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Also in the brief: Loanpal closes largest residential solar securitization to date, and a model for solar-plus-storage assets.

The credit rating agency’s new CTA scores will inform Moody’s analysts, bankers and investors’ thinking about the risks and opportunities that will shape the revenues, costs and capital deployment in the U.S. power sector.

At least a dozen energy transition startups are getting their start during the pandemic holiday season.

The company’s second ‘Spoke’ facility has been completed in Rochester New York and is set to feed 5,000 tons of spent lithium-ion batteries per year to the company’s nearby processing facility, set to open in 2022.

Also in the brief: Ohio bill would ban new large solar and wind projects for up to three years

We wanted to know what the grid would look like, and cost, if we stopped ignoring the benefits of DERs and optimized the integration of these resources through a better modeling process. We found that when you use better planning models and scale both local solar and storage, as well as utility-scale solar and wind, you maximize cost savings and unlock the path to the lowest cost grid.

The solar industry cannot claim to be a clean energy source if it leaves a trail of hazardous waste.

A record 476 MW/764 MWh were installed in Q3, with California’s deployment figures alone shattering all previous quarterly records.

For the first time in nearly two years, FERC is at full strength, with the confirmations of Mark Christie and Allison Clements bringing the agency to a full five members. With Neil Chatterjee leaving in June, the agency is set to have a Democratic majority in the near future.