About 46% of new generating capacity is expected to be PV, giving it the largest share of the new generation mix. The Energy Information Administration (EIA) expects 46.1 GW of new utility-scale electric generating capacity to be added to the U.S. power grid in 2022. Nearly half (46%) of which will be solar, followed by…
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The company’s Mapdwell division has captured the photovoltaic potential of 107 million rooftops. Palmetto, a technology platform company that performs residential solar installations and services, announced it mapped over 107 million rooftops across the United States. The company’s software and mapping division, Mapdwell, acquired in 2021, charted the solar potential of roughly 75% of all…
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Recurrent Energy completed the sale of the 150 MWac to Appalachian Power, the utility’s largest solar energy acquisition to date. Canadian Solar Inc. announced its wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy, LLC completed a purchase and sale agreement with Appalachian Power for Recurrent’s Firefly Energy solar project located in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Firefly Energy is expected…
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Heliene is developing the solar integrated greenhouse market via multiple angles – integrating standard panels into structures while also developing “quantum dot” panels that shift the photon wavelength away from crop damaging UV, and into the orange and red wavelengths that plants crave. Heliene has completed a solar-plus-greenhouse for storage of produce in Washington State.…
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The world’s most powerful telescope took to the skies on December 25th. The array was deployed and powered 30 minutes after launch. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) launched the Webb Space Telescope on Christmas Day. Thirty minutes later Webb’s fold-out solar array deployed and activated. The world’s most powerful telescope, set to study phenomena like the formation…
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The DOE-run program, part of a $20 billion fund, was established to promote clean energy through demonstration projects across the U.S. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) plans to establish the Office of Clean Energy Demonstrations under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which was signed into law on November 15, 2021. The office aims…
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The U.S. is expected to add 78 GW generating capacity over the next two years, 49 GW of which is expected to be large-scale solar and energy storage. In its latest release of Electric Monthly Update, the Energy Information Administration (EIA) projects 78 GW of generating capacity additions in 2022 through 2023. A majority of…
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The state has updated its Build Energy Efficiency Standards to include requirements for solar plus storage on all commercial and multifamily homes, while also requiring that all new residential construction – which already requires solar – to be energy storage ready. California has become the first state to require solar power plus energy storage to…
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Emergent Solar Energy completed a solar microgrid system for a crop production facility in Indiana, which will offset nearly 4,000 tons of carbon dioxide in its lifetime. Emergent Solar Energy recently completed a solar microgrid system near Greensburg, Indiana, which is expected to generate enough emissions-free clean energy to offset nearly 4,000 tons of carbon…
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In 2021, residential solar reached several milestones and extreme weather raised customer interest in home energy storage systems. It may not come as a surprise, but residential solar had another record year in 2021 in the United States. Forecasts show 2021 will represent a 21% year-over-year growth in residential solar as the market reaches 3.9 GW installed, said…
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