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+ Storage EV vehicle to grid V2G
Vehicle-to-grid infrastructure to boost Calif. energy affordability, reliability

A new report shows that unlocking vehicle-to-grid (V2G) infrastructure and other customer-owned resources could help solve California’...

August 19, 2026
Projects Erthos ErthBot cleaning solar panels
ForeFront Power completes Erthos earth-mounted solar project in California

Commercial and industrial solar project developer ForeFront Power has completed its first Erthos solar energy system for the city of Fresno,...

August 13, 2026
Batteries Leap's California Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP) battery
Leap expands battery power export program in California

Virtual power plant (VPP) scaling platform Leap has expanded its battery power export program in California, creating new grid revenue oppor...

August 12, 2026
PV Modules solar manufacturing Tandem PV nexTC
Tandem PV acquires nexTC for module coating technology

American perovskite-silicon solar panel developer Tandem PV has acquired thin-film metal oxide coating developer nexTC Corp., representative...

August 3, 2026
+ Storage UL and National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Sunrun expands U.S.’s largest residential distributed power plant

Residential solar and battery provider Sunrun has announced the expansion of its California-based distributed power plant, which will suppor...

July 21, 2026
Projects Golden Sands Apartments Victorville California PearlX solar project
PearlX announces solar system for Californian workforce housing site

Energy infrastructure firm and capital partner PearlX has announced plans for a 224 kW solar energy system at Victorville, California’...

July 16, 2026
Projects Terra-Gen's Lockhart Solar IV project
Terra-Gen energizes Lockhart Solar IV in southern California

Utility-scale solar developer, owner, and operator Terra-Gen has reached commercial operation on the Lockhart IV solar project in San Bernar...

July 15, 2026
+ Storage Peak Energy sodium-ion grid storage facility, Sacramento, CA
Peak Energy building U.S.’s first sodium-ion grid storage factory

Burlingame, California-based battery designer Peak Energy has chosen state capital Sacramento as the site for America’s first sodium-i...

July 9, 2026
Projects PUSD ForeFront Power school district EV buses
ForeFront Power developing solar and storage project at California school...

California’s Porterville Unified School District (PUSD) is majorly overhauling its energy infrastructure, thanks to some help from For...

July 8, 2026
Projects Coyote Valley Casino solar carport
Coyote Valley Casino & Hotel completes solar carport installation

The Coyote Valley Casino & Hotel in California’s Redwood Valley is home to the Golden State’s newest solar carport installat...

July 6, 2026
Projects Electrify America EV fast charger aerial view
Electrify America opens EV fast-charging station and battery in Santa...

The city of Santa Barbara, California has a new EV fast charger station, courtesy of Volkswagen subsidiary and charging solution firm Electr...

June 17, 2026
News CPUC's Kerry Fleisher, a Director in the commission's Energy Division
CPUC cuts ribbon on two community solar project

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is celebrating the completion of two community solar projects developed by Ava Commun...

June 12, 2026
News BEAM ARC solar EV charger
Beam Global expands solar EV charger program in Long Beach

Renewable energy technology company Beam Global has expanded its EV charger efforts, deploying a set of six additional EV ARC solar powered ...

June 2, 2026
Projects Project Nexus solar canal water wide shot
California group completes water-saving pilot for Project Nexus

The first solar project of its kind in the U.S., Project Nexus combines the efforts of public, private, and academic sectors to help solve t...

May 20, 2026
Policy California Supreme Court
EWG challenging California Supreme Court on anti-solar ruling

The Environmental Working Group (EWG) and its allies in California are asking the California Supreme Court to review an appeals court decisi...

April 21, 2026
Policy California state legislature
California legislature approves VPP bill to reduce energy rates

California lawmakers have voted in favor of deploying virtual power plants (VPPs) to help reduce energy costs for residents. The California ...

April 7, 2026
News california-state
California’s distributed storage program can save ratepayers $206M by 2028

New Brattle Group analysis finds that California’s Demand Side Grid Support program delivers lower-cost grid reliability by tapping ho...

August 21, 2025
News california state house governor
California Senate Committee moves to preserve net metering rights in...

A controversial California bill that sparked backlash across the solar, housing, and environmental sectors is now set to be amended. On Tues...

July 15, 2025
+ Storage California is the place you ought to be
Clean Energy Alliance debuts programs to install home batteries at...

The Clean Energy Alliance (CEA), a Community Choice Aggregator (CCA) in California, is rolling out two new programs to help income-qualified...

July 7, 2025
News california state house governor
California Appropriations Committee swiftly passes bill that will break NEM...

California leadership continues to find new ways to devalue home solar. The California Assembly Appropriations Committee voted to pass AB 94...

May 23, 2025
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