What’s in the Inflation Reduction Act for the solar industry?
A high-level, cursory summary of the IRA 2022 is focused on the details pertaining to solar power professionals.
Sunrise brief: About 20% of utility-scale solar capacity was delayed in the first half of 2022
Also on the rise: Ford Motors commits to largest purchase of solar energy from a utility. Michigan pledges to cover over 1200 public buildings with solar. And more.
Sunrise brief: Energy storage software provider posts 246% revenue growth
Also on the rise: Do we have enough engineers to conduct interconnection studies? Green car dealership goes green. And more.
Sunrise brief: Global energy storage deployment may reach 500 GW by 2031
Also on the rise: Bill Gates-backed fund invests in automated utility-scale solar installation platform. It’s time to fix our nation’s broken interconnection process. And more.
It’s time to fix our nation’s broken interconnection process
The good news is that we know what to do. Interconnection has been studied extensively by numerous industry groups and research organizations, which have arrived at some essential guiding principles for reform.
States that enable distributed storage will make room for more rooftop solar
In half the states, interconnection procedures for distributed energy resources do not yet mention energy storage. To help states remove that hurdle, and several others, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council is providing guidance on a detailed toolkit.
Sunrise brief: Californians will still get burned under solar killer proposal
Also on the rise: Tigo Energy files patent lawsuit against SMA Solar in the US. DOE invests $56 million in solar manufacturing and recycling.
Solar groups call on EIA to provide data on interconnection, outages, and manufacturing
The data would help solar and storage providers to speed deployment, said Solar and Storage Industries Institute and the national solar trade group, SEIA.
Faster, lower-cost interconnection by combining ERCOT, MISO, PJM approaches
ERCOT’s approach enables interconnection in 2 to 3 years, whereas recent regional transmission planning by MISO and PJM found cost-saving ways to interconnect 53 GW and 75 GW of renewables respectively, said a Brattle transmission expert.
California ruling simplifies grid connection process for distributed solar and storage
A groundbreaking rule by the California Public Utilities Commission will streamline the interconnection process for distributed energy resources.
