A spring NREL report states that module prices are at a 2 year low and they are projecting that global deployment will reach 300 GW in 2023 and 400 GW by 2025. While China remains the frontrunner, mainly in smaller distributed projects, the US represented about 46% of new electricity generation capacity additions.
We Recycle Solar has rolled out new machine lines and enhanced tech at their 75,000 sq. ft Yuma, AZ facility in an effort to address the growing problem with panel waste. The result is the largest PV recycling plant in America that can process 7,500 modules for recycling & reuse in a day and 69 million pounds in a year.
New legislation from the White House and House Republicans is aiming to expedite the solar permitting process by streamlining the process under a single federal agency. It also calls for a transmission study that could result in greater grid reliability.
Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc., a tech-enabled point-of-sale finance company, and Solar Insure, a solar monitoring and warranty company, have partnered up. At its heart, the collaboration enables Sunlight’s installer partners to more easily offer homeowners Solar Insure’s 30-year monitoring and solar warranty service for resi installs.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) reports that wind and solar combined produced more electricity than coal during Q1 2023 and virtually tied nuclear power in March. Generation by solar grew by 7.8%, compared to Q1 2022 due to small-scale (rooftop) solar PV growth.
In the second of a ten-part (and second portion of a 3 part series) SunCast/SolarAcademy solar conversation solar industry veteran Jon Bonanno and Ted Thomas, founder of Energized Strategies and former chair of the Arkansas Public Service Commission, explore regional transmission organizations and independent power networks, which play a crucial role in the energy grid. The video is below.
In this seventh video in the seven-part series, Joe Tanner, Director of Sales at Enact Systems, and Kerim Baran look at Enact’s post-install consumer app and O&M features. The video is below.