Month: June 2022

Navajo home swaps alkaline batteries for lead-acid as part of Sandia Labs demo

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More than 15,000 residents live without grid-supplied electricity on the Navajo Nation, which spans 17.5 million acres across parts of Arizona, New Mexico and Utah. To address their needs, the Navajo Tribal Utility Authority has installed 500 solar PV and energy storage systems of various kinds to date. Sales and marketing month sponsor Get Aurora …

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ROTH: Customs detains solar module shipment under UFLPA

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Customs and Border Patrol has detained a large shipment of quartzite, the raw material for making polysilicon, from an unnamed Tier 1 solar module supplier. June 30, 2022 According to a recent industry note from ROTH Capital Partners’ Managing Director, Phil Shen, U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) has detained a large shipment of material …

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Advocates say solar industry will take a hit from Supreme Court EPA decision

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On June 30, the Supreme Court issued a final decision on West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The SCOTUS majority found the EPA does not have the authority to regulate power plant greenhouse gas emissions. Solar advocates reacted with unanimous disdain. “While many top corporations are stepping up and taking ownership of their carbon …

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Court Decision Leaves Biden With Few Tools to Combat Climate Change

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WASHINGTON — One by one, the tools available to President Biden to fight climate change are being stripped away. After a Supreme Court decision on Thursday, the Environmental Protection Agency will have less authority to limit carbon dioxide from power plants, a major source in this country of the pollution that is dangerously heating the …

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Leeward closes financing for Rabbitbrush Solar Project, its first solar + storage facility

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Leeward Renewable Energy closed $58.5 million in construction financing and secured tax equity commitments for its Rabbitbrush Solar Facility located in Kern County, Calif., which is currently under construction. When completed, will have a solar generation capacity of 100 MW and the project also integrates a 20 MW, 50 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS), …

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Solar FlexRack chosen for Arizona Community Solar project

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The 15 MW Raptor Ridge solar array features 35,500 bifacial modules housed on Solar FlexRack single-axis trackers. June 30, 2022 The newest community solar program in Tucson Electric Power’s (TEP) generation portfolio was constructed using Solar FlexRack’s single-axis trackers, according to news from Solar FlexRack. The 15 MW Raptor Ridge solar array was commissioned this …

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Sunrise brief: Delaware launches free solar panel program for low-income households

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