Rapid changes are underway for local solar and storage, as innovations drive down costs and create new markets for hardware and services, says Bill Nussey in the book Freeing Energy.

The former technology CEO and venture capitalist describes dozens of local energy opportunities, projecting that each represents a market of at least a billion dollars of annual revenue.

For companies looking to embrace climate action, just putting solar panels on your roof isn’t necessarily enough.

“Making changes to reduce carbon and other greenhouse gas emissions can be really complicated. Having that energy knowledge, whether in-house or outsourced to experts, is critical because it’s not something you can just figure out on your own without the expertise. So, when some businesses talk about net-zero carbon goals, they may only be thinking of their energy bill but that’s just a small piece of the pie in the context of their entire supply chain and corporate energy footprint.” – Lauren Glickman, Managing Partner at RenewComm

Joe Biden has promised that the first day he is President, he will rejoin America to the Paris climate agreement. More than that, he can use the power of the presidency to drive the adoption of clean technologies, such as the hydrogen fuel projects that are now advancing worldwide.

Because the giant blades spinning in the wind and the fields of solar panels that are now part of our geography could be doing a lot more for us. When the electricity they generate doesn’t match moment-by-moment demand, it could power electrolyzers that split plain water into oxygen and “green” hydrogen – a fuel you can store for next week, and next season.

In this webinar, we discuss with Paul Wormser of Clean Energy Associates and Elias Hinckley of K&L Gates the IRS Safe Harbor Provision for Solar Energy Projects and how to take advantage of it. The presenters also cover the “5% rule” and how minimal upfront investment can qualify a project for the full 26% ITC and maximize savings. In addition, the presentation provides comprehensive coverage of both the Continuous Construction clause and Independent Safe Harbor Verification, two other critical aspects of ensuring your project qualifies for the full 2020 Investment Tax Credit.

Chad Farrell, founder and CEO of Encore Renewables, which built the YMCA project, said he worries Vermont is “in a state of correction” after its decade-long solar boom. The rates paid for utility customers’ surplus solar power have been stepped down since 2018, with more reductions possible.

The solar industry experienced another polysilicon price shock in August, as news outlets reported Tongwei halting production at its 20,000-ton polysilicon facility in Sichuan, China, following flood warnings. Joseph C. Johnson, technology and quality senior analyst at Clean Energy Associates, describes what affects the price of PV solar cells and how long these prices will last, in a two-part series for PV Tech.

The global pandemic of 2020 has slowed down demand for oil and gas but provided a big boost for renewables, said Mona Dajani, partner and global head of energy and infrastructure at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP in New York.

Fossil-fuel companies that saw oil futures drop below zero in April are pivoting toward wind and solar in a big way, Dajani, one of the leading deal makers in the renewable energy industry, said in a phone interview with BloombergNEF in June. She is also seeing storage increasingly bundled into packages with wind and solar.

The COVID-19 pandemic has disrupted our lives in immeasurable and lasting ways, but now more than ever we need to do better. Now is the time to build a reliable carbon-free grid with solar and wind power paired with robust energy storage and control technologies. Now is the time to electrify our thermal and transportation sectors. And now is the time for action, as we need to do all of the above in a very short amount of time to stave off the worst impacts of climate change that will be experienced by our kids and their kids

The following statement is from Mona Dajani, Partner at Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP and ACORE Board Member, regarding ACORE’s latest analysis on their campaign to reach $1 trillion by 2030 in private sector investment in renewable energy and enabling grid technologies. Mona