The homo sapien species has installed its first terawatt of hardware on Earth to generate electricity directly from its local star. March 14, 2022 Milestones may be arbitrary, but the morale boost they provide is not. Humans have very recently installed enough solar panels to generate one terawatt of electricity directly from the sun. It’s …
Raptor Maps published its fourth annual report on global PV system underperformance and found loss of power production by outside forces is growing. The company used machine learning to analyze 2021 data from unmanned and manned aircraft inspections across 20 GW of utility and C&I systems. The proprietary dataset spans 66 million modules in 32 …
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In late December 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans all imports from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China unless suppliers can prove the products were not made with forced labor. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the …
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Solar Alliance Energy announced it has commenced construction on a 500-kW shared solar project in Kentucky for Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, regulated utilities that serve more than 1.3 million customers. The project represents section five of LG&E and KU’s Solar Share Program, a cost-effective option available to the utilities’ residential, …
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Also on the rise: Indiana ruling paves the way for HOAs to allow solar. Shoals opens manufacturing facility in Tennessee. NASA announces advances in space solar and thin films. Majority of homeowners want solar but need help with upfront financing. Rocket Lab unveils space solar cell with 33.3% efficiency.
The appeal of off-grid homes has grown in part because utilities have become less reliable. As natural disasters linked to climate change have increased, there have been more extended blackouts in California, Texas, Louisiana and other states. A Critical Year for Electric Vehicles The popularity of battery-powered cars is soaring worldwide, even as the overall …
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A look at the interconnection queue of California’s grid operator shows that the state’s market has already shifted to batteries—sometimes with solar, and sometimes without. March 11, 2022 No state has led the energy transition like California has. While other states may have higher portions of wind in their electricity mix, at full sun the …
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House Bill 1196 establishes a process for residents of HOAs with existing bylaws against solar installations to petition for a system in a fashion that cannot be denied once a certain level of community support has been attained. March 11, 2022 Indiana passed legislation, House Bill 1196, which makes it considerably more difficult for Homeowners …
Rocket Homes found that 66.5% of homeowners surveyed would like to go solar–and they know it saves on the electric bill and increases resale value–but they need financial incentives to handle costs. March 11, 2022 A recent survey conducted by Rocket Homes, a national platform for homebuyers, found that 66.5% of those who don’t have …
After announcing a similar pilot program with GM earlier this week, California utility PG&E said it will also test Ford’s new F-150 Lightning electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes. The utility says that one in five EVs in the country are on the road in PG&E’s service area of Northern and Central California. …
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