GAF Energy completes work on rooftop solar manufacturing facility
The roof-integrated solar solutions provider has begun moving into its new 112,000 square-foot San Jose, California, facility.
Ford plans $11.4 billion investment to build EVs and batteries
The company will partner with South Korea-based SK Innovation to build facilities to produce and eventually recycle EV batteries.
Energy storage company Fluence plans an IPO
The company applied to the SEC to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq Global Select Market under the symbol “FLNC.”
California officials consider 500 MW solar project
The project would be right at home in Kern County, which already hosts multiple utility-scale projects in the 100 MW+ range.
House bill would channel $3.5 billion to domestic solar manufacturing
The act would boost investment in U.S. solar manufacturing.
Point Beach solar enters service in Wisconsin
Energy produced by the facility will serve WPPI Energy member communities in three states under a 20-year power purchase agreement.
Startup Sunday: This Silicon Valley firm designs solar-powered fashion
Also starting up: Omnidian raises $33 million for solar performance services, and Lilac Solutions grabs $150 million for lithium brine extraction.
Odessa Disturbance highlights troubling gaps in solar reliability
A root cause report on a West Texas power disturbance found that, in many cases, the solar industry “is not proactively identifying abnormal performance issues” related to inverter-based resources.
Oregon regulators ease community solar guidelines
Community solar development is set to accelerate as the program full capacity allotment is now available. Low-income customers have had their discount doubled.
Long-duration flow battery tech wins DOE funding
Four energy storage companies were awarded $18 million as part of the Energy Department’s Long Duration Storage Shot.
