Hardware brief: Tesla solar patents, RBI’s “Underground Surety”, solar+storage+SCADA, more!
Hey, when you see me at SPI in Salt Lake City – make sure to show me things to take a picture of so I can get it into the brief! Otherwise, enjoy your weekend and some gear: small scale solar from Morningstar’s SureSine, module pricing trending downward, more!
CALSSA implements consumer protection code
The association has instituted three new rules to its code of ethics but remains unsatisfied, turning their sights now to setting a national standard.
Recognizing and combating power quality issues in solar power systems
Solar energy can greatly reduce energy bills, can be used for a wide variety of applications and costs very little to maintain. However, even though it is considered an excellent source of renewable energy, it is not immune to its own unique problems and challenges.
Porsche’s first EV, Colorado has more advanced energy workers than hospital workers: pvMB 9/5/19
It’s Thursday and you’re here, which means you’re reading this Thursday’s pvMB. Today we have for you Jefferson County, Washington waiving a $100 solar fee, Vote Solar’s statement on Solar Together and more!
Duke doubles down on fossils in 2019 long-term plan updates
The power company’s 2019 IRP updates for its two North Carolina utilities include some solar and storage, but also 12 GW of new gas and plans to keep coal plants online for decades.
How the cash flows when we electrify buses, agriculture and more
The Brattle Group has developed a Total Value Test to help determine a more accurate economic valuation of energy efficiency programs historically, including case studies of city bus electrification, indoor agriculture and water heating.
Vote Solar offers SMART improvements
Amidst the looming presence of new changes to the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target, Vote Solar has analyzed the history of Massachusetts solar market and policy, offering tips to help the state recover from volatility and place itself once again as a national solar leader.
#Solar100’s Julien Dumoulin-Smith: the Steve Prefontaine of energy analysts
In this #Solar100 Interview, Richard Matsui, Founder & CEO of kWh Analytics, speaks with Julien Dumoulin-Smith, Senior Research Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Warren climate plan 2.0: the details for clean energy
U.S. presidential candidate Elizabeth Warren has announced that she is adopting former candidate Jay Inslee’s climate plan. But what does that mean?
Residential solar plus storage is taking over Hawaii’s grid
Sunrun’s solar+storage Brightbox systems – 1,000 of them totalling 4.3 MW of capacity – are included in a contract for grid services submitted to Hawaii regulators.
