Luminia closes out 2022 with $2.5 billion in solar financing requests
With a 600 MW+ project pipeline, active development includes community solar and other projects primarily across the Northeast.
North Carolina carbon plan favors gas over solar-plus-storage
The carbon plan includes substantially less solar and storage than the amounts called for by a North Carolina trade group and a citizens’ group, and similar amounts proposed by technology firms.
New electrolyzer to split saltwater into hydrogen
Scientists in China have developed a new way to split seawater into hydrogen without using a separate desalination process.
Sunrise brief: Is it possible to see 400 GW of solar in 2023?
Also on the rise: Form Energy to set up iron-air battery manufacturing facility in West Virginia. Utility-scale solar developers went bigger and bolder in 2022. And more.
All I want for Christmas is 400 GW of solar installed in 2023
For a long time global installation projections have come up short in forecasting solar installation volumes, including a big miss in 2022. Is it possible that we could see outpaced growth in 2023, like we saw in 2022?
Global solar capacity additions hit 268 GW in 2022: BNEF
BloombergNEF solar analyst Jenny Chase says 268 GW of new solar capacity came online in 2022, with annual installations expected to hit 315 GW in 2023.
Perovskite challenges addressed with new manufacturing process
NREL researchers develop an approach that produces efficient and stable perovskite solar.
Primergy Solar secures up to $200 million investment
The utility-scale solar developer of the Gemini solar project in Nevada and other major projects announced Rabobank closed a revolving credit facility.
Dragonfly secures patent for solid-state battery dry powder coating
The Reno, Nevada company has a pilot production line under construction and expects mass production and battery pack integration for solid-state batteries to be on track for 2023 to 2024.
Form Energy to set up iron-air battery manufacturing facility in West Virginia
Form Energy’s aqueous air battery system uses low-cost iron, water and air–some of the safest, cheapest, and most abundant materials.
