Largest Rooftop Solar Project – 18 MW in NetherlandsSunrun – Vivant merger closes making the combined company 25 percent of the residential solar marketKing coal is falling to Crown Prince solar and storage Two companies – Nextera and 8Minute Energy – have nearly 100 GW of wind, solar and storage in the pipeline **Please subscribe to…
Read MoreToday (Sept. 30, 2020) we break down Tesla Battery Day and cover the latest in solar and storage news: John Weaver Bought a Tesla Model Y!Jigar Shah of generate capital is coming on the Solar Podcast Oct 6Battery day recap “Waze” for the power grid could help unlock 500 GW of renewablesArray Technologies going public – oh…
Read MoreClean Power Hour with Tim Montague & John WeaverEp. 7 – published Sept 1, 2020**Rolling Blackouts in CA due to extreme heat wave… necessary or evil https://pv-magazine-usa.com/2020/08/17/californias-fossil-fuel-plants-failed-us-not-solar/ **Rewiring America: A positive, comprehensive, and inclusive vision for a better future. Tech entrepreneurs Saul Griffith with Sam Calish and Laura Fraser have created a ‘Field Manual for the…
Read MoreTesla battery day! (moving away from Cobalt, going long on Nickel) Hands on with a solar power operating and maintenance financial and labor modelJinko sets efficiency record – 24% / mention of SunPower Agrivoltaics – Cylindrical PV in German; a Solyndra like product Lower cost single axis tracker technology from Alion Energy – built in Albedo…
Read MoreToday's solar, wind and battery storage news stories: Google pledging CO2 free 24/7 Getting to a Carbon-Free EconomyThe urgent is attainable, and at entirely affordable cost.by Jeffrey Sachs of Columbia University The incremental costs of decarbonization above our normal energy costs will amount to 1 to 2 percent of U.S. GDP per year during the…
Read MoreThe world will add 142 GW of new solar this year – Covid-19 is knocking 20 GW off the anticipated amount of solar that will get installed this year. MA Solar Market Floating solar at fort Bragg NC, the US Army's largest base. RTO insider 'past 10 years in CA, average 1 GW/yr solar…
Read MoreRoadrunner solar project in Texas goes online at 497 MW…why does Big Solar matter to you? Largest solar project in Texas!Solar panels /modules are getting bigger but is bigger better? NREL – the national renewable energy laboratory will tell you how solar is made and what it costs to make and install solar. In Portugal, a new…
Read MoreToday on the Clean Power Hour, Ep. 8: Sept 8, 2020Tesla launches 2 dollar/watt solarSolar panels are growing larger – longer and heavierIllinois’ Governor Pritzker issues 8 Point Plan and 100% RPS A closer look at JA Solar’s new 785/810 W panel seriesAccording to the product sheet, the new series has dimensions of 2,219×1,765x40mm and…
Read MoreOn today's Clean Power Hour with Tim Montague and John Weaver we dive into solar pv news stories about solar, solar plus storage, grid scale batteries and the future of solar and storage. 1. Vistra has been granted a permit for a 1500 MW ESS facility in northern CA. 2. Montague shows off a NexTracker NX Gemini…
Read MoreOn today's Clean Power Hour with Tim Montague and John Weaver we dive into solar pv news stories about solar, solar plus storage, grid scale batteries and the future of solar and storage. 1. Vistra has been granted a permit for a 1500 MW ESS facility in northern CA. 2. Montague shows off a NexTracker NX Gemini…
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