Not dead yet: DOE Sunshot awards $30 million in new project funding
After President Donald J. Trump announced plans to close the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), most solar observers assumed the Sunshot Initiative was dead, too. But an announcement yesterday of a new round of funding proves the vital program isn’t quite dead yet.
AES claims world’s largest battery storage system
The 30 MW lithium ion battery system is the third massive system reported in Southern California this week, totaling 77.5 MW of capacity.
Tesla inaugurates 20 MW / 80 MWh battery system in Southern California
This is one of three massive systems which SCE has contracted to meet peak demand following its Aliso Canyon gas leak, as a new test for the abilities of energy storage.
Enphase job losses to largely impact Californian HQ
Around 75 jobs will be lost during the microinverter specialist’s restructuring drive, which reflects increased price pressure across the segment, both globally and in the U.S.
Utilities still struggle to win fixed, demand charge appeals
In the latest 50 States of Solar Report from the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, net metering once again topped the list of actions of policies that states tried to change in 2016.
TerraForm Global releases overdue Q2 2016 results
The move is a step toward regaining regulatory compliance, in advance of a potential purchase by Brookfield.
NextEra to build Wisconsin’s largest solar project
The national developer will build the 100-MW solar project on land adjacent to the Point Beach Nuclear plant in Two Rivers, Wis.
South Carolina county lands 155 MW of solar projects
The announcement by Kansas-based Tradewind Energy that it will build an $84.5 million, 75-MW solar farm in Orangeburg County, S.C., is the second solar-farm announcement in six days.
Quixotic Systems builds solar wall in the Bronx
Quixotic Systems has provided Urban Health Plan with a four-story, 37kW solar wall on the Simpson Health Pavilion in the Bronx.
Enphase to shed 18% of workforce in latest restructuring drive
SEC filing outlines proposed changes, described by company CEO Paul Nahi as “necessary to create path to sustained profitability”. Restructuring will cost estimated $2 million and follows announcement last year of staff losses.
