MIT scientists develop solar desalinator with high water output
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have developed a solar desalinator with high water output, via a multi-stage system of evaporators and condensers. It offers cost-effective solar desalination, making solar-produced drinking water cheaper than tap water for the first time.
Massachusetts can save 4.6 million metric tons of carbon by changing solar development strategy
A report from the Massachusetts Audubon Society highlights the need for alternative development strategies like rooftop solar to preserve the sequestered carbon of forests.
Utility-scale project updates for booming Texas solar market
pv magazine USA shares updates on three projects in the largest solar market in the United States.
October 14 eclipse to cost U.S. states up to 17% of daily solar generation
In a new weekly update for pv magazine, Solcast, a DNV company, reports that North and South America are set to experience an annular eclipse on October 14, which means that some regions could lose a significant portion of their daily solar energy production. The path of the eclipse tracks across the southwestern United States, from Oregon to Texas, before continuing through Mexico, Central America and ending in Brazil, though impacts will be seen across all of the contiguous US and the top of South America.
Teeing up the “Solar + Decade”
George Hershman, executive chair of SEIA and chief executive of SOLV Energy shares his perspective on aspects of the Inflation Reduction Act one year later.
California ends summer with 5 GW energy storage record
As fall arrives in the northern hemisphere, California sets a record for most utility-scale battery capacity instantaneous usage, with a long stretch exceeding 2 GWh of output.
Sunrise brief: Solar module prices are falling with no end in sight
Also on the rise: The win-win of agrirvoltaics, long duration energy storage emerges, and more.
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.
The win-win of agrivoltaics
The process of pairing solar with agriculture has proven to be mutually beneficial for farmers and solar developers.
Manufacturing a solar powered economy
One year after the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act, federal policies help turn the page toward an economy powered by emissions-free technology and domestic manufacturing.
