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Opinion: The CPUC needs to embrace the full potential of rooftop solar and energy storage to bolster the entire grid.

Opinion: The future of rooftop solar in California is more important than ever

The shift towards renewable energy sources is more crucial than ever. Climate change is no longer an abstract concept but a pressing reality that demands immediate and innovative solutions. As a solar and energy storage contractor here in San Diego, I believe the future of solar power needs to be re-imagined from a broader perspective.

Last year, the California Public Utilities Commission in its infinite lack of wisdom changed incentives for homeowners purchasing a new solar rooftop. The updated rules went into effect in April.  The rule changes how systems need to be designed and some consider it a backward decision in a time when increased incentives are needed to encourage clean energy adoption.

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Source: TIMES of San Diego

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Neoen and Alight have started building the 100MW Hultsfred solar farm in Sweden, which will purportedly be the country’s largest solar installation upon completion.

Construction starts on Sweden’s largest solar farm

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Neoen, a French-based independent power producer (IPP), and Alight, a Sweden-based solar developer and IPP, said this morning that they have started construction on their jointly developed and owned 100 MW Hultsfred solar PV project in Småland, Sweden.

The companies said in a press release that Bouygues Energies & Services and Solkompaniet will lead the engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) contract for the Nordic project. The project will feature low-carbon PV panels surrounding the Hultsfred airport runway, connecting to utility E.ON, with the CEO of E.ON Energidistribution noting its significance for southern Sweden’s electricity supply.

The developers aim to make the project operational by 2025, with 95% of the energy sold to H&M Group through a long-term power purchase agreement, supporting the retailer’s renewable energy goals. The specific use of the energy remains unspecified.

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Source: PV Magazine

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Gov. Newsom signed a bill to commission an analysis from the state’s transportation & energy officials to assess the viability of highway-side renewable energy sites

California may build solar panels alongside highways to power homes

California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Saturday gave the greenlight for the state’s transportation and energy officials to figure out how to install solar panels, battery storage and other renewable energy sites along highways.

The bill, named SB 49, commissions California’s Department of Transportation to establish clear guidelines for companies and public agencies to develop highway-side renewable energy.

SB 49 gives the department until the end of 2025 to collaborate with the state’s utilities and energy agencies to “evaluate the suitability” of the empty land along the state’s highways for renewable energy production and storage sites.

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Source: CNBC

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The new permitting system streamlines approvals for rooftop solar systems, reducing the process time from weeks or months to mere minutes.

Huntington Beach unveils automated solar permitting system

The City of Huntington Beach announced yesterday, the introduction of an automated photovoltaic solar permitting system in collaboration with SolarAPP+. This innovation expedites the approval process for rooftops solar systems, promoting renewable energy adoption amongst community members, as posted on their Facebook page.

Through this initiative, Huntington Beach positions itself as one of Orange County’s leading cities in striving for a sustainable future.

This launch of an automated permitting system reflects the city’s dedication to mitigating reliance on non-renewable energy sources.

It prompts a movement to more sustainable, efficient and cost-effective solutions.

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Source: hoodline

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14 states produce the equivalent of 30% or more of their electricity consumption from wind, solar and geothermal, up from just two states in 2013.

New report: Wind & solar energy tripled in US over past decade

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In 2022, the United States produced more than three times as much solar, wind and geothermal power than we did in 2013, with growth in all 50 states. That’s according to Renewables on the Rise 2023, an online dashboard unveiled on Wednesday by Environment America Research & Policy Center and Frontier Group.

“Abundant and clean renewable energy sources, most notably wind and solar, are increasingly playing a leading role in how we power our lives,” said Johanna Neumann, senior director of Environment America Research & Policy Center’s Campaign for 100% Renewable Energy. “The sooner we power our lives with renewable energy, the better it will be for our health and our planet.”

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Source: Environment America

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The Solar Futures House began as an entry in the Solar Decathlon, a national collegiate competition organized by the US DOE that encourages budding designers to create high-performance structures powered by renewable energy.

LA’s first legal 3-D-printed house is here. It was built by students in just 15 months

Tucked alongside a large dorm building on the fringes of Woodbury University’s campus in Burbank is a small but very eye-catching house. The 425-square-foot home is contained by a gently curving concrete form equipped with a generous porch and a dramatic sloping roof. Slender, carefully staggered floor-to-ceiling windows gently illuminate the interior.

It’s a nice piece of architecture. What makes it truly remarkable is who built it — and how.

The Solar Futures House, as it is formally known, was designed by Woodbury architecture students and constructed out of concrete using the latest 3-D printing technology. It is the first such permitted structure in the city of Los Angeles, according to Woodbury architecture dean Heather Flood. And it was built by Emergent, a 3-D printing construction firm based in Redding. (A quick geography explainer: While Woodbury has a Burbank address, a piece of the campus, where the house was built, is located within Los Angeles city limits — hence the L.A. permits.)

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Source: The Union Democrat

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Here are the five fast and effective renewable energy innovations that could help countries meet emissions targets.

5 smart renewable energy innovations

The need for renewable energy innovation has never been greater.

In its 2023 report, Fostering Effective Energy Transition, the World Economic Forum says that 95% of countries have improved their total Energy Transition Index score over the past decade, but there has been only “marginal growth” in the past three years.

Greenhouse gas emissions need to be almost halved by 2030 if warming is to be limited to 1.5°C, warns the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change in its Sixth Assessment Report.

So, it’s encouraging that innovators continue to pioneer fresh approaches that are making the goal of switching the world to renewable energy more achievable. Here are five such energy innovations.

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Source: World Economic Forum

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Sesame Solar and Watergen's collaboration provides a source of safe, clean water for both drinking and renewable energy production.

Sesame Solar and Watergen partner on mobile nanogrids that provide power and drinking water

Two kinds of technology are coming together to create renewable energy and drinking water for use in everything from emergencies to entertainment.

Sesame Solar out of Jackson, Michigan, makes mobile nanogrids that generate off-grid power within 15 minutes using solar, green hydrogen and battery storage.

The nanogrids consist of a retractable solar array that charges a battery system to produce green hydrogen via electrolyzers. The hydrogen system needs deionized water to run, which Sesame keeps on hand during deployments.

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Source: Forbes

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The 3 SoCal counties have more than 4,800 acres of suitable space to develop solar power alongside highways, which could potentially accommodate up to 960MW of renewable energy capacity.

SoCal could power 270,000 homes by installing solar along highways

The Southern California counties of Los Angeles, Ventura and San Diego could collectively power more than 270,000 homes annually by lining their highways with solar energy infrastructure, according to analysis released Thursday.

The three counties have more than 4,800 acres of suitable space to develop solar power alongside highways, which could potentially accommodate up to 960 megawatts of renewable energy capacity, according to the report by the Environment California Research & Policy Center.

“This summer’s barrage of record-breaking temperatures is an urgent reminder that we must accelerate our transition to clean energy, including solar power,” Steven King, Environment California Research & Policy Center’s clean energy advocate, said in a statement.

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Source: The Hill

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Combining both agriculture and solar power generation can also help optimize the productivity and efficiency of land use.

How solar energy can help boost biodiversity and farming

The farming industry has always been associated with the good stewardship of natural resources, but it is branching out into new areas of sustainability, including renewable energy.

Using cleaner and greener forms has many obvious benefits, including reducing carbon emissions and other types of pollution, but in the case of farming it can also have additional benefits.

In particular, combining both agriculture and solar power generation — often called agrivoltaics — can also help optimize the productivity and efficiency of land use.

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Source: Forbes

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