Utilities lean on batteries to deliver a growing list of grid services
Most utility-scale battery storage applications handle several roles depending on revenue opportunities or system support requirements.
Startup Sunday: Amazon funds transformer-based EV fast charger
Also starting up: Leap Photovoltaic turns to 3D printing to slash solar cell production costs, and solar EV startup Sono Motors files for its U.S. IPO.
Primergy completes 5 MW solar project for Colorado electric co-operative
Primergy will operate the facility, which will sell its power to Holy Cross Energy under a 25-year power purchase agreement.
Arizona regulators axe grid access charge
The decade-old charge is a thing of the past after regulators agreed that solar customers pay their fair share of grid costs.
CIT Group leads financing for solar-plus-storage portfolio
Amp Energy is developing five separate solar power generation systems at four project sites in central New York State.
Should I include a battery with my home solar project? Part 2: Costs and savings
An increasing share of residential solar arrays now attach energy storage batteries. In part one of the two part series, pv magazine reviewed the backup power feature of batteries. In this part, costs, benefits and timing are evaluated.
DOE awards top $200 million for advanced battery research
The Energy Department said that advanced, lithium-based batteries “play an integral role” in electric vehicles, stationary grid storage, and defense applications that will be critical to a clean energy future.
New Jersey makes its community solar program permanent
The state’s popular community solar program is here to stay, and one SEIA representative stated that the goal is to add a minimum of 150 MW annually.
Federal policy can drive the solar industry… but still may fall short
Federal policy must address equipment availability, solar development pathway risk and timing, as well as transmission and distribution interconnection.
SolRiver Capital acquires 53 MW solar portfolio
The firm paid more than $90 million to Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners for eight solar projects in North Carolina.
