Solar Energy News

The record-breaking Dubai 700 MW CSP + 250 MW PV Hybrid Project Noor Energy 1, developed by Acwa Power in close cooperation with DEWA, Shanghai Electric Group Corporation as EPC, and Abengoa Energía as solar field technology provider, will utilize the Rioglass Solar tempered mirror and solar receiver technologies. Rioglass Solar has received the confidence of the project partners and the ...

Mar. 14, 2019

By Rioglass Solar

The Western Way, in partnership with the Yuma County Chamber of Commerce released, "The Economic Benefits of Arizona Rural Renewable Energy Facilities."  The economic impact study, conducted by Development Research Partners, found that 34 rural renewable projects constructed ...

Mar. 24, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

NEW YORK, Jan. 22, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- NRG Renewables and its Community Solar division, NRG Community Solar, have formally become Clearway Community Solar under a new parent company, Clearway Energy Group ("Clearway").  Clearway is one of the largest Community Solar providers in the ...

Mar. 19, 2019

By Clearway Community Solar

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Mar. 11, 2019

By CleanEnergyAuthority.com

The Tennessee Valley Authority Board of Directors recentlly (2/14) acted on a recommendation to better balance TVA's current generation system with changing energy load demands. This decision will help ensure continued reliability while maintaining rates as low as feasible.After a detailed review of fuel, transmission, economic and environmental impacts, as well as reviewing public input, the ...

Mar. 10, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Florida Power & Light Company (FPL) recently announced plans to build four new solar power plants this year that are expected to begin powering customers in early 2020: FPL Okeechobee Solar Energy Center, Okeechobee County FPL Hibiscus Solar Energy Center, Palm Beach County FPL Echo River Solar Energy Center, Suwannee County FPL Southfork Solar Energy Center, Manatee ...

Mar. 4, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Entergy New Orleans is piloting a new program that puts solar panels on the rooftops of low-income customers’ homes and gives them a $30 credit on their energy bills every month, rain or shine. The Residential Rooftop Solar Program is a simple and straightforward way for New Orleans customers in need to participate in the benefits of distributed renewable energy by allowing the company to ...

Mar. 3, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

by Mona Ghobadi, DNV-GL. Reprinted with permission Powerful economies of scale are pushing down the cost of solar photovoltaic power (PV) to such an extent that utility-scale projects will be 3 times more cost efficient than smaller microgrids by 2020. By the middle of the century, utility scale PV will contribute between 40% and 60% of total installed power, with commercial ...

Mar. 3, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Residents of a block of flats in Brixton are pioneering a community energy trading project led by EDF Energy that will enable them to trade solar energy with each other. EDF Energy’s Research & Development department has launched Project ‘CommUNITY’ with Repowering London and UCL’s Energy Institute, which aims to increase residents’ consumption of local ...

Feb. 20, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Portland General Electric Company and NextEra Energy Resources, LLC have announced plans to construct a new energy facility in Eastern Oregon combining 300 megawatts of wind generation with 50 megawatts of solar generation and 30 megawatts of battery storage. The new project, called the Wheatridge ...

Feb. 13, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Where empty commercial rooftops once stood, shiny new panels are capturing the power of the sun and putting it directly on the electric distribution grid for the benefit of all customers. Entergy New Orleans has made significant progress in constructing its 5 megawatt commercial-scale rooftop solar pilot project, which was approved by the New Orleans City Council in June 2018. In fact, the ...

Feb. 11, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

In a historic breakthrough for clean, distributed energy, Sunrun Inc.(Nasdaq:RUN), the nation’s leading home solar, battery storage and energy services company, this week won a bid to deliver home solar and batteries as a source of energy capacity to ISO New England, the grid operator for one of the largest electricity markets in the United States.   Sunrun’s ...

Feb. 10, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Puerto Rico’s publicly-owned utility PREPA released a draft version of the 2019 integrated resource plan (IRP), a document that lays out the future development and continued recovery of Puerto Rico’s electric grid ...

Feb. 6, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Sunworks, Inc., a provider of solar power solutions for agriculture, commercial and industrial (ACI), public works and residential markets, today announced a new 1.5 mW solar power and battery storage construction project for Kingston Technology, a world leader in manufacturing memory products and quality technology solutions for PCs, servers, smart phones, cameras and other electronic ...

Feb. 4, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Utilidata, Inc., recently (1/31) announced National Grid is extending its real-time Volt/VAR Optimization (VVO) solution to the utility's customers in Massachusetts. This builds upon successful results from National Grid's deployments of Utilidata software in Rhode Island and New York.Utilidata's relationship with National Grid ...

Feb. 3, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Itron, Inc. has signed a contract with Tampa Electric Co. (TECO) to deploy Itron's smart street lighting solution to allow streetlights to communicate with the utility. In coordination with the utility's streetlight replacement program to convert traditional lighting infrastructure to energy-efficient LED technology, Tampa Electric will install more than 260,000 Itron smart photocells in the next ...

Feb. 3, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. recently (1/30) announced an expansion of its Internet of Things (IoT) technology platform which is designed to enable the rapid development and deployment of smart utility applications. With the addition of new ecosystem partners ClearWorld and GreenStar, this platform of tools and technologies includes solutions for ...

Jan. 31, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

by Stuart Ravens, Navigant Research (reprinted with permission)EVs present utilities with the single largest opportunity for load growth in a generation. However, other industries are eyeing the following alternative opportunities in the electrification of ...

Jan. 29, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

by Johnathon de Villier, Navigant Research (reprinted with permission)Late in 2018, transactive energy startup LO3 Energy and Enel X subsidiary eMotorWerks announced a groundbreaking collaboration that seeks to bring owners of EVs and residential solar systems together in a peer-to-peer trading and grid balancing marketplace. Both companies are relatively well known in ...

Jan. 28, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer

The national business group Advanced Energy Economy (AEE) recently (1/24) announced it has released policy recommendations to the 116th Congress outlining four key priority areas and specific policy actions to help achieve the broad goals of economic growth, cost savings, and a reliable grid. The full document can be downloaded  ...

Jan. 27, 2019

By Smart Grid Observer