Duke unveils 'future generation net metering', Maxeon bolsters leadership team

• Duke Energy coordinate with market to bring 'next generation internet metering' to South Carolina. Maxeon includes in management group complying with Sunpower spin-off

Duke Energy coordinate with market to bring 'next generation internet metering' to South Carolina

16 September: Duke Energy has penciled an agreement with a host of solar industry stakeholders to produce greater security for property solar in South Carolina.

The utility has signed the agreement with leading solar installers, environmental teams as well as advocates of renewables in the state, including the similarity Sunrun, to develop what defined by Duke as being the "future generation of internet energy metering for the Carolinas".

Solar Choice Net Metering, as it has been dubbed, will certainly establish retail prices for power that change throughout the day based upon peak demand and total pricing. Consumers will additionally be incentivised to mount a smart thermostat with photovoltaic panels.

" This first-of-a-kind plan completely modernises the rooftop solar purchase," Lon Huber, vice head of state for rate layout as well as strategic solutions at Duke Energy, claimed. "This brand-new arrangement not just recognises the value of solar and also the allowing power grid, but it opens fringe benefits for all clients by attending to when utilities experience peak need throughout their systems in the Carolinas."

Maxeon includes in management group complying with Sunpower spin-off

16 September: Maxeon Solar Technologies has actually strengthened its management team weeks after its successful spin-off from Sunpower.

The company, which houses the solar manufacturing operation previously under Sunpower's name, has actually selected Tiffany See as primary human resources officer and also Lindsey Wiedmann as primary lawful officer.

The company likewise introduced the structure of its board, which comprises 10 directors that bring "significant sector experience in both the selling and making of solar power", Maxeon stated.

Three independent directors-- Kevin Kennedy, Donald Colvin as well as Chee Keong Yap-- are joined by 3 designees from Total-- Lee Young, Erick Chabanne as well as Remi Bourgeois-- and 3 designees from Tianjin Zhonghuan Semiconductor-- Shen Haoping, Zhang Changxu and also Wang Yan. Maxeon CEO Jeff Waters completes the board line-up.

8minute Solar Energy energises 67MWdc Californian solar farm

16 September: 8minute Solar Energy has actually completed the 67MWdc Lotus Solar Farm in Madera County, California, with the project currently producing power for Southern California Edison.

Power will be marketed to the Californian utility under a 20-year power purchase contract, with 8minute now handing ownership of the solar farm to Germany-headquartered possession supervisor Allianz Global Investors in an offer agreed last year.

Tom Buttgenbach, CEO at 8minute, claimed current weeks had revealed that while California is a worldwide leader in solar energy, it is also "at the epicentre of environment change impacts".

" The Lotus Solar Farm is yet another 8minute project that shows exactly how solar is a win-win option: battling climate change as well as air contamination while producing worth for financiers as well as landowners alike," he claimed.

Generac partners Baker Electric for residence solar and also storage

16 September: Home storage space supplier Generac has partnered with domestic power services installer Baker Electric Home Energy to improve the adoption of its PWRcell system.

Generac said Baker Electric's market presence in power generation, administration and optimization made it an ideal partner for the company as it continues to target substantial growth in the home solar-storage area.

"Together, we can bring a lot more solar and also storage to home owners, which is required for integrity as well as resiliency currently more than ever with the rise in Public Safety Power Shutoff occasions," Russ Minick, chief advertising policeman at Generac, stated.