Solar powered electric lawn mowing
Perhaps in anticipation of California’s coming ban on small combustion engines, battery powered electric lawn mowers have begun to appear in the market. At least one model can be purchased with built-in solar power.
People on the Move: CCSA, Pfister Energy, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
Sunrise brief: National Solar Jobs Census finds that solar jobs increased 9% nationwide in 2021
Also on the rise: New home battery can provide backup power as well as smart time of use charging/discharging. Connecticut to allow distributed resources to compete with distribution grid upgrades. And more.
GM and LG receive $2.5 billion DOE loan to build three battery manufacturing plants
Battery manufacturing facilities will be built in Tennessee, Ohio and Michigan to produce EV batteries under the Ultium Cell name.
Electriq Power residential batteries beat the heat with backup power, smart time of use
A home battery paired with rooftop solar can provide backup power during rolling blackouts, shift power usage schedules to avoid peak demand charges, among other benefits.
Perovskite solar cell defect characterization during manufacture for improved stability
A novel electrochemical robotic arm is under development at the University of Arizona to identify perovskite defects during manufacturing rather than after to improve durability.
Connecticut to allow distributed resources to compete with distribution grid upgrades
Connecticut would join five other states in enabling distributed storage, solar and other non-wires alternatives to compete with traditional distribution system capacity upgrades, under a program being finalized by Connecticut regulators.
Solar jobs increased 9% nationwide in 2021
According to the National Solar Jobs Census 2020, employment in the solar industry looked favorable in 2021 compared to fossil fuel industries, but solar employers have some work to do on increasing diversity.
Sunrise brief: Sanyo settles solar delamination lawsuit, lawyers win big
Also on the rise: Industrial process for ‘mobile’ solar module recycling. California governor sets goal of 3 million climate-ready homes, 6 million heat pumps by 2030. And more.
Researchers aim to scale organic semitransparent PV manufacturing for windows
A team at the University of Michigan developed a peel-off patterning technique to create stable semitransparent solar cells to be integrated with windows.
