Sunrise brief: Historic drought and heat highlight need for rooftop solar in California
Also on the rise: Borrego makes its first major push into utility-scale O&M. West Virginia coal ash landfill to be replaced by solar energy facility. And more.
Historic drought and heat highlight need for rooftop solar in California
Environmental Working Group calls on Governor Newsom and state regulators to reject the recent anti-rooftop solar ruling working its way through the California Public Utilities Commission.
Sunrise brief: NREL releases a list of easily searchable solar ordinances
Also on the rise: EDF Renewables activates four energy storage projects in California. New IEEE standard may ease interconnection woes. And more.
EDF Renewables activates 620 MW solar / 200 MWh storage project
The company announced the four projects in a Bureau of Land Management designated site are now delivering clean energy to the California grid.
Energy Vault and Jupiter Power partner for 220 MWh battery energy storage in Texas and California
The Jupiter Power battery energy storage systems will use Energy Vault Solutions’ proprietary system design and EVS’ Energy Management Software, both designed for optimal grid resiliency and economic energy dispatch.
Energy storage software provider posts 246% revenue growth
Stem, provider of AI-backed energy storage software, posted record growth in Q2 2022.
It’s time to fix our nation’s broken interconnection process
The good news is that we know what to do. Interconnection has been studied extensively by numerous industry groups and research organizations, which have arrived at some essential guiding principles for reform.
Nearly all smart inverter manufacturers will be delivering smart inverters within a year
As several states will soon require smart inverters for new distributed resources, and more are considering such a requirement, nearly all manufacturers will be delivering smart inverters that meet a new industry standard by August 2023, finds an analysis by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council.
Solar powered electric lawn mowing
Perhaps in anticipation of California’s coming ban on small combustion engines, battery powered electric lawn mowers have begun to appear in the market. At least one model can be purchased with built-in solar power.
Sunrise brief: Sanyo settles solar delamination lawsuit, lawyers win big
Also on the rise: Industrial process for ‘mobile’ solar module recycling. California governor sets goal of 3 million climate-ready homes, 6 million heat pumps by 2030. And more.
