AEP Energy Issues Tender to Buy Power from Solar, Wind, Storage Projects in the PJM Market
AEP Energy Partners (AEPEP), a subsidiary of American Electric Power, has issued a request for proposal (RfP) to procure power from new or repowered wind and solar plants and battery ...
US Had a Pipeline of 160 GW for Solar Projects With Battery Storage at the End of 2020
According to a recently released report by Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), the pipeline of solar capacity in the U.S. at the end of 2020 was around 460 GW. Of ...
US Aims to Add 60 Communities to its SolarAPP+ Tool by March 2022
The United States Department of Energy (DOE) has announced that it has achieved its summer goal of signing up at least 125 communities for the Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP+) ...
Proposed Steep Duties Could Cost US 18 GW of Solar Deployment by 2023: SEIA
The United States solar industry could miss out on 18 GW of solar deployment by 2023 due to steep duties proposed by an anonymous group of petitioners, the Solar Energy ...
Rooftop Solar Installations Could Exceed 2,000 GW by 2050 Globally: Report
Rooftop solar installations could exceed 2,000 GW globally with more than 1,000 GWh of energy storage capacity by 2050, BloombergNEF and Schneider Electric have said in a recent report. The report ‘Realizing the Potential ...
Residential Solar System Sizes Continue to Rise in the U.S.: Berkeley Lab
The Berkeley Lab has found that solar photovoltaic (PV) system sizes continue to grow in the United States. In 2020, the median was 6.5 kW for residential systems, up from ...
Solar Energy Could Account for 40% of US Electricity Supply by 2035: Report
The US Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have released the Solar Futures Study, which states that solar could account for ...
DNV Issues Guidelines to Mitigate Impact of Earthquakes on Wind Power Projects
Norwegian independent energy expert and assurance provider DNV has published a recommended practice, 'Seismic Design of Wind Power Plants,' aimed at guiding developers and operators in mitigating challenges of earthquakes ...
US Adds 5.7 GW of Solar Capacity in Q2 2021
According to the latest US Solar Market Insight Report, released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, the US solar market has installed a record 5.7 GW of ...
US to Provide Grants to Generators Increasing the Share of Renewables in Power Portfolio
The United States House Committee on Energy and Commerce has proposed establishing a new program - Clean Electricity Performance Program (CEPP), that provides grants for power companies that increase their ...
Renewables EPC Firm Blattner to be Acquired by Quanta for $2.7 Billion
Electrical infrastructure provider Quanta Services has agreed to acquire utility-scale renewable energy contractor Blattner Holding Company for $2.7 billion. Quanta Services will pay $2.36 billion in cash and issue shares ...
Los Angeles to Transition to 100% Renewable Energy by 2035
The Los Angeles City Council has voted to have the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) transition to 100% renewable energy by 2035. The proposal was passed in ...
US Solar Photovoltaic Module Shipments Up 33% in 2020
Solar photovoltaic (PV) module shipments in the United States, including imports, exports, domestic production, and sales touched a record high of 21.8 GW in 2020, 5.4 GW more than in ...
US Added a Record 16.8 GW of Wind Power Capacity in 2020: Report
The United States installed a record 16.8 GW of wind capacity last year. Wind accounted for 42% of all new capacity in 2020, representing an investment of $24.6 billion. The ...
Global Distributed Energy Resources Spending to Reach $39 Billion in 2030
Distributed energy resources (DER) in commercial buildings, including EV chargers, solar photovoltaic, and battery storage, are rapidly expanding due to the steep decline in the cost of distributed energy technologies ...
Blackstone Sets Up a $250 Million Fund for Distributed Renewable Projects
The United States-based global investment firm, Blackstone, has announced a $250 million fund for distributed and sustainable energy infrastructure assets to ride on the renewable energy wave that’s sweeping energy ...
US Companies Ask Insurers to Say No to Fossil-Fuel and Support Renewable Businesses
Sixty U.S. companies have teamed up to persuade American insurers to ditch fossil fuel-based businesses. In a letter to insurers, these businesses said: “As insurance customers, we are expressing our ...
Lightsource bp Starts Construction on Pollinator-Friendly Solar Farm in the US
US-based solar developer, Lightsource bp, mobilized construction on its Wildflower Solar project in Sacramento, California, after closing a $20 million financing package. The project at Rio Linda in Sacramento will ...
In 1H 2020, China, the US, Germany, and India Installed 22.3 GW of Solar
The United States solar installed 3.5 GW of new solar PV capacity in the second quarter (Q2) of 2020, according to the Solar Energy Industry Association (SEIA). The installations dropped ...
US-Based Solar Workgroup Offers Renewable Jobs to Coal Workers
U.S.-based of The Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia has launched a new initiative to set up commercial-scale solar installations in the coalfield region of Southwest Virginia and offer renewable energy ...
US Appeals Against WTO Ruling in Solar DCR Trade Case with India
The United States’ delegation to the World Trade Organization (WTO) has appealed to the Appellate Body against the verdict in the recently concluded India-U.S. solar case. The U.S. says that ...
U.S. Could Face Retaliation Unless It Removes Tariffs on Certain Chinese Solar Imports
Nearly a month after losing a case to India at the World Trade Organization (WTO) after it ruled against the country in a solar domestic content requirement trade case, the ...
Energy Demand Grew by 2.3% Globally in 2018; China, US and India Account for 70% of the Rise
Energy demand across the world in 2018 grew by 2.3 percent the fastest in a decade on the back of a global economy that grew by 3.7 percent in 2018 ...
India Was the Second Largest Solar Market in 9M 2018
India’s solar installations came in second worldwide during the first nine months of 2018 in terms of solar capacity addition. China added a whopping 34.5 GW of solar PV capacity ...
India Was the Second Largest Solar Market in First Half of 2018
India was the second largest solar market in the world surpassing the United States in terms of solar capacity addition in the first half (1H) of 2018. While China added ...
