ola Tennessee’s largest solar facility is now online By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-04-29T16:12:59Z Last week, independent power producer Silicon Ranch Corporation said that the 53-MW solar array that it built in partnership with the City of Millington, the U.S. Navy, Memphis, Light, Gas and Water (MLGW) and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) is now operational. It’s the largest solar power plant in the state. Full Article News Utility Scale C&I Solar Utility Integration
ola Shell to replace gas with solar for Oman port By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-04-30T13:23:21Z SOHAR deep-sea port and free-zone has signed a 600-hectare lease agreement with Shell Development Oman (SDO) for land to set up industrial and commercial solar panels. The port is managed in a joint-venture between the Port of Rotterdam and the Sultanate of Oman. Full Article Solar News Utility Scale
ola Goldman Sachs sees solar panel prices stabilizing By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-01T15:22:50Z Goldman Sachs Group Inc. sees an end to the gloom for solar manufacturers as demand in China stabilizes and free-falling panel prices bottom out. Full Article Solar Storage News
ola Clearing up some confusion over community solar in New York By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-06T14:45:08Z Community Solar in New York has a messaging problem. It is confusing, and even some industry professionals have given up in disgust because of aggressive marketing and a lack of clarity. Full Article DER Microgrids News Solar Utility Integration Community Solar
ola Six schools in Minnesota saving money, boosting education with solar By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-07T12:23:00Z New Energy Equity, Region Five Development Commission (R5DC) and Rural Renewable Energy Alliance (RREAL) last week announced a partnership to develop six solar arrays, totaling 1.5 MW, for Pine River-Backus and Pequot Lakes school districts and Central Lakes College. Full Article DER News Utility Scale C&I Solar
ola Toward 100% clean energy: two million solar strong and growing By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-09T13:53:27Z Today, IREC proudly joins the collective voice of advocates and industry celebrating a milestone we have worked for 37 years to witness: two million solar installations now in the U.S. What better timing than in a year when children and governors, presidential candidates and corporate CEOs are all making headlines about the urgency of climate change action. Full Article Solar Storage News
ola Doing business better: Empowering women through solar energy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-14T13:29:23Z Incredibly, 1.1 billion people – 14% of the world’s population – still live without access to electricity. In rural, remote communities, many people simply have no light after sunset. That makes being productive at night—such as working and learning--extremely difficult. Limiting useful hours of the day by access to daylight holds back personal and economic development and wastes human potential. Full Article DER Microgrids Microgrids Off-Grid DER Solar
ola 20 MW of community solar available for purchase by Xcel customers in Minnesota By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-17T15:34:02Z CleanChoice Energy on Thursday said it was opening an additional 20.51 MW of community solar capacity for residential customers of Xcel. The new capacity is being supplied by fifteen solar farms owned and operated by AltusPower America in various locations in Minnesota. CleanChoice Energy is the largest community solar provider in Minnesota with more than 85 megawatts of solar capacity. Full Article DER Rooftop Solar Utility Integration Community Solar
ola Alabama Municipal Electric Authority signs 100-MW solar PPA By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-29T13:12:14Z Today, Alabama Municipal Electric Authority (AMEA) and Lightsource BP announced the development of a 100-MW (AC) solar energy project in Montgomery County, Alabama. Lightsource BP will finance, develop, build, own, and operate the solar facility and will deliver energy to AMEA under a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA). The project, situated 15 miles from AMEA’s headquarters in Montgomery, will supply clean energy to AMEA’s 11 Member utilities located across the state and will generate enough electricity to power more than 20,000 homes. Full Article News Utility Scale C&I Solar Utility Integration
ola Is a 500W solar module in sight? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-31T13:01:23Z LONGi Solar this week said that it has invented a new “seamless soldering” technique that could help it produce a more efficient solar module. As a reminder, the more solar cells you can pack into a module, the more efficient it is. And the more efficient your modules, the fewer you need to achieve the wattage you seek in an array. By using less modules, you reduce the overall installed cost of solar. Full Article Energy Efficiency Solar News
ola Brazil plans to add more solar to its hydro-dominated electricity generation mix By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-31T17:50:51Z Brazil is the second-largest producer of hydroelectric power in the world, after only China, and hydropower accounted for more than 70% of the country’s electricity generation in 2018. Brazil’s latest 10-year energy plan seeks to maintain this level of hydro generation while increasing the share of nonhydro renewables, particularly solar. Full Article DER News Hydropower Off-Grid Solar
ola DC Solar scammers serve as cautionary tale for solar investors By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-04T13:03:46Z Jeff Carpoff had a lot to celebrate as friends and business associates gathered at his company’s Christmas party last year. Full Article DER News Off-Grid Solar
