Solar energy rising: Predictions to illuminate 2024
Climate the entrepreneur and chief executive officer of Sunrock Distributed Generation Wilson Chang shares his predictions for the changing energy landscape.
Puerto Rico distributed solar climbs to 680 MW, residential storage to 1.6 GWh
While distributed solar and storage are advancing quickly in Puerto Rico, utility-scale solar and storage procurements ordered by Puerto Rico regulators in 2020 have made little progress.
DOE to fund “liftoff” of advanced conductors, advanced distribution management
The U.S. Department of Energy will back the two technologies that can help deploy utility-scale and distributed solar, as well as two other technologies that benefit wind power, seeing all four as high-priority technologies ready for rapid scaling.
Sunrise brief: Consider maximizing California’s front-of-meter distributed solar
Also on the rise: Fluence Energy achieves profitability, posts 85% revenue growth. New York State hits a milestone with 2 GW of community solar installed. And more.
Consider maximizing California’s front-of-meter distributed solar, advocates say
California should evaluate front-of-the-meter distributed solar on an equal footing with transmission-connected utility-scale solar and behind-the-meter solar, not as an afterthought, say several advocacy groups.
Shifting state policies reshape distributed solar in the U.S.
Major residential solar markets policy changes essentially necessitate battery energy storage attachment, while other policies are launching community solar markets.
Sunrise brief: How long do residential solar panels last?
Also on the rise: Ohm Analytics details a complex distributed solar market. LS Energy Solutions to construct large-scale energy storage to serve CAISO market. And more.
Model procedures for fixing distributed solar and storage interconnection
Any state could adopt current “best practices” for interconnecting distributed solar and storage by instituting model procedures published by the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, the group suggests in a report.
Solar group petitions to suspend Dominion Energy interconnection rules
A coalition of distributed solar installers has petitioned to throw out an interconnection cost allocation rule in Virginia that has led to project delays and cost increases.
Sunrise brief: Caltech researchers beam solar from space
Also on the rise: FEMA funds $97 million Puerto Rico microgrid with 15 MW solar, 12 MWh storage. Redflow to build 20 MWh redox-flow battery in California. And more.
