DG+Design Report Indicates Illinois Growth as Competitive State for Solar Development

Following the recent passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) in September of 2021, the DG+Design team has released a new Illinois Solar Market Report detailing expectations…

Contractor’s Corner: Best of 2015-2021

It’s the end of an era. After more than 75 interviews over six years, Solar Power World editor-in-chief Kelly Pickerel is passing the Contractor’s Corner podcast torch to managing editor Kelsey Misbrener. The SPW team started the interview…

Mouser Electronics and Hartland Controls Announce Global Distribution Agreement

Written on {{ "2021-12-14T00:00:00+00:00" | date "longDate" }} Modified on {{ "2021-12-14T00:00:00+00:00" | date "longDate" }} Mouser Electronics, Inc., the authorised global distributor with the newest semiconductors and electronic…

EDP Renewables develops 1.2-MW community solar + storage project in New York

EDP Renewables’ distributed generation subsidiary completed a 1.2-MW solar + storage project that will serve an affordable housing development in Westchester County, New York. The project is sited on a rooftop and coupled with a 1-MW battery.…

CPUC’s proposed NEM 3.0 decision includes shift to net billing, new “transition” credit and grid-use charge

On Dec. 13, the California Public Utilities Commission issued its proposed decision on the successor to the state’s solar net-metering program. This proposal is not yet set in stone — it must be heard and voted upon by the commission,…

Home Depot Backs $50M Series C Funding for Secure IoT Operating System – IoT World Today

The company’s smart home products already use the Afero operating system which aims to streamline IoT device security Afero has raised $50 million in Series C funding for an end-to-end IoT security platform that works from…

GRID Alternatives installing 200 kW of solar in California tribal communities

A donation from a regional foundation will result in 200 kW of solar installed in tribal communities in San Diego County and Bishop, California. The Sempra Foundation has donated more than $350,000 to GRID Alternatives‘ Tribal Solar Accelerator…

MCE adds 5-MW Lake Herman Solar Project to energy portfolio

California community choice aggregator MCE announced the 5-MW Lake Herman Solar Project — completed with prevailing wage and 52% local labor — is now operational, serving approximately 2,000 homes a year with 100% renewable power. The…

Senate Finance Committee adds inverters, trackers to BBB manufacturing incentive list

The Senate Finance Committee released its draft version of the Build Back Better Act on Dec. 11 and added domestic manufacturing incentives for inverters and trackers. SEIA has been working to get those technologies included in the bill. The…

Infineon and MCI supply sensors for air quality measurement to schools in Carinthia and Tyrol

Written on {{ "2021-12-13T00:00:00+00:00" | date "longDate" }} Modified on {{ "2021-12-13T00:00:00+00:00" | date "longDate" }} Five Higher Technical Schools (Höhere Technische Lehranstalten, HTLs) in Carinthia and six in Tyrol received…