ola China's Jinko Solar sees more foreign sales as domestic market shaky By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-11T11:30:00Z JinkoSolar Holding Co., the world’s biggest solar panel maker, sees China’s photovoltaic power additions slumping this year and a greater share of its revenue coming from overseas amid uncertainties over Beijing’s new policies. Full Article Solar Utility Integration News
ola Trump exempts bi-facial solar modules from import tariffs By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-13T15:50:54Z In an announcement that was celebrated by the solar industry, yesterday U.S. trade officials said that bi-facial solar modules, which are solar modules that produce energy on both sides of the panel, would be exempt from import tariffs. Full Article Monitoring News Solar Utility Integration
ola Target commits to 100 percent renewables; signs PPAs to purchase wind and solar energy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-13T18:00:37Z On June 12, Target corporation said it was increasing its renewable energy goals by committing to source 100 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030. The goal applies to all of Target’s domestic operations. Full Article Onshore News Utility Scale Wind Power Solar
ola New White Paper explores grid parity and the solar renaissance By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-13T18:40:35Z Today, solar power has become cheaper than the production cost of any other existing conventional power generation technology. The arrival of grid parity heralds a milestone in the history of energy production. It means solar energy being commercially viable without any subsidies or state support; producing energy with the lowest possible environmental impact. Full Article Solar News
ola U.S. solar market soars in Q1 2019 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-18T05:00:00Z In the first three months of the year, the U.S. installed 2.7 gigawatts of solar photovoltaics (PV), making it the most solar ever installed in the first quarter of a year. With the strong first quarter, Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables forecasts 25% growth in 2019 compared to 2018, and it expects more than 13 GWdc of installations this year. Full Article DER Microgrids Rooftop News C&I Solar
ola Bloomberg predicts wind and solar will power half the world and bag $9 trillion investment By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-20T10:07:00Z Wind or solar now represent the least expensive option for adding new power generation capacity in approximately two-thirds of the world. Full Article North America Solar News Energy Storage Hydropower Europe Bioenergy Wind Power Emissions & Environment Australasia Asia Wind Energy Efficiency Strategic Development Solar Geothermal
ola NV Energy's new 540-MWh storage and 475-MW solar project comes at a very low price By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-25T13:39:39Z 8minute Solar Energy, NV Energy and the Moapa Band of Paiutes announced that NV Energy selected 8minute to develop the largest solar plus storage project ever built in Nevada and one of the largest in the world. Full Article Editor's Pick News Utility Scale Grid Scale Solar Storage
ola India wins trade dispute with US over solar-panel incentives By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-06-28T13:54:53Z A series of U.S. renewable energy incentives violated international trade rules, according to the World Trade Organization, threatening to stoke tensions between the two countries as President Donald Trump prepares to meet Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday. Full Article Solar Policy
ola PNM plans early retirement of coal plant with massive addition of solar + storage By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-07-01T21:42:27Z On July 1, Public Service of New Mexico filed a plan with regulators in the state for how it plans to get to a 100 percent emission-free power by 2040. The utility reviewed four scenarios, all of which involved the early retirement of the San Juan Coal Plant, to arrive at its recommended path forward. Full Article News Utility Scale Storage Grid Scale Wind Power Solar Utility Integration
ola Hanergy to deliver 400 MW of solar to Democratic Republic of Congo By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-07-08T10:16:00Z Chinese solar company Hanergy Thin Film Power Group has won a deal to build the first solar PV plants in the Democratic Republic of Congo. Full Article Solar News Africa Asia Solar
ola 75 MW of community solar coming to Illinois in Ameren, ComEd territories By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-07-11T14:23:23Z Arlington, VA based Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) announced that it will acquire 11 projects from Pivot Energy in Illinois totaling 29 MWs, increasing SRE’s portfolio of community solar projects in the state to more than 20. Full Article DER Microgrids News Solar Community Solar
ola Wednesday webcast to reveal what's new about POWERGEN 2019 in NOLA By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-07-12T13:36:00Z Clarion Energy’s Teresa Hansen, vice president of global content, for a webcast Wednesday will be making some important announcements regarding this year’s event in New Orleans. Hansen also will offer key details on content, the exhibit floor and resources available to attendees. Full Article Coal News Gas Storage Renewables On-Site Power O&M Energy Storage Wind Power Solar Placement
