Sunrise brief: What salary and benefits can I expect in solar development?
Also on the rise: 50 states of solar incentives–Hawaii. Is your project underperformance caused by trackers? And more.
Do large-scale photovoltaic projects impact nearby home sales prices?
Berkeley Lab examines potential negative impacts of large-scale PV projects on nearby home sale prices across six states.
Sunrise brief: Trina Solar unveils TOPCon solar panel series for rooftop PV
Also on the rise: RVs take shade under PV carport. Michigan-based Our Next Energy announces LFP utility-scale battery. And more.
Solid-state battery design uses metal blend electrolyte
New battery materials tested by Berkeley Labs and Florida State University could result in a more conductive solid-state electrolyte that is less dependent on a large quantity of individual metals, which proves effective for the huge demand in the EV market.
Sunrise brief: Solar under test in extreme Arctic conditions
Also on the rise: Solar-plus-storage for low-to-middle income residents in Hawaii. Community solar continues to spread in New York. And more.
Sunrise brief: Visualizing the remarkable progress of solar energy
Also on the rise: PEG racking system survives near-direct 120 mph hurricane hit in Cuba. EIA study finds high solar penetration states showed resiliency to major power outages. And more.
Battery storage operation under net billing provides “virtually no grid value”: Berkeley Lab study
Net billing for rooftop solar, which incentivizes the use of battery storage to maximize solar self-consumption, is inefficient, researchers found, whereas incentivizing battery owners to discharge power during peak hours would provide greater value.
Western and Southeastern utilities’ progress in advancing 194 GW of solar projects is a mystery
As Western and Southeastern utilities process 194 GW of solar interconnection requests, we asked 20 of them about the final cost studies they completed last year, which would permit projects to move forward. Then we turned to Berkeley Lab analyses for more insights.
Lithium beneath the Salton Sea
The geothermal field beneath California’s Salton Sea contains brine that may hold from one to six million metric tons of lithium, an essential element for producing batteries. A Berkeley Lab study aims to evaluate the resource.
Strategies to enhance the value of utility-scale PV is focus of Berkeley Lab study
The study considers options including an inverter loading ratio of up to 1.7 and DC-coupled batteries, and how increasing levels of PV on the grid influence the optimal PV system design.
