Report assesses the budding market of distributed solar + storage
In 2020, 80% of residential energy storage installations was paired with solar, and roughly 6% of all residential solar projects attached energy storage at install.
Ingeteam supplies inverters for 350 MW of solar projects
The company supplied its power station, which integrates a 3.28 MW solar PV inverter, a pad mounted medium voltage transformer, an auxiliary services transformer and a low voltage panel.
Moss Landing energy storage facility knocked offline after batteries overheat
The impacted facility went online in December 2020 and features lithium-ion batteries from LG Energy Solution. Fire crews found scorched battery racks and melted wires.
Canadian Solar signs O&M deals for solar and storage projects
The two California projects were developed by Recurrent Energy and are owned by Goldman Sachs Asset Management Renewable Power.
EDF Renewables inks PPA for 300 MW of solar and 600 MWh of battery energy storage
The Desert Quartzite Solar+Storage Project is in Riverside County, California, and could enter service in early 2024.
PacifiCorp’s new IRP includes plans to ditch coal
While the full Integrated Resource Plan has yet to be submitted to regulators, we now know that PacifiCorp is planning no new investments in gas or coal, with plans to retire all coal units by 2040.
Startup Sunday: EightTwenty shines light on Oklahoma solar
Also starting up: Watts Battery joins accelerator program, and an autonomous solar plane with a wingspan larger than a 747 takes flight.
Watch: Gravity-based renewable energy storage tower for grid-scale operations
Energy Vault secured $100 million in Series C funding for its EVx tower, which stores gravitational potential energy for grid dispatch.
Terabase acquires First Solar’s “PlantPredict” performance monitoring software
The software adds to Terabase Energy’s digital platform for utility-scale solar project development, engineering, and monitoring.
Solar power is targeted most often when California orders curtailments
Around 5% of utility-scale solar production was curtailed in 2020. Policy leaders are using a number of tools to reduce this waste of renewable energy.