ola Long-term financing for solar is possible and critical for supporting continued industry growth By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-07-15T14:18:27Z Installed solar capacity in the United States exceeded 10 GW for the third year in a row in 2018, and the pace of growth is expected to continue. The first quarter of 2019 was the strongest in the history of the U.S. solar market, according to a recent report from Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables. Yet inefficient and costly project financing inhibits many solar developers from tapping into the market’s true potential. Full Article Solar News Utility Scale
ola GE sells solar-business stake to BlackRock By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-07-18T13:40:36Z General Electric Co. agreed to sell a majority stake in a solar-energy business to BlackRock Inc., giving the investment giant footing in a growing market as the ailing manufacturer shifts its focus elsewhere. Full Article Solar News
ola Glendale Water & Power to repower Grayson power plant with solar plus storage By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-07-29T15:34:10Z Last week, California’s Glendale Water & Power (GWP) received approval from the Glendale City Council to move forward with a plan to repower the aging Grayson Power Plant with a combination of renewable energy resources, energy storage and a limited amount of thermal generation. Full Article News Utility Scale Grid Scale DER Energy Efficiency DER Solar
ola Western Farmers Electric Cooperative, NextEra plan combined wind, solar, energy storage project By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-08-02T14:57:00Z The Skeleton Creek project will be located in three Oklahoma counties Full Article News Energy Storage Solar Wind Storage Wind Power Renewable Energy Solar
ola Fabric-based solar cells on the horizon By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-08-05T11:55:51Z New textile-based solar cells developed by Fraunhofer researchers, semitrailers could soon be producing the electricity needed to power cooling systems or other onboard equipment. In short, textile-based solar cells could soon be adding a whole new dimension to photovoltaics, complementing the use of conventional silicon-based solar cells. Full Article Energy Efficiency Solar
ola How the tech giants are fueling a solar revolution By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-08-06T09:41:00Z From the way we shop to the way we socialize, the internet affects nearly everything we do these days. This dramatic change in our way of life has been fueled by a handful of large tech companies, companies that are increasingly going all in on solar. Full Article C&I Solar
ola Ameren Missouri to bring customers solar energy at night By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-09-04T09:30:00Z Ameren Missouri, a unit of Ameren Corp., filed plans with the Missouri Public Service Commission to build three solar + storage facilities across Missouri Full Article DER Grid Edge News DER DER Renewable Energy Solar Utility Integration
ola Off Grid Electric Raises $25M to Help Power a ‘Solar Revolution’ in Africa By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2015-10-22T13:14:00Z DBL Partners, the same venture capital fund that supported SolarCity for many years, has led the largest venture capital funding for distributed energy in Africa. Off Grid Electric announced today that it raised $25 million in a Series C investment. Off Grid Electric, based in California and Tanzania, is installing solar in over 10,000 homes and businesses per month with what it calls “its radically affordable solar leasing platform.” The company designs, manufactures, sells, installs and services solar home units in Tanzania and is announcing today that it will be entering Full Article Energy Efficiency Energy Efficiency News Off-Grid Solar
ola To Save Coal Jobs, Trump Should Train Coal Workers to Perform Energy Audits, Install Solar and Maintain Wind Farms By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-05-18T16:06:16Z A recent report by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), established by former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, and the National Association of State Energy Officials confirms that the energy sector as a whole grew 2 percent last year, which is .3 percent more than the national job growth percentage of 1.7 percent. Full Article Energy Efficiency Rooftop Bioenergy O&M Wind Power Opinion & Commentary Solar
ola 3@3 on Solar PV: 201 & Module Supply, Reviving Coal Jobs, and Women in Power By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-05-21T12:06:00Z Today’s topics include the impact of section 201 tariffs on module supply and prices. Will they go up? We’ll also talk about developing the next generation solar workforce based on a new report about energy jobs in the U.S. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Wind Power Solar
ola Why More Solar and Wind on the Grid Should Be Driving Today’s Investment Decisions By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-05-23T09:27:00Z A new LBNL report offers concrete suggestions about what investments today will be most beneficial in tomorrow’s renewable energy future. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Wind Power Solar Grid Scale
ola Clean Energy Laws Signed in New Jersey: Offshore Wind, Efficiency, Solar, Storage and Nuclear Benefit By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-05-23T19:47:56Z Clean energy advocates rejoiced as legislation was passed today in New Jersey that will support the development of a massive amount of renewable energy, specifically community solar, energy storage, offshore wind and energy efficiency. The bill also props up nuclear power in the state with the establishment of zero-emission certificates. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Storage Solar Offshore Community Solar
