Sunrise brief: Borrego may bring floating solar along with distributed generation and storage to hydropower facilities in New England
Also on the rise: Lots of optimism about Build Back Better, ITC more at SEIA finance seminar. A pilot managed by Enel X will supply the Ontario grid with demand response loads from 14 sites. New solar trailer bus tags along in Munich. Solar Landscape completes final project under New Jersey’s community solar pilot program. Evolving requirements in the solar + storage industry–the first in a series. Comcast signs up for 250MW of Illinois solar.
Sunrise brief: How anticircumvention investigation will affect the solar industry
Also on the rise: Washington DC Attorney General filed complaint against utility for general incompetence in managing the community solar program. EIA’s US grid-scale energy storage usage profiles, innovation, and growth outlook. Freedom Forever overtakes Tesla in the top three spot for the first time. New Orleans launches community solar program. Green Mountain Power selects Enphase batteries for pilot lease discount program. Connecticut colleges and universities to benefit from solar. And the bad news is…World will need 5.2TW of solar this decade to avoid climate breakdown
What we have here is a failure to communicate solar generation data
Washington DC Attorney General Racine has filed a complaint against utility PEPCO for general incompetence in managing the community solar program, with a focus on additional hardware requirements and a failure to properly measure and compensate solar electricity generation.
New Orleans launches community solar program
The city will construct a series of solar gardens, up to 2MW in capacity, which interested residents can subscribe to, reducing their electric bills and increasing solar’s influence in an area that has historically had little to do with the resource.
Sunrise brief: Hanwha commits to US manufacturing across the solar supply chain
Also on the rise: A new solar project will connect Illinois customers to clean energy and bill savings. US battery manufacturer acquires Northern Reliability. New York State, the largest and most active community solar market. Job moves at Encore Renewable Energy, Perch Energy, Origis Energy, and more. Nexamp adds energy storage to community solar projects in Massachusetts. Three-year solar tax battle fought and won in Puerto Rico. ComEd opens enrollment to community solar project.
New York hits 1GW of community solar
The state has become the nation’s largest and most active community solar market, with a pipeline boasting more than 700 potential community solar installations.
ComEd opens enrollment to community solar project
A new solar project will connect Illinois customers to clean energy and bill savings. The utility said its program will expand to over 80 community solar projects by year’s end.
Non-profits partner to help homeowners go solar in Brooklyn
Barrio Solar wants Brooklyn homeowners to go solar in order to lower Con Edison bills, property taxes, and greenhouse gas emissions.
Sunrise brief: Earth’s total solar installed tops 1 terawatt
Also on the rise: 300MW Bighorn Solar Project is complete. To achieve DOE’s goal, we need 700% more community solar in the next four years. MIT scientists develop PV cleaning system based on electrostatic repulsion. Solar drone data assessment shows rise in PV anomalies. Kentucky utility adds more solar as Solar Shares Program gains customers.
Community Solar: Interconnection bottlenecks and other barriers to growth
To achieve the DOE’s goal of powering the equivalent of five million households by 2025 with community solar and creating $1 billion in energy savings would mean an increase of more than 700% of installed community solar in the next four years.
