Sunrise brief: Just a fraction of federal land could power carbon-free future
Also on the rise: Wholesale electricity prices lower and more stable in 2024. Energy Department announces $22.92 billion in loans to upgrade transmission. And more.
Texas, the ‘Wild West’ of grid services, lands a new VPA
A new virtual power plant power purchase agreement program offered by Solrite and Sonnen may reinforce the Texas power grid and provide back-up renewable power at no additional cost to enrolled homeowners.
ES Solar and sonnen find success in Wattsmart VPP program in Utah
ES Solar says its objective is to retrofit 40% of all residential solar arrays in Utah with sonnen VPP batteries.
Shell to sell 25% of its U.S. solar assets, said Reuters
Reuters reported that the oil major is continuing to draw back from renewable energy investment.
Sunrise brief: California bill to reevaluate rooftop solar net metering
Also on the rise: 26% of battery storage systems have fire detection and suppression issues. Solar glass manufacturing comes to Georgia. And more.
Reducing cost of residential solar financing with virtual power plants
Solrite Energy says its new power purchase agreement has more agreeable finance terms due to the ability of distributed solar-plus-storage to make money as part of a virtual power plant.
Sunrise brief: Grid-forming inverters will enable a high-renewables grid
Also on the rise: Sonnen NEM-proofs solar batteries. How local governments are driving solar energy growth. And more.
Sonnen unveils “NEM proof” function for solar batteries
The company released an optimized time-of-use solution to unlock value under California’s net energy metering 3.0 electric rate environment.
Solar and home battery program will aggregate 35 MWh this year
ES Solar and sonnen are leading the expansion of Rocky Mountain Power’s Wattsmart Battery Program across Utah and Idaho.
This utility is paying its solar customers to adopt energy storage
The incentive program requires that the batteries be charged by the on-site solar power system in order to fully qualify.
