California

John Fitzgerald Weaver argues that we need net metering to fully recognize the value of solar power on our homes and businesses.

Bloom Energy produced hydrogen fuel using CSP technology from Heliogen.

The Los Angeles transit agency will deploy 1.5 MW of rooftop and bus solar canopy paired with a 4.5 MWh energy storage system.

In what the Department of Justice described as “the largest criminal fraud scheme in the history of the Eastern District of California,” Jeff Carpoff has been sentenced to 30 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and money laundering.

Also starting up: Heliogen is building a test CSP, and EV maker Aptera rolls out the third alpha of its solar equipped vehicle.

The California utility contracted Ameresco to install the battery energy storage systems that are slated to be online next August.

StoreDot is opening the facility with the hope that the additional research and development capacity will allow the company to commercialize its battery products by 2024.

The project is Leeward’s fourth PPA serving customers of community choice aggregators in the Kern County area north of Los Angeles.

Heliogen’s technology is a modular concentrated solar energy system that will use computer vision software to align mirrors to reflect sunlight to a single target on the top of a solar tower.

Swell will use its Distributed Power Plant model to establish up to 45 MWh of behind-the-meter solar powered energy storage for Redwood Coast Energy Authority.