200 partners to help speed interconnection through US Department of Energy program
Three regional grid operators and two utilities have joined the DOE partnership, alongside renewables developers and trade groups, to pursue faster, simpler, and fairer interconnection of renewables and storage, on both the transmission and distribution grids.
Distributed solar and storage developer, owner, operator Agilitas Energy nets $350 million
The investment is expected to support the national build-out of the company’s 500 MW+ pipeline of renewables and energy storage projects.
Spongy solar cell may be used to power pacemakers
University of Chicago researchers developed a unique, single-layer solar cell that may be used to power less-invasive implantable medical devices.
Maryland passes a pair of community solar bills
HB 1039 and HB 440 create tax incentives for the development of agrivoltaic community solar projects which serve low- and moderate-income customers on rooftops, brownfields, landfills, and clean fills, as well as increasing maximum project capacity to 5 MW.
US utility-scale solar sets record: breaks 50 GW of instantaneous generation
The EIA’s monitor of hourly utility-scale electricity generation for the lower 48 states has recently seen the solar fleet break 50 GW of generation on Sunday and Monday of this week for the first time.
Standard Solar completes 7.1 MW community solar project in New York
The single-axis tracker system will produce nearly 11,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually.
Sunrise brief: After a suppressed first quarter, the US solar market is buoyed by tariff suspension
Also on the rise: Briggs & Stratton launched the SimpliPHI energy storage system with lithium-ferro-phosphate chemistry. ACORE outlines reduction in solar investment and development if tariffs persist. Holistic solar modeling predicts even lower future pricing. And more.
People on the Move: NREL, IHI Power Services, SOO Green HVDC Link, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
New US-made residential LFP battery, inverter, and monitoring system
Briggs & Stratton launched the SimpliPHI energy storage system with lithium-ferro-phosphate chemistry.
Enphase has shipped 43.4 TWh of solar microinverters to date
The company highlighted its accomplishments in its 2021 environmental, social, and governance report. Plus, financial analysis from ROTH Capital Partners.
