California

The California Energy Commission has authorized policies that would certainly require brand-new buildings, consisting of multi-family housing and also commercial frameworks, to be geared up with solar and also battery storage space.

Support for dispersed energy sources (DERs) like rooftop solar, area solar and also battery storage space can save Californian ratepayers US$ 120 billion over the following three decades, according to a brand-new report.

The California Independent System Operator (CAISO) has nearly 80GW of solar and also 148GW of storage in its affiliation line up, according to a 7 July discussion.

San Francisco-based renewables developer Clearway Energy Group has actually fully contracted a large solar-plus-storage project in California with two investment-grade ranked community selection collectors.

California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has actually approved a 11.5 GW purchase of power capability from greenhouse gas-free sources, while additionally approving a resolution that advocates stated will certainly have extreme negative influence on the state's residential solar and also solar-plus-storage development.

California-- the largest U.S. state, residence to 1/8th of the country's population, as well as in charge of 14% of nationwide GDP-- is experiencing among its most challenging dry spells this year. the state had earlier experienced the most significant wildfire period recorded in its contemporary history in 2020 one reason being criticized for the damaging weather conditions this year.

California-headquartered PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent test laboratory for the downstream solar and also power storage space market, recently published its 2021 PV Module Reliability Scorecard, which names 117 design types of PV modules from 26 suppliers as Top Performers in PVEL's testing.

California could be at risk of power deficiencies this summertime due to above-normal temperatures affecting solar result, the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC) has actually alerted.

DCE will purchase all of the energy created from the Deer Creek 50MW solar plus 200MWh battery project

Solar-plus-storage is on deal from Swell Energy to Southern California Edison (SCE) customers signing up in its two online power plant (VPP) programs, which are set to improve neighborhood durability.

Southern Power has awarded Mitsubishi Power Americas, Inc. and also Powin, LLC an order for 2 utility-scale battery power storage system (BESS) projects totaling 640 megawatt hrs (MWh). These projects will enhance California's grid reliability with added flexible source capability for integrating periodic renewable resource right into the grid.

The US Department of the Interior (DOI) has announced that the development of a 700MW ability solar-plus-storage project on Californian government land has actually been accepted.

One-third of utility-scale solar set to come online in the US in the next two years will certainly be in Texas, as it narrows the space on leading state California, according to new numbers from the nation's Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Small-scale solar professional CleanCapital has actually protected a US$ 300 million financial investment from Manulife Financial investment Management to aid grow its asset portfolio.

Amazon has actually announced prepare for nine new utility-scale solar and wind projects in the United States, Canada, Spain, Sweden as well as the UK, placing it on track to powering all its tasks with renewables by 2025.