New Jersey greenlights 3 GW of community solar, awards 355 MW energy storage
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities action fulfills Governor Sherrill’s recent executive mandate, launching the largest-ever solicitation for distributed generation in New Jersey history.
Solving California’s grid financing dilemma
California’s residential electricity rates remain persistently high, putting real pressure on households. Fixed grid costs account for a large and growing share of consumer bills, with charges covering necessary work such as wildfire risk mitigation, grid hardening, and resiliency upgrades. As much as 55% of a typical residential bill now goes to these fixed costs, and that share has been rising quickly. Yujia Han from the Clean Energy Leadership Institute calls for a different approach.
U.S. solar’s push for domestic bliss
Incentives in the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 drove a surge in announcements of new solar manufacturing facilities across the United States, and the country now hosts more than enough module production capacity to meet forecast domestic demand for several years. A shift in policy priorities has created uncertainty, but the continued availability of manufacturing tax credits and a focus on domestic industry have U.S. module makers looking to add cells and other components to their production plans.
Artemis raises $6 million to scale distributed solar software
The platform uses AI to automate solar design and financing for residential contractors.
Origis Energy secures $545 million for Texas solar and storage portfolio
The financing, which includes construction, term debt and tax equity, will support three projects totaling 450 MW of solar and 150 MW of energy storage.
Vor Systems raises $3 million pre-seed for AI-enabled renewable energy deal-making
The AI-enabled platform aims to unblock the financing and M&A pipeline for complex energy projects.
Precision beneath the panels: The hidden engineering inside a solar project
A deep-dive into the precision engineering and metallurgical resilience that sustain the world’s utility-scale solar infrastructure.
Growing pains: Grid congestion as a renewables bottleneck
The electricity grid is a real bottleneck for energy in the United States, and it’s not only utilities and grid operators who are struggling. Grid congestion also puts pressure on renewable energy project owners and is as much a business problem as it is a technical one, writes Alon Mashkovich, CEO of energy management business software supplier enSights.
Sabanci Renewables taps Empact to de-risk 286 MW Texas solar portfolio
The long-term partnership secures IRA tax credit compliance for the 156 MW Pepper Solar and 130 MW Lucky 7 projects as Sabanci targets a 3 GW U.S. pipeline.
Massachusetts House advances climate bill with $1 billion cut to energy efficiency program
House bill 5151 advances solar in the Bay State but renewable energy groups say cuts to Mass Save could devastate the program.
