Solar Industry News
Amazon ramps up green push with more renewable energy deals
Amazon will buy power from 3.5 gigawatts of new projects mostly solar farms in the US to supply its offices, warehouses and data centers.
Panel The Planet featured on Redfin article ‘Solar Energy Projects and Tips for Your Home’
We recently provided Redfin with a helpful tip in their new blog article titled 'Solar Energy Projects and Tips for Your Home'.
Interior Department outlines roadmap for continued renewable energy progress on public lands
The Bureau of Land Management has approved 120+ renewable energy projects on public land with a combined generating capacity over 12,000 MW.
Los Angeles, Honolulu leading US cities in solar power generation: report
Los Angeles leads the US in total installed solar power capacity, but Honolulu leads in power generated per capita, a new report has found.
California utility SDG&E sees utility scale solar growing greater than 10x by 2045
SDG&E believes increased solar production will be needed to “maintain electricity system reliability" as consumption and demand grow.
Batteries, solar, wind and hydropower: Why renewable energy is essential to curbing climate change
Renewable energy will be instrumental in reducing the global reliance of fossil fuels, the leading cause of the greenhouse emissions.
AI method learns from experienced staff on perovskite solar production lines
Academics from MIT and Stanford have come up with an AI system which can affect mass production of perovskite solar cells.
Solar soars as renewables chip away at American power kingpin gas
US electricity generation from renewable sources will increase to 23% in 2023 from 20% last year, as solar and wind eat into market share.
Tesla Megapack project with 730 MWh of capacity is now up and running on PG&E’s network
PG&E announced the commissioning of its 182.5-megawatt Tesla Megapack battery energy storage system located in Monterey County.
How San Diego will feed its appetite for solar energy
San Diego as a region needs a lot of renewable energy to meet lofty climate goals it has set for itself and is currently looking east.
Visualizing solar capacity, performance across the US
The 2020 weighted U.S. solar capacity factor comes in at a calculated 24.4%, based on S&P Global Commodity Insights estimates.
MI universities may be developing the next big thing: clear solar panels
An unassuming stretch of windows on Michigan State University's campus is poised to revolutionize solar energy.
DOE announces $8M to integrate solar energy production with farming
DOE announced $8 million for six solar energy research projects across six states and the District of Columbia that supports agrivoltaics.
Senate Bill introduced to incentivize solar carport deployment in California
A newly proposed bill would create a tax incentive for companies to build solar canopies in large parking lots to boost local clean electricity generation.
Off-grid solar + storage microgrid designed for CA almond cold storage facility
Origo Investments with industry veterans Amond World to develop a refrigerated cold storage facility in the Madera Airport Industrial Park.
Harvesting light to grow food and clean energy together
UC Davis’ Scientists are investigating how to better harvest the sun to make agrivoltaic systems more efficient in arid agricultural regions.
California earns top marks in new energy efficiency scorecard
ACEEE published its ranking of all 50 states and Washington, D.C., which looked at how states instituted energy efficiency policies.
Green factories are changing minds in more conservative US states
At least $25.7B in new US clean-energy factories are in the works. Most of these projects and jobs are in traditionally conservative states.
LRE completes 100-MW Rabbitbrush solar + storage project in California
LRE has completed construction of its 100MW Rabbitbrush Solar Facility in Kern County with a 20MW, 50MWh battery energy storage system.
Green hydrogen project powered by solar under development in California
Fusion Fuel and Electus Energy have entered a joint venture agreement to develop a 75 MW solar-to-hydrogen project in Bakersfield, CA, capable of producing up to 9,300 tons of green hydrogen annually.
Tesla tops 40,000 Superchargers; new site to have four solar canopies
Tesla now has 40,000 Supercharger stations worldwide, and more are in the works, including a massive 88-stall facility with four solar canopies.