Houston landfill site to host large solar and energy storage system
The 52 MW solar, 150 MWh storage project is set to reach commercial operation in 2023. It brings the benefit of local, clean energy in close proximity to Houston’s electricity demand centers.
Half a penny for “near firm” solar and trillions in renewable opportunities
NextEra, the United States’ largest renewable company sees 3.5 TW renewable capacity installations through 2050 worth $2 trillion. These figures could double if we were to fully decarbonize the economy.
Recurrent Energy acquires two stand-alone energy storage projects in ERCOT territory
Acquired from Black Mountain Energy Storage, the 400 MWh combined projects will serve a growing market with a strong need for energy resiliency.
Sunrise brief: Real-time pricing that balances renewables could save $33 billion per year
Also on the rise: Alsym Energy emerges from stealth mode to introduce non-flammable batteries. 50 states of solar incentives: New Jersey. And more.
SEIA proposes how to extricate hundreds of gigawatts of solar from interconnection queues
As applications to interconnect solar and storage projects have “skyrocketed,” the national solar trade group recommends ways to speed interconnection on both the transmission and distribution grids.
Tin-lead perovskite solar cell achieves 25.5% efficiency, improved stability
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory developed a tandem perovskite solar cell that tackles problems with stability and boosts efficiency.
50 states of solar incentives: New Jersey
The pv magazine tour of solar incentives takes us to New Jersey, a historically healthy and active solar market, with a popular community solar program and a focus on electrifying the transportation sector.
Longroad Energy makes strategic investment in distributed solar developer
The utility-scale solar developer announced a strategic investment in Valta Energy, a California-based distributed generation developer, owner and operator with a 200 MW solar project pipeline.
US grid-scale energy storage quadruples
Grid-scale and residential storage installations set new records despite supply chain and pricing issues.
Real-time pricing that balances renewables could save $33 billion per year, study finds
A Pacific Northwest National Laboratory study found that allowing customers to opt for real-time power rates, and shift some consumption to lower-priced periods, would lower customer bills 10% to 17%. A pilot study has shown that real-time pricing works, and more pilots are underway.
