Two Cohorts, Nine Research Teams Leverage Network Learning Effect to Spur Solar Energy-Grid Innovation, Resilience
Last edited: May 2, 2018 @ 11:25 PM ET The US Dept. of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) recently enlisted an inaugural cohort of…
U.S. Solar Market Adds 10.6 GW of PV in 2017, Community Solar Soars
BOSTON, Mass. and WASHINGTON D.C. – In 2017, the U.S. solar market expanded, adding double-digit gigawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) additions for the second year in…
US Solar Industry Workshop Participants Believe They Have a New Project Development Framework That Will More than Offset Trump’s Chinese Solar Tariff
Brought together by the Rocky Mountain Institute (RMI) to participate in an intensive, practical, 2-1/2 day problem-solving workshop, representatives from 35 US solar industry companies…
A New Type of Community Choice Utility Rises, Boosts Solar Energy in California
Last edited: October 10, 2017 @ 03:55 PM UTC A new type of utility energy services provider has taken root and is now growing in…
Solar Energy Storage Resilience: On the Ground in Haiti
Last edited: September 20, 2017 @ 05:30 PM PST Online, television, radio and print news services are awash with reports of Hurricane Harvey and Irma’s…
US Solar Eclipse Opens Window of Opportunity for Energy Storage to Shine
For the first time since 1918, a total solar eclipse will traverse the entire width of the lower 48 US states Aug. 21, moving from…
US Solar, Power Grid Players Prepare for Landmark Total Solar Eclipse
In the stillness and the darkness, the knowledge that I was in deadly danger took to itself deeper and deeper meaning all the time; a…
US State Governors Aim to Realize UN Paris Climate Accord Goals with Launch of Alternative US Climate Alliance
On June 1, President Donald Trump announced the US would withdraw from the UN Paris Climate Accord. Though not surprising, the announcement marks the latest,…
Suniva’s U.S. International Trade Petition Reignites Prospect of a Solar PV Trade War
Last updated: Thursday, June 8, 2017 Bankruptcy and insolvency filings on the part of U.S. and German solar manufacturing companies Suniva and SolarWorld AG, respectively, and…
Off-Grid Solar, Battery Energy Storage Gains Ground on Native American Tribal Lands
Last updated: May 13, 2017 The U.S. has long looked to Native American Tribal lands as a source of mineral and energy resources and a thoroughfare…
