REIT completes commercial-scale solar tax credit transfer
Solar developer Black Bear Energy said the real estate investment trust’s (REIT) transaction on the 556 kW portfolio is proof of concept that demand exists for credits of this size and risk profile.
With great (solar) power comes great responsibility
Consumer protection and transparency are the keys to reigniting industry growth. Josh Levine, vice president of marketing, EnergySage shares his perspective.
Researchers build 16%-efficient mini perovskite solar module resistant to UV light-induced degradation
A U.S. research team has built a 15 cm2 perovskite solar module with improved stability and efficiency thanks to a polymer hole transport layer that reportedly improves the panel stability and efficiency.
World’s first anode-free sodium solid-state battery
Researchers at the Laboratory for Energy Storage and Conversion have created a new sodium battery architecture with stable cycling for several hundred cycles, which could serve as a future direction to enable low-cost, high-energy-density and fast-charging batteries.
Sunrise brief: Tariffs may stall the growth of the U.S. solar industry
Also on the rise: Toledo Solar goes out of business. Hydrogen power plants feasible but inefficient. And more.
Louisiana allows firms to buy 500 more MW of renewable power
Louisiana’s large electricity customers will be allowed to purchase up to 500 MW of renewable power through a new type of agreement with renewable project owners.
Solar tariffs could “unintentionally cede U.S. leadership in the solar industry”
A report from Clean Energy Associates (CEA) and the American Council on Renewable Energy shows how antidumping and countervailing duty (AD/CVD) tariffs create cost issues not just for imported solar panels, but for U.S.-made solar panels as well.
Transfer switch for home solar power integration
Nature’s Generator now offers a 50-amp, 12-circuit switch to manually power up selected circuits from backup system.
U.S. manufacturer Toledo Solar closes business
The Ohio based thin-film solar module producer was sued last year by First Solar, alleged that Toledo Solar sold Malaysian-made First Solar modules under the Toledo name.
Global energy storage fleet to surpass 1 TW/3 TWh by 2033
According to the latest forecast from Wood Mackenzie, the global energy storage market (excluding pumped hydro) is on track to reach 159 GW/358 GWh by the of 2024 and grow by more than 600% by 2033, with nearly 1 TW of new capacity expected to come online.
