Massachusetts city sources solar power from Illinois
The electrons won’t be delivered across state lines, but the City of Cambridge will match its electricity use with a virtual power purchase agreement from a solar project in Champaign County, Illinois.
Walmart, Nexamp to bring 31 community solar projects to five U.S. states
The 31 community solar projects will be in Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Illinois, and Minnesota.
Boston doctors prescribe solar energy
The Boston Medical Center has started an unusual program to help low-income patients save on their electricity bills and support a healthier recovery.
Sunrise brief: California’s new community solar program still isn’t working
Also on the rise: Solar financing is alive and well. Utility-scale battery storage best practices to mitigate hazards. And more.
Massachusetts Governor signs transformative clean energy legislation
Senate bill 2967 establishes the Office of Environmental Justice and Equity and includes environmental justice protects that will boost community solar in the Commonwealth.
Massachusetts House passes climate bill, setting example for other states to follow
The Massachusetts bill includes siting reform, which will help speed the buildout of solar and other clean energy technologies.
MIT scientists build PV-driven desalination system that reacts to changes in sunlight
The proposed brackish water desalination system uses photovoltaic electrodialysis to enable direct-drive desalination at high production rates. It already operated for 6 months on real brackish groundwater and was reportedly able to use 94% of the extracted PV energy.
1.2 GWh CATL battery progresses through permitting in Massachusetts
Hecate Energy advances the Ward Hill BESS through Haverhill’s zoning process, focusing on wetland classifications surrounding the installation.
Solar-plus-storage dominating future U.S. power grid
A report from Berkeley Lab reveals a significant expansion of solar-plus-storage facilities in the U.S. power plant market, highlighting an evolution from frequency to arbitrage and curtailment mitigation markets. The best is yet to come, as ongoing price decreases are still being absorbed by the market and are already being used to fill the interconnection queues with terrawatts of capacity.
Navisun and Ampion partner on community solar in four states
Navisun is planning to design, construct, own, and operate five community solar projects in Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and Illinois, and Ampion will handle the subscriber acquisition, billing, customer care, and the long-term subscription management.
