW / 1400 MWh energy storage system was developed by Axium Infrastructure and Canadian Solar.

Chula Vista Elementary School District now has solar across 48 sites and is putting the final touches on a microgrid system that will provide backup emergency power.

Schneider Electric announced a project with the California Energy Commission to demonstrate the value of bidirectional EV charging.

Also on the rise: California law to require automated, instant rooftop solar permits. Strategies to maximize clean energy development while being good land stewards. And more.