Battery storage operation under net billing provides “virtually no grid value”: Berkeley Lab study
Net billing for rooftop solar, which incentivizes the use of battery storage to maximize solar self-consumption, is inefficient, researchers found, whereas incentivizing battery owners to discharge power during peak hours would provide greater value.
People on the Move: Vote Solar, Sol Systems and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
Sunrise brief: Global energy storage deployment may reach 500 GW by 2031
Also on the rise: Bill Gates-backed fund invests in automated utility-scale solar installation platform. It’s time to fix our nation’s broken interconnection process. And more.
Tigo releases design quality tool for large commercial solar
The module level power electronics provider also introduced an installer certification course.
Bill Gates-backed fund invests in automated utility-scale solar installation platform
Terabase Energy raised $44 million in funding round, supporting digital and robotic platform for building utility-scale solar power plants.
Global energy storage deployment may reach 500 GW by 2031
Wood Mackenzie forecasts the US and China will represent 75% of global demand in a highly consolidated market.
It’s time to fix our nation’s broken interconnection process
The good news is that we know what to do. Interconnection has been studied extensively by numerous industry groups and research organizations, which have arrived at some essential guiding principles for reform.
DOE launches $20 million consortium to advance US-made cadmium telluride solar cells
The Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium will work toward making continued cost and efficiency improvements that will make CdTe more competitive on the global market.
Sunrise brief: Bloomberg analyst forecasts a 30% increase in global PV deployment this year, and double-digit growth through 2025.
Also on the rise: US 2021 solar panel shipments total $9.8 billion at $0.34/W. Nearly all smart inverter manufacturers will be delivering smart inverters within a year. And more.
Global solar capacity to grow 30% this year, said analyst
Bloomberg senior clean energy analyst Rob Barnett forecasts a 30% increase in global PV deployment this year, and double-digit growth through 2025.
