New Jersey to expand community solar by 3 GW
With skyrocketing electric rates, New Jersey Gov. Murphy signed a new law to more than triple the capacity it currently has online and in the pipeline.
Two U.S. distributed solar businesses raise over $400 million
DSD Renewables secured $238 million of long-term financing for a 233 MW solar project portfolio and GDEV Management more than $200 million to support its work as a middle-market investor in behind-the-meter solar and storage.
Inside perovskite solar cell durability and performance testing
Accurately measuring the performance of perovskite solar cells and modules requires significant modifications to long-established testing standards used in silicon PV. Researchers are settling on methods that rely on up to several minutes of constant light exposure and other time-consuming procedures. These may be fine for the laboratory setting, but those looking to produce this technology at scale need standardized methods that can characterize cells and modules at a much faster rate.
Understanding clean energy tax credit rollbacks in the wake of the OBBBA
Tax credits are set to expire and new restrictions to imports will apply. Michael John David, accounting director for the CPA firm Scrubbed weighs in.
Ecotopia net-zero community blossoms on former youth prison site
With nature on the forefront and a ban on fossil fuels, a new Michigan mixed-income community is equipped with solar, EV charging, geothermal heat pumps and sustainability in every detail.
Boviet Solar completes exterior construction of 3 GW U.S. solar cell factory
The company is building an N-type cell fab in Greenville, North Carolina, complementing its active 2 GW module factory.
RE+ preview: SMA to launch new utility-scale storage inverter and more
The company will display its Sunny Central Storage UP-S and other products at the RE+ trade show in Las Vegas, Nevada.
The ‘onion’ of FEOC, Safe Harbor, and tax credits
pv magazine USA spoke with tax lawyers about the added layers of diligence and complexity that Foreign Entity of Concern rules bring to tax credits (excluding hydrogen), and how to traverse four years of ongoing construction under new Safe Harbor guidance.
Dynamic pricing is superior to virtual power plants, says dynamic pricing pioneer
As California pursues dynamic pricing of electricity to help integrate renewable generation, industry pioneer Edward Cazalet says dynamic pricing can meet California’s demand flexibility needs better than virtual power plants can.
Trade court affirms solar duties under Biden moratorium
Collections are expected to extract tens of billions of dollars in duties retroactively collected from importers of solar gear from Southeast Asia from mid-2022 to mid-2024.
