Solar Industry News
The plan to turn blighted houses into a new source of green power for the grid
RCF Connects is retrofitting homes to make a "virtual power plant" - and fighting gentrification at the same time.
Senate approves Inflation Reduction Act, providing boon to solar industry
The Senate approved a sweeping package on Sunday which includes $370 billion allocated to energy security and climate change.
DOE launches $20 million consortium to advance US-made cadmium telluride solar cells
DOE is launching the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium to make CdTe solar cells less expensive, more efficient & develop new markets.
How Joe Manchin’s change of heart could revive the US solar industry
The newly proposed climate bill would deliver billions in incentives to American solar manufacturers, potentially making the US competitive with China.
August solar policy snapshots
Solar Power World presents a guide to recent legislation and research throughout the country, including the Senate as the climate bill is considered.
EDPR lands PPA for 200-MW solar project in California
EDP Renovaveis SA (ELI:EDPR) today said it has clinched a deal to sell the output of a 200-MW solar park it plans to build in California.
How the Senate’s big climate bill eliminates 4 billion tons of emissions
If passed, the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022 would avoid 24 tons of climate emissions for every new ton it creates.
Gates-led fund backs robots to automate solar panel installation
A Berkeley startup that automates solar panel installation has raised $44 million in a funding round co-led by Bill Gates’ Breakthrough Energy Ventures.
Seven key provisions in the Climate Deal
The proposed new $369B climate bill would help speed the country’s transition away from an economy based largely on fossil fuels and toward cleaner energy sources.
Feds give final approval to eastern Riverside County solar, transmission projects
The BLM is moving forward with renewable development, including issuing final construction approval for the Oberon solar project.
UC Merced wins highest honor for its efforts to go green
UC Merced was recently awarded a platinum rating - the highest honor - for their on-campus sustainability efforts.
Protesters opposed to increased solar fee rally in San Luis Obispo
Solar workers, consumers, clean energy advocates and climate activists held a “Don’t Tax the Sun” rally last Tuesday in San Luis Obispo, CA.
Electricity day and night: Solar power is changing isolated Amazon communities
NGOs and governments have implemented renewable energy plans in different communities in the Amazon with positive results.
Kenya’s big flower farms shift to solar power
Kenya’s rose and carnation producers are also showing love to Mother Earth, by shifting to solar power to fight climate change.
Spanish water utility sets sights on floating solar
Spain-based water utility Miya has expanded its activities to the renewables sector with the acquisition of a stake in Xfloat.
The Home Depot is installing 13MW of solar power across California
The Home Depot plans to install 13MW of solar power on the rooftops at 25 store locations in California.
US community solar set to double in five years as the IRA creates optimism
The researchers said that at least 6GW of community solar is expected to come online in existing markets between 2023-27.
New solar farm is a carbon sink & prairie preserver, too
Lightsource bp has built a pair of solar farms in CO that double as carbon sinks and help to preserve 3,000 acres of shortgrass prairie.
US’s first solar panels over canals pilot will deploy iron flow batteries
The first US pilot that will site solar panels over irrigation canals is going to deploy long-duration iron flow battery storage.
These new vertical solar systems are specially designed for farms
This new vertical solar system is designed to accommodate framed & unframed bifacial vertical solar panels and keep wires managed in a safe way.
California’s new net-metering policy brings batteries to forefront
The next wave of clean-tech adoption must focus on non-lithium batteries and take advantage of safe, affordable chemistries.