California

Also on the rise: comment period opens for 1 GW solar and storage in the California desert, Xos unveils a mobile EV fleet charging station, and voters in the west support a clean energy standard.

The mandate would require many new commercial buildings, along with high-rise residential projects, to have solar power and battery storage.

The company offers a portable charging trailer for commercial electric fleets, providing power without making fixed infrastructure upgrades.

The Bureau of Land Management reviewed the projects’ potential environmental impacts, but issues may arise as the public comment period opens.

A new report explores who is behind efforts to curb distributed energy and solar deployment. In this part, we look at the report’s investigation of state-level campaigns focused on the Midwest and West.

The 350 MW / 1,400 MWh Crimson project will be one of the largest battery energy storage projects in the world when it comes online beginning in summer 2022.

Also starting up: Space Force awards $50k to flesh out an idea for a solar-thermal spacecraft, and Lightyear finds a manufacturer for its solar EV.

The project is on land leased from Edwards Air Force Base. Mortenson is the EPC contractor, First Solar is supplying the solar modules, and LG Chem and Samsung are supplying batteries.

The company delivered 300+ MW of 385Wp and 390Wp Mono PERC Solar PV modules for installation at the Aquamarine solar project, a 250 MW portion of the larger Westlands Solar Park.

Almost all of the new capacity has yet to be built, with the new contracts putting Central Coast Community Energy, Silicon Valley Clean Energy total joint signings well over 1 GW.