PG&E to provide financial assistance to Californians installing residential batteries
Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) today announced a new financial assistance pilot for residential customers installing home battery storage systems through the statewide Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP). Approved by the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC)...
BP Aims to Build 50GW of Renewables by 2030, Cut Fossil Fuel Output by 40%
BP will cut its oil and gas output by 40 percent by 2030 and increase its low-carbon investment tenfold by then, the company announced Tuesday as it begins to detail its 2050 net-zero strategy. BP, which first...
EPA proposes new herbicide registration
The EPA is proposing to register a new contact herbicide to help manage weed resistance. Tiafenacil is proposed for pre-plant and pre-emergence burndown use in corn, cotton, soybeans and wheat and post-emergence burndown in grapes as well...
Solar News
Sheep, ag and sun: Agrivoltaics propel significant reductions in solar maintenance costs
The cost savings impressed Tampa Electric when it put its solar O&M out to bid in 2018, with grazing representing a 75% cost savings over traditional mowing, said Paul Davis, director of solar operations....
Dominion asks Virginia regulators for interim storage targets as it moves toward 2.7 GW by 2035
Virginia's State Corporation Commission will establish regulations for Appalachian Power and Dominion Energy Virginia to move forward in energy storage required under a new state law....
What Other Countries Can Learn from Australia’s Roaring Rooftop Solar Market
Policymakers looking to speed up renewable energy deployment have a best-practice case study to look to: Australia is rolling out renewables 10 times faster than the global average, offering lessons as to what factors can improve the uptake...
Headline Solar installing solar array on Illinois pasta manufacturing facility
Headline Solar is installing its largest commercial solar project to-date, a 113-kW array in DuPage County at Mazzone Pasta in Bloomingdale, Illinois. The 30,000-sq-ft manufacturing facility will have 286 solar panels covering 7,793 sq ft of...
Recent solar graduates install first Illinois Solar for All project in Peoria
Last week, three graduates of the Illinois Solar Pipeline Training Program installed the first Illinois Solar for All project on the roof of Heaven’s View Christian Fellowship in Peoria, Illinois. These graduates are now employed by...
Agriculture News
NCBA passes policy to increase cash trade levels
Members of the National Cattleman’s Beef Association have taken their first major policy step to increase cash trade levels. Matt Deppe, CEO of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association, says through the NCBA’s grassroots process, the members and the...
China asks US to return mysterious seeds
China is offering to help the U.S. investigate the unsolicited seed packets sent to Americans through the mail. China’s foreign ministry says their postal service has contacted the U.S. postal service asking it to return the seeds to...
Senate GOP’s relief package includes $20B for agriculture
The coronavirus relief package unveiled by Senate Republicans on Monday would give the USDA broad authority to spend an additional 20 billion dollars to assist ag producers and processors. Unlike the House-passed HEROES Act, the Senate GOP proposal...
Farm Bureau to release recommendations for FMMO’s Tuesday
American Farm Bureau Federation is releasing a series of recommended changes for the Federal Milk Marketing Orders Tuesday. Chief Economist John Newton tells Brownfield the top recommendation from their dairy policy working group is to get...
Weather and economics could accelerate contraction
The USDA’s latest Cattle Inventory report points to at least some contraction in the cattle industry continuing. The total number of beef cows dropped nearly a percent in July’s Cattle Inventory report, signaling small reductions in...
