Over the past decade, reductions in the cost of solar energy have largely been due to gains in panel production and efficiency. As these gains diminish, the balance of system hardware such as cables, clips, and mounting systems will have a larger role to play. Panduit’s latest renewable energy whiteRead More

GoodWe has big plans for the future, as the global solar inverter brand announced its initial public offering on the Shanghai Stock Market earlier this month, sounding the gong in the Grand Hall of the Shanghai Stock Exchange. The ceremony was attended by leading figures of the solar industry and coincidedRead More

Standard Solar completed a 3.2-MW solar project in Wallingford, Vt. The project, owned and operated by Standard Solar, will provide clean energy to Vermont’s electric utilities under the state’s Standard Offer Program. The Standard Offer Program was enacted by the Vermont Legislature with the goal of promoting the development ofRead More

Last week, Arizona Public Service Co. announced a goal to deliver 100 percent clean, carbon-free electricity to customers by 2050. What’s more, APS established a nearer-term 2030 target of achieving a resource mix that is 65 percent clean energy, with 45 percent of its portfolio coming from renewable energy. APSRead More

Solar Frontier Americas, the US-based renewable energy business of Idemitsu Kosan Company, has further expanded its power generation portfolio with the acquisition of a 50.5 MWdc solar project purchased from CS Solar, joint venture company of Samsung Solar Energy. The project is located in Stanislaus County, Calif., a few hoursRead More

Duke Energy, the largest U.S. power utility, announced a major commitment to address climate change by setting a target to achieve net-zero carbon emissions by 2050, with an interim target of 50 percent carbon emission reductions by 2030. The company’s 2017 goal to reduce carbon emissions 40% by 2030 wasRead More

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) released its nationally applicable IREC Model Interconnection Procedures, 2019 Edition, last week. The model procedures reflect the latest evolution in best practices to facilitate higher penetrations of distributed energy resources (DERs) on the grid, integrating new technologies while maintaining grid safety and reliability. TheRead More

The North Carolina Utilities Commission (NCUC) has approved Duke Energy’s Green Source Advantage (GSA) program in North Carolina, designed to provide more renewable energy pricing options for large customers. In the GSA program, large energy users will have the flexibility of selecting and negotiating all price terms directly with aRead More

Black & Veatch just released its 2019 Strategic Directions: Electric Report, which shows power sector in need of repowering itself in an increasingly complex, multifaceted and evolving energy ecosystem. The surge of renewable energy from solar, wind and battery storage – and growing penetration of microgrids and other distributed energy resources (DERs)Read More

The release of 2019 Utility Energy Storage Market Snapshot, a new Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) report, finds the U.S. energy storage market is healthy and primed for continued growth, with interconnected capacity growing 44.9% in 2018. The release of the Snapshot report also marks the announcement of the SEPARead More