NREL models power sector impacts of federal clean energy laws
Analysis from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory predicts that recent federal legislation could lead to a surge of clean energy deployment, and rapid reduction of emissions, by 2030. The Inflation Reduction Act and Bipartisan Infrastructure Law include more than $430 million for clean energy and climate change mitigation from 2022 through 2031, according to estimates […]
Read MoreTVA and DOE sign memorandum to advance hydropower technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy, through its Water Power Technologies Office (WPTO), and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) to enhance collaboration on hydropower technology development. Under the MOU, joint efforts will focus on evaluating and demonstrating different approaches for operating hydropower plants to meet the electricity grid’s changing needs. […]
Read MoreScale Microgrid Solutions steps into community solar development
Scale Microgrid Solutions has decided to try its hand at community solar development and ownership. The company, perhaps better known for its customized microgrid projects, is acquiring 100 MW of community solar projects in late-stage development in New York from Netherlands-based developer CSG-Gutami. Scale will construct, own, and operate the assets. Terms were not disclosed. […]
Read MoreNERC warns solar PV operators of inverter issues during grid disturbances
The North American Electric Reliability Corp. ( NERC) warned that disturbances to the electric power grid due the loss of inverter-based resources warrants a handful of actions that generator owners must take before the end of June. NERC issued the Inverter-Based Resource Performance Issues Alert on March 14 and sent it to generator owners of […]
Read MoreWill Michigan cash in on community solar or get left behind?
Solar power is on the precipice of a major transformation. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency just released details of the $7 billion Zero-Emissions Technology Fund, a program created by the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) that will give out around 60 competitive grants to states, tribes, municipalities, and eligible nonprofit entities to build residential rooftop solar, […]
Read MoreCalifornia NEM 3.0: Sunnova offers ‘free’ batteries to counter upcoming policy change
California is one month away from implementing a policy that reduces how much customers with solar panels are paid for surplus power sent to the grid. The process, dubbed NEM 3.0, moves the state from a net metering framework to net billing, which incentivizes co-locating battery storage with solar systems. In response to the policy […]
Read MoreSolar recycling startup SOLARCYCLE raises $30 million
Solar module recycling startup SOLARCYCLE raised $30 million in a recent Series A round, bringing the company’s fundraising total to $37 million since launching in 2021. SOLARCYCLE aims to use the funds, consisting of both growth equity and infrastructure financings, to scale the company’s recycling capacity and expand materials remanufacturing capabilities. The round was led […]
Read MoreUtilities should be putting more emphasis on a VPP future. Here’s why
As semiconductor chips proliferate, collecting data by the second and providing more intelligent input into systems that have never had that level of insight before, it’s exciting, and maybe a little terrifying, to think about the future. “If someone told me 15 years ago that semiconductors chips in cars are going to take over most […]
Read MoreRobotics company advances autonomous solar farm construction tech
A robotics company aiming to streamline solar power plant construction using autonomous machines said it achieved the final validation of the technology in the field. Sarcos Technology and Robotics Corp. received $1.9 million from the Department of Energy to develop the robotics system, which delivers, detects, lifts and places photovoltaic modules in the field. The […]
Read MoreSunnova increases its resi solar and storage play in ISO-NE auction
Sunnova said it secured another 38 MW of behind-the-meter solar and energy storage capacity in the latest ISO-New England Forward Capacity Auction, increasing its position in the wholesale market to more than 188 MW. The company said it now holds the largest wholesale market capacity position by a behind-the-meter solar and battery storage developer in […]
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