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Dec 16, 2024 · The big milestone comes on the back of a record month for electric vehicle sales and strong battery energy storage system (BESS) deployment. However, EV demand remains far behind BESS with the latter’s impressive growth reaching a year-on-year increase of 175% and cumulative 19.4 GWh deployed in November alone.
12 GW of utility-scale solar deployed in first half of 2024, doubling ...
Aug 19, 2024 · The Energy Information Administration reports that 20.2 GW of electricity generation capacity was deployed in the U.S. in the first half of 2024, with solar energy leading and energy storage also seeing significant deployments. Fossil fuel retirements exceeded new fossil constructions more than tenfold.
U.S. solar industry on track to install 250 GW in five years
Sep 24, 2024 · The U.S. solar industry installed 9.4 GW of new electric generation capacity in Q2 2024, thanks to strong clean energy policy, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q3 2024 report by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. In August 2022 when President Joe Biden signed the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) into law, it was the largest climate and energy spending ...
The great untapped potential of virtual power plants
Nov 13, 2024 · Virtual power plants (VPPs) are an aggregation of small-scale distributed energy resources including solar energy systems, electric vehicles (EVs), EV chargers and demand response devices such as water heaters, thermostats, appliances and more. Mark Dyson, managing director of Rocky Mountain ...
Sunrise brief: The top ten most-read solar stories of 2024
Dec 24, 2024 · NY utility approves battery storage project on shuttered nuclear site Long Island Power Authority gives the nod to developer, enabling it to pursue final local approval for 79 MW and 50 MW facilities.. Rural electric co-ops receive $4.37 billion in clean energy funding Funding from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Empowering Rural America Program is …
Fifteen states shine with 50%+ solar growth in a year
Nov 26, 2024 · Solar power electricity generation in the U.S. increased 17.5% in 2023 compared to 2022, accounting for 5.5% of all electricity.The momentum has continued in 2024, with solar up 22.5% year-over-year as of September, reaching 6.63% of all electricity over the past twelve months. Within this national growth, 15 states saw their solar generation increase by more than 50%, with many of these ...
Perovskites move into production – pv magazine USA
May 24, 2024 · Perovskites remain a great hope for the future of the solar industry, once the possibilities of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) and heterojunction PV have been exhausted. A look at the latest perovskite research shows that industry optimism is built on a strong foundation.
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Dec 11, 2024 · Latest news on the solar energy and photovoltaics industry in the USA: installations, manufacturing, markets & policy, and technology.
U.S. solar factories: From announcements to reality
Oct 23, 2024 · Now that incentives from the US Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) are well understood, global manufacturers are announcing factories in the United States to constitute much of the solar supply chain. While some plans have been scrapped already, and more cancellations are expected, the broader trend is unprecedented growth.
Update: New market entrant to manufacture solar cells and …
Dec 19, 2024 · NuVision is privately owned by a U.S.-based investor group. NuVision reports that its leadership team has 20+ years of combined experience in solar manufacturing. The team includes Tom Mueller, CTO who has more than 15 years of solar manufacturing experience, Thomas Delahunty, senior business development Manager, who has more than nine years of solar manufacturing experience and Paul Roraff ...