Author: Sara Carbone
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (5/4/23)
Profile of a key company in single-axis tracker systems
How to pursue project financing in the face of bank failures
The impact of the IRA on clean energy in 5 states
Bill intended to cut IRA tax incentives passes the House
Worrying audit of racking product safety
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (4/28/23)
Creation of a new venture capital org to support climate startups
Crowdfunding for clean energy projects
ICF demonstrates that IRA costs savings are squandered due to transmission woes
Biden creates Office of Environmental Justice
Warehouses offer huge potential for development
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (4/21/23)
Solar companies appeal to Congress to keep 2 year tariff moratorium in place
Dual use solar beyond agrivoltaics
Community solar’s role in the equity gap around going green
EagleView has a new offering
Generac has a commercial-scale lithium energy storage system
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (4/14/23)
2023 Ground-Mount BOS Buyer’s Guide
A triple junction perovskite solar cell has achieved 24.3% efficiency
Cable sizing insights
Panel reviews for Tesla and CertainTeed
DOE is boosting education in solar manufacturing and other green tech
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (4/7/23)
A partnership for better safety harnesses
Another panel manufacturer is coming to America
The current state of Biden’s Justice40 Initiative
Utilities are worried about new DOE transformer requirements
The downlow on UL 3741 and UL 1741
6 Things Worth Reading This Week (3/31/23)
Biden’s 2024 budget request quite a bit for clean energy
Solutions for getting those larger modules up on roofs
Hanwha EVA manufacturing in the US
Global stats show significant solar boom in 2022
Wafer-forward is point of contention in the Auxin petition
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (3/24/23)
Insights from installers up on the roofs
A new player in the solar shingle space
Floating solar has huge potential
FERC is heavily pushing transmission reform
Community solar with less risk
6 Things Worth Reading This Week (3/17/23)
The latest SunPower panels evaluated
The 2023 Inverter Buyers Guide
Agrivoltaics is on the rise
Enact Systems: Main features of Enact and key differentiation points
Ways to reduce reliance on global imports
6 Things Worth Reading This Week (3/10/23)
What installers need to keep in mind when NEM 3.0 kicks in
Caelux: Why Bill Gates is wrong about the solar market assuming Moore’s law does not apply to Solar
How software can help sell solar+storage
A good hard look at solar asset power loss and O&M
Enact Systems: Company Background
Mixed results on the impact of large-scale solar on value of nearby properties
6 Things Worth Reading This Week (3/3/23)
Caelux: An anecdote from the early 2010s about the state of the Chinese solar market
12% jump in renewables from 2021 to 2022
The ins and outs of PV hazard control and UL 3741
Who will benefit from transmission buildout: incumbent utilities or independent transmission companies
Trina rolls out new generation of rooftop module
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (2/24/23)
250% increased photoresponsivity of lead-halide perovskite in solar cells
Developing a new revenue model that accounts for storage as a transmission asset
5 key takeaways from Intersolar NA
Popular clean energy startup podcast
More that 25 GW of new US solar under construction
Intersolar’s featured racking tech
6 Things Worth Reading This Week (2/17/23)
Best practices for effective energy storage design
Community solar due to double in size by 2027
What the IRA is doing for energy storage growth
New racking system from SnapNrack
Batteries are mitigating NEM 3.0’s impact
6 Things Worth Reading This Week (2/10/23)
The 2023 BOS Buyer’s Guide
IRA not much help to inverter manufacturers
What differentiates Maxeon solar panels
Value driven solar development in the agricultural sector
Current state of the microgrid market
Best of Intersolar
6 Things Worth Reading This Week (2/3/23)
Nine officials shaping energy policy in 2023
Selling full-home energy systems
Groundbreaking new HVDC power transmission line
Simplifying system design with modern string inverters
The current state of the module market for installers
Selling solar during a time of high interest rates
6 Things Worth Reading This Week (1/27/23)
Using the Solar Project Recovery Plan to avoid project delays
New renewables insurance option
Key market developments forecasted for 2023
How to make floating solar a reality
Rollback of the 2 year stay on tariffs being considered in the House
Industry experts talk NEM 3.0 and energy storage
7 Things Worth Reading This Week (1/20/23)
5 installers that collaborate post-COVID
Highlights of CES 2023
