Green Biz explores what the SEC climate-disclosure rule means for institutional investors. The SEC now mandates that public companies must disclose climate-related emissions and risks (material) to provide more transparency for current and prospective investors. The article touches on understanding timelines, the new subjectivity of reporting, and more.

Solar Builder offers trends they are seeing from their Rooftop Solar BOS Buyer’s Guide regarding wire management products. They point to edgeless options, conduit mounts, and module-level electronics clip convenience. The article includes a few helpful videos.

Treasury and the IRS have released final rules on IRA provisions to help expand the reach of clean energy tax credits. It includes final rules on elective pay and a separate Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, intended to provide further clarity and flexibility for applicable entities that co-own clean energy projects and want to utilize elective pay.

In this Suncast podcast, Kristan Kirsh at Nextracker discusses strategic marketing’s key role in advancing renewables through customer focus, storytelling, and diversity. She also discusses the state of the company and its growth and how it has succeeded in the solar tracker sector.

Home energy management company Emporia launched Vue 3 Energy Monitor with new features and upgrades. It shares circuit-level insights from the home’s electrical panel on its home energy management app so that customers automate, manage and control electricity usage. The Vue 3 integrates with Emporia’s Smart Plugs, Level 2 EV Charger, Home Battery System, third party smart thermostats and appliances.

SEIA reports that top five states in 2023 were Ohio fifth with a 1,230% increase and 1.3 GW installed, Colorado fourth with 1.6 GW installed (ten times more than 2022), Florida third adding a record 3.2 GW, California second adding 6.2 GW, and Texas first adding 6.5 GW.

In this Solar Conversation, Kerim Baran of SolarAcademy interviewed Michelle Graef, Senior Marketing Manager at Meyer Burger, an industrial manufacturer of solar cells and solar modules. In this conversation, Kerim & Michelle talked about:

• What makes Meyer Burger the brand behind the brand in the solar industry
• Meyer Burger as a solar manufacturer in the US market and beyond
• The unique features of Meyer Burger panels, such as glass-on-glass technology and Smart Wire Connection, and how they contribute to higher energy production
• What needs to evolve in the solar industry including more accurate ROI calculations and beyond…

In this conversation, you will find out about Meyer Burger’s long history of providing technology to solar panel manufacturers and now applying their deep know-how to their own manufacturing facilities to produce highly efficient solar panels. The video is below.