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The new rates will help to support the expansion of two of the utility’s prominent solar programs, 30-by-30 and the SolarTogether community solar initiative.

Also on the rise: Large format modules are gaining market share and presenting a new set of challenges, Honeywell and Duke will jointly test a flow battery, and Sunnova will offer EV charging through a partnership with ChargePoint.

The patents cover shingled solar modules and a process for separating pv strips from solar cells for use in shingled solar modules.

The two plan to embed ChargePoint software in customers’ Sunnova portal to help optimize car charging with other home energy demands.

A growing share of residential solar projects now attach energy storage batteries. In part one, we consider the backup power feature of batteries.

As modules change in size and form factor, ripple effects are felt across the entire solar industry, requiring tweaks, modifications, and outright changes to longstanding project development and construction practices.

The battery, which uses an electrolyte to convert chemical energy into electricity for storage and deployment, will begin testing in 2022 at Duke Energy’s Emerging Technology and Innovation Center in Mount Holly, North Carolina.

Preliminary Q3 revenues were estimated at between $6.2 million and $7.2 million, while gross margin is expected to range from 18-20%.

Some 90,000 individual solar panels will generate enough electricity to cover around 40% of the electricity use in two buildings for Google.

Also on the rise: SEIA fires back at A-SMACC’s antidumping tariff request, and Enphase launches a microinverter line for microgrids.