Solar news from a variety of credible sources
Carhartt has announced the launch of the Force Sun Defender series — its lightest performance gear solution to battle the heat and sun. Force Sun Defender provides UPF 50+ sun protection, fights sweat, dries fast and...
FirstEnergy, PPL and other utilities can use battery storage — and potentially own it — as a “non-wires” alternative to bolster reliability, under the Pennsylvania Public Utilities Commission decision....
The state’s annual energy storage deployment report shows uneven progress toward its 2030 goal, but experts say falling costs could accelerate the buildout....
The recently commissioned 170-MWDC Bartonsville Energy Facility solar project has been hailed by Virignia’s Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) as a model of environmental stewardship. This array was able to avoid environmentally disruptive grading of rural...
New Lab, Battery Council International and CleanTech Strategies will each receive about $5 million for projects that address key research and development barriers in the domestic energy storage industry....
Replacing power lines with advanced conductors would boost near-term transmission capacity as longer-term greenfield projects get built, according to a Goldman School and GridLab report....
A new commercial heat pump accelerator program aims to halve greenhouse gas emissions and energy costs compared with natural gas-fueled heat pumps, the U.S. Department of Energy says....
Renewable developers EnergyRe and Pine Gate Renewables urged lawmakers to require that utilities add about 8 GW of solar from approved integrated resource plans, with offramps....
Retail Choice 2.0 is capable of unlocking more value than ever, through smart meters, telecommunications infrastructure, AI, electrified homes and even social media, enabling both real-time feedback and customer education....
Rutgers University has selected vertical solar system Sunzaun for an agrivoltaics project at its farm on Cook campus. The farm at Rutgers University-New Brunswick operates as a hybrid of production farm, research facility and teaching operation...