ola Details Announced for Billion Dollar Renewable Plan that Includes Solar, Storage, Hydro in Australia By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-08-16T12:51:05Z Earlier this week SIMEC ZEN Energy announced details of the first of many planned renewable energy projects for South Australia. The Cultana Solar Farm, a 280-MW solar power plant expected to generate 600 GW-hours of energy annually in Australia’s sunny climate is expected to begin construction in early 2019 according to details in a press release. Full Article Energy Efficiency Bioenergy News Utility Scale Hydropower Grid Scale
ola Wind and Solar Power Changing How Coal Plants Operate By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-10-09T13:30:04Z The Gentleman coal plant was once the linchpin of Nebraska’s electricity grid, its twin smokestacks visible for miles across the prairie. Now, the state’s biggest power source is routinely pushed aside to make room for more wind and solar energy. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Utility Integration Asset Management
ola Exxon Will Use Wind, Solar to Produce Crude Oil in 'Historically Unprecedented' Deal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-11-30T16:38:33Z Exxon Mobil Corp. will use renewable energy to produce oil in West Texas. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Utility Scale Wind Power O&M
ola Nevada National Security Site Installs Solar, Begins Era of Net-zero Energy Buildings By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-12-10T17:00:53Z The Nevada National Security Site (NNSS) inaugurated the Mercury Solar Project late last month and moved it further down the path of sustainability, giving NNSA its first net-zero-energy building. Full Article Energy Efficiency News C&I Solar
ola South Africa's Eskom Facing `Death Spiral' Driven by Distributed Solar Energy By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-12-13T15:28:50Z Bloated by debt, bled by corruption and battered by structurally declining sales, South African power utility Eskom Holdings SOC Ltd. is facing what’s known in the industry as a “death spiral.” Full Article Energy Efficiency DER News C&I Off-Grid Solar
ola NV Energy Reorients Generation Mix toward Solar, Retiring Coal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2018-12-27T15:51:00Z The Public Utility Commission of Nevada has approved NV’s long-term IRP to double its renewable energy capacity by 2023. The utility will bring 1,001 MW of solar capacity online via six new power purchase agreements (PPAs). Full Article Energy Efficiency Solar
ola ASU Researchers Break Solar-cell Efficiency Record at 25.4 Percent By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-01-14T16:28:23Z Arizona State University researchers have set a new record for solar efficiency, 25.4 percent. Working with tandem photovoltaics, or stacking different materials in a solar cell, the ASU team has continued to improve solar efficiency and lower costs. Full Article Energy Efficiency Solar News
ola Ameresco Acquiring Maximum Solar to Increase Commercial-Scale Services By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-01-17T14:22:00Z As part of its acquisition of Maximum Solar, Ameresco said, it will further develop in-house services to operate and maintain solar facilities. Maximum Solar currently manages about 150 MW of solar throughout the northeastern U.S. Full Article Energy Efficiency Monitoring Asset Management
ola Five Companies You’ve Definitely Heard of Join Up to Buy Solar Energy in Aggregation Deal By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-01-17T15:32:08Z It’s hard to find a common thread between the business models of Gap, Bloomberg, Cox, Salesforce and Workday but today they are announcing that they all have one big thing in common: their desire to clean up their organizations’ energy supply by using renewable energy. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Utility Scale Solar SolarFeatured
ola Clean Energy Group Says Georgia Power’s New IRP Falls Short on Solar, Energy Efficiency By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-02-01T15:08:03Z On January 31, 2019, Georgia Power, the largest utility in the state submitted its newest integrated resource plan (IRP) to the state utility commission for approval. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Editor's Pick Solar
ola Despite criticism, solar roads remain part of Georgia sustainable highway lab By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-02-27T13:54:48Z While solar roads have been criticized as impractical and inefficient, a Georgia foundation says they will continue to be part of its research lab for greener highways. Full Article Energy Efficiency Solar News
ola Thailand planning massive floating solar power plants on hydropower dam reservoirs By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-03-05T14:51:04Z Thailand plans to build the world’s largest floating solar farms to power Southeast Asia’s second-largest economy and to boost the country’s share of clean energy. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Hydropower Solar
ola North Carolina’s solar power output grew 36 percent in 2018 By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-03-20T11:40:00Z Annual solar energy production in North Carolina jumped 36 percent in 2018, according to the latest government data – firmly placing North Carolina as the No. 2 solar-producing state in the nation. Full Article Energy Efficiency News Solar Utility Integration
ola Is a 500W solar module in sight? By feedproxy.google.com Published On :: 2019-05-31T13:01:23Z LONGi Solar this week said that it has invented a new “seamless soldering” technique that could help it produce a more efficient solar module. As a reminder, the more solar cells you can pack into a module, the more efficient it is. And the more efficient your modules, the fewer you need to achieve the wattage you seek in an array. By using less modules, you reduce the overall installed cost of solar. Full Article Energy Efficiency Solar News