OMCO Solar to provide 15 MW of trackers to Arkansas projects
The deal came through the company’s second partnership with Entegrity Energy Partners.
Solar 101: Attaching your solar system to your roof
A solar racking system’s strength is determined in part by the metal racking, but it also depends on the roof’s underlying structure. Rafters and any supporting structures must be strong enough to withstand your region’s maximum wind and snow loads.
Sunrise brief: On Earth Day, Biden pledges to cut U.S. emissions by 50% by 2030
Also on the rise: Recurrent Energy starts work on a 100 MW solar project for Entergy Mississippi, Elon Musk says that Tesla solar panels will only be sold with its Powerwall battery, FPL starts work on another solar project, and Atlas signs a BESS agreement with Hitachi ABB.
SunPower brings two brownfield projects to Baltimore
The solar energy projects are expected to offset around one-third of the electric demand of the county’s public buildings.
5 state policy actions that are shaping distributed solar’s future
Forty-two states plus D.C. took a total of 155 actions related to distributed solar policy and rate design in the first quarter, with nearly a third related to distributed generation compensation rules.
Energy transition jobs: SolarEdge, TVA, NYSERDA, and more
Job moves in solar, storage, cleantech, utilities, and energy transition finance.
Americas set to lead global energy storage deployments, Wood Mac says
The U.S. tripled storage installations in 2020, accounting for 38% of new capacity, and is expected to lead future capacity additions.
Add electric vehicles, not bulk transmission, for a low-cost, clean grid: UC Berkeley study
A 90% clean grid with a transition to EVs would achieve lower electricity costs than one without, the study shows. Transmission investments would mainly be spur lines to new renewable generation.
Sunrise brief: Lightsource bp signs PPA for 375 MW of solar for Amazon project
Also on the rise: OG&E will double the capacity of its Choctaw Nation solar project, NorthWestern Energy plans to add a 50 MW BESS, Sungrow supplies inverters to an Iowa project, and Sunnova enters two new markets.
Texas is poised for major growth in solar energy, EIA says
Much of the new utility-scale solar will be in West Texas where transmission capacity that benefits wind resources is helping to spur solar development.
