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Roanoke Times: Solar farms in Virginia muddied with erosion problems
“The number one way to avoid erosion is to avoid grading,” said Jenya Meydbray, chief commercial officer of Nevados. “If the grass is there, you’re not disturbing the site, you’re just working in harmony with the natural environment.”
E&E Leader: Sungrow Raises the Bar for Battery Safety with Unprecedented Live Fire Test
In a bold move to address safety concerns in the energy storage industry, Sungrow, a leading provider of renewable energy solutions, recently conducted a groundbreaking live fire test of its PowerTitan energy storage system.
Forbes: Will U.S. Tariff Barriers Against China Become America’s Maginot Line?
According to a report by Clean Energy Associates, U.S. manufacturers could be rendered uncompetitive by paying a 50% premium for their most critical component that isn’t produced in any quantity domestically.
Humans of Cleantech: Raina Tillman Hornaday
“My family homesteaded in New Mexico in 1906. They came in a covered wagon. They stopped in Quay County and dug a hole, put a roof on it, and lived there. They were hauling every drop of water for miles for years. I give them credit for just the pure grit of survival.”
Energy Storage News: IRA brings LCOS of 100MW, 4-hour standalone BESS as low as $124/MWh
Industry analysis group Clean Energy Associates said the tariff increases could result in cost increases of 11% to 16% for US battery storage projects, but that the impact on demand would likely be "limited"
Nevados All Terrain Tracker Finishes First in Independent Ranking of Solar Trackers for Ease and Speed of Construction
The Nevados All Terrain solar tracker can be assembled and installed faster than any tracker in its class, according to a new report from Eclipse-M, a leading independent technical consultant for solar project construction.
US solar industry leans on contract manufacturers to boost domestic output of inverters, trackers
Domestic solar manufacturing is seeing an unprecedented boom as the industry reaps the tax benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act. Nevados produces the All Terrain Tracker, a solar tracking system capable of installing on difficult topographies, in partnership with Priefert Steel in Mt. Pleasant, Texas.
pv magazine: 247Solar close to commercializing modular concentrating solar plant
247Solar said it is one step closer to commercializing its solar thermal electric generating technology, which has been under development for more than a decade.
Enlit: Unleashing the power of renewable corporate PPAs
Jan Cihlar and Corina Melchor from Altenex Energy unpack the outlook for Europe’s corporate renewable PPA market, a market that is expanding as project and PPA volumes increase.
USA Today: This state is quickly becoming America's clean energy paradise. Here's how it's happening.
The Kapolei Energy Storage facility is tucked away in 8 acres of industrial land about 20 miles west of Honolulu. More than anything it looks like 158 white storage sheds, each about the size of a shipping container, neatly lined up on concrete pads. (Image: Plus Power)
Utility Dive: Pioneering 565-MWh battery storage facility now online in Hawai’i, Plus Power says
“This is the first time a standalone battery site has provided grid-forming services at this scale,” said Mike Snyder, senior director, Tesla Megapack.
Fast Company: ‘It put the industry on steroids’: How the IRA helped a rodeo parts manufacturer expand into solar
Priefert Steel announced it would begin manufacturing equipment for Nevados, which makes solar mounts and trackers—the machinery that automatically orients the solar panels toward the sun throughout the day.
Humans of Electrification: Sujit Mandal, Amazon
“When I was 10 years old I was something of the local electrician in my neighborhood. My father was an electrical engineer in India who worked setting up power plants. The phone would ring about a problem at one of the plants, and I would answer and say, ‘Send a car and my father will fix it.’ I was his dispatcher.”
BLOG: How to write your release like an Associated Press story
Reporters are in the business of reporting news, not promoting companies. If your release is written like a news story, some outlets will literally cut and paste it. On the other hand, if it looks like company promotion, they probably won’t take the time to rewrite it.
PVTech: Module capacity to more than double in 2023, reach 1TW in 2024 – CEA
The US is expected to more than treble its solar module capacity from 6GW in 2022 to 23GW by the end of 2023, according to Clean Energy Associates’ Q2 2023 PV Supplier Market Intelligence Program report.
T&D World: U.S. Demand for Renewables Accelerates, Says Edison Energy
U.S. demand for renewable electricity accelerated in Q2 of 2023, spurred by regulatory certainty and quickly approaching sustainability targets, despite supply chain constraints and Texas legislation.
pv magazine: Building to last in the global South
Paul Wormser, VP for technology at Clean Energy Associates, says PV initiatives should be designed to last, as several well-meaning off-grid solar projects for the developing world have floundered over the years.
BLOG: AI in public relations: the human element is key
Every day now, PR pros rely on AI to help them craft pitches, write press releases and generate ideas for social media copy. But other types of predictive AI models have the potential to be equally, if not more impactful on the profession.