New platform vets residential solar salespeople
An industry plagued by deceptive practices is now verifying salespeople via a platform called Recheck.
Sunrise brief: California did what?
Also on the rise: Longi announces 27.30% efficiency for heterojunction back contact solar cell. Heliene inks supply agreement with UGE for U.S.-made solar modules. And more.
Virtual power plant preventing blackouts in Puerto Rico
Sunrun, a U.S.-based residential solar installer, says nearly 1,800 customers have already signed up to its PowerOn Puerto Rico virtual power plant (VPP). The program deploys stored solar energy from customers’ batteries to the grid, preventing power supply shortfalls on the island.
California needs 10 GW of solar deployment in five years, 57.5 GW of new solar added by 2045
For context, the state has about 43 GW installed cumulatively to date, according to SEIA. The state’s new 2035 electricity emissions goals include 19 GW of new solar power, 20.6 GW of new wind and 15.7 GW of new battery power.
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.
Solar recycling headquarters and research lab opens in Arizona
Backed by funding from leading corporations and institutions, Solarcycle sets up shop in Mesa, Arizona, to advance a circular economy for the solar industry.
Sunrise brief: The fossil fuel retirement boom
Also on the rise: Secondary market for solar modules presents low-cost buying opportunities. A look at long-term solar degradation. And more.
Sunrun solar-plus-storage powers the grid during peak demand
In partnership with utility Pacific Gas and Electric, the residential solar installer enrolled distributed batteries to serve the grid during times of peak demand.
Unprecedented solar and storage growth on horizon with record installations and investments
The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law mark an epochal shift in the landscape of clean energy policy, heralding a new era for the solar and energy storage sectors in the U.S.
Solar advocates appeal North Carolina net metering cuts
Payment cuts to rooftop solar generation exports were in violation of state law, said the appeal.
