Report assesses the status of RPS goals and prices
The Berkeley Lab report describes recent legislative revisions, key policy design features, compliance with interim targets, past and projected impacts on renewables development, and compliance costs.
Duke solar plan challenged in Florida
Arguing that Duke’s Clean Energy Connections program will unfairly shift costs onto smaller customers, a group is challenging the program designed to add roughly 750 MW of utility-scale solar.
Sunrise brief: Hit with a $1.8 billion bill, a Texas co-op files Chapter 11
Also on the rise: Siemens Energy will assess its hydrogen technology to supply a Utah power plant, and Hyzon Motors will build a plant to bolster the fuel cell supply chain for big trucks.
Washington State awards low-income solar project grants
Nine projects received grants from the Low-Income Solar Deployment Program, part of the state’s Clean Energy Fund.
New Columbia Solar raises $75 million, looks to develop 50 projects in D.C.
The company closed a tax equity deal with Franklin Park Infrastructure that will help it add solar capacity in a challenging urban environment.
Cleantech Roundup: SolarEdge, Tigo Energy, MIT, and more
Check out this week’s list of some of the newest announcements related to clean energy products.
Watch: IKEA completes 1.35 MW solar carport, with seven more underway
Distributed Solar Development built the Baltimore carport and will deliver the home furnishings giant’s other projects in Maryland and California.
A ‘big win’ for solar: Kansas regulators reject utility’s proposed fees
Clean energy advocates praised the utility commission’s ruling as a major victory. Some regulators, however, suggested they may be open to similar fees in the future.
Sunrise brief: First Solar signs 2.4 GW deal, reports results from a “challenging” 2020
Also on the rise: Plug Power plans a $290 million green hydrogen plant, and Argonne National Laboratory has a small-scale climate model that can help pinpoint risks to solar farms and other infrastructure assets.
NREL looks at barriers to lithium-ion battery recycling and sees opportunities
The analysts assessed the current state of reuse and recycling of large-format lithium-ion batteries used in EVs and battery energy storage and found there is plenty of room for improvement.
