Switzerland

Energy Vault has begun commissioning a 25 MW / 100 MWh energy storage tower adjacent to a wind power facility outside of Shanghai.

Management sees NEM 3.0 changes as a net positive for California and expects strong demand for solar-plus-storage in coming quarters, with installers likely taking another four months of training for integrated systems.

With the closing of this deal, Ascent will triple its production capacity from its 5 MW of existing nameplate capacity production.

Swiss PV manufacturer Meyer Burger says it wants to rapidly expand its production of heterojunction solar cells and modules, following its recent supply agreement with U.S. project developer DE Shaw Renewable Investments.

The new world record was independently certified by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) in the United States.

Volta designs chargers with integrated advertising space and targets high-visibility commercial spaces.

The company said its Terra 360 charger can charge any electric car in 15 minutes or less at a maximum output of 360kW.

Here’s a list of solar firms that VCs funded during this pandemic year.

Executive moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities and energy transition finance.

Another busy funding week with solar IPOs on deck and venture capital investments — but no cleantech SPACs in the last few day, at least.