Startup round-up: GoSun turns to crowdfunding to help glamping go solar
Also starting up: Vespr wins clean energy award for high-wind panel clamp, and Clearloop aims to enable smaller businesses to invest in solar.
Tennessee utility able to construct solar project thanks to TVA Flexibility Program
The 7.5 MW Dancing Horse Solar project will provide energy to power over 1000 homes across Loudon County and Monroe County, thanks to a recent TVA program that allows member utilities to meet 5% of their electrical need through distributed resources.
‘Take Back TVA’ rally follows Board meeting
Dozens took to the streets to call on greater transparency between TVA and those it serves, voice support for an accelerated decarbonization effort, and to admonish TVA’s handling of coal ash cleanup work.
Electric vehicle battery materials factory to open in Tennessee
Novonix plans to retrofit a Chattanooga, Tennessee General Electric plant to produce 8,000 tons of anode materials annually for electric vehicle batteries and energy storage systems.
Does the Southeast need wholesale power markets in order to hit its renewable goals?
A new report from ACORE, the American Clean Power Association, and SEIA explores the benefits of instituting real-time, wholesale energy markets across the 12 Southeast states as a way to accelerate renewable resource adoption.
North Carolina is no longer the Southeast’s most solar state
The fourth edition of the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy’s Solar in the Southeast report shows that Florida has passed North Carolina in total installed capacity, while South Carolina has passed its northern neighbor in the context of a solar watts per customer ratio.
How the Southeast can achieve 100% clean energy
The Southern Alliance for Clean Energy identified two pathways that the Southeast’s big utilities could follow to achieve 100% renewable generation against the backdrop of a possible federal mandate.
TVA releases RFP for 200 MW of new solar + storage and retrofits
The projects will be used for the entity’s Green Invest program, which helps large-scale energy buyers meet their renewable needs.
Facebook, RWE Renewables in deal with TVA for 150 MW of solar
Facebook’s commitment to TVA’s green invest program continues, as the company has now contracted for 475 MW of solar under the program.
Origis Energy to develop big solar project in Mississippi using TVA’s Green Invest
The 200 MW solar project will be one of the largest in the state but will help Knoxville, Tennessee, reach its renewable goals.
