New Jersey to start designing permanent community solar program

Credit: Standard Solar The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) is tasked with converting its Community Solar Energy Pilot Program into a permanent program by February 2022. The organization announced it is organizing a stakeholder…

sonnen batteries to be used as virtual power plant in Rocky Mountain Power territory

Utah solar installer ES Solar will work with battery maker sonnen to establish a virtual power plant for Rocky Mountain Power. As part of RMP’s Wattsmart Battery Program, existing solar customers can add a sonnen battery to help the utility…

Swell Energy to establish 45-MWh virtual power plant for Northern California utility

Swell Energy has set up 45-MWh virtual power plant (VPP) contract with California utility Redwood Coast Energy Authority (RCEA), bringing essential power reliability to a region hard hit by wildfires and public safety power shutoffs in recent…

New Jersey city partners with PosiGen to bring solar to LMI residents

Paterson is the first New Jersey city to join in partnership with the Solar for All New Jersey program from Posigen, a rooftop solar and energy efficiency provider for low-to-moderate-income homeowners. Solar for All New Jersey is a clean…

NREL findings could delay silicon solar panel degradation

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Colorado School of Mines are applying a new technique to identify defects in silicon solar cells that cause a drop in efficiency. The lessons…

Merit Controls releases new power plant controller for string inverter projects

Merit Controls, a provider of grid integration products and services for renewable energy power plants, announced a new Rapid-Response Power Plant Controller (PPC) positioned to drive growth in the utility-scale sector. Merit Controls’…

SunPower solar + storage tech included in California neighborhood development

Solar technology and energy services provider SunPower has partnered with homebuilder The New Home Company to make solar systems, battery storage and at-home electric vehicle (EV) chargers standard features in its newest community, Eureka…

Anonymous solar panel companies still hidden in public Commerce tariff petition docs

The American Solar Manufacturers Against Chinese Circumvention (A-SMACC), the group that filed a petition with the Dept. of Commerce to review Chinese solar panel companies allegedly circumventing antidumping and countervailing (AD/CV) duties…

Lightsource bp’s 300-MW solar project powers almost entire Colorado steel mill

Lightsource bp and Xcel Energy completed the 300-MW Bighorn Solar project in Pueblo, Colorado. The solar project will support more than 1,000 jobs at EVRAZ’s Pueblo steel mill and power almost the entire operation. Credit: Lightsource bp The…

New website aims to consolidate all solar recycling options

Solar industry volunteers have launched an informational website to display the different locations that accept recycled solar components. SolarRecycle.org aims to aggregate valuable information on where to donate or sell used equipment,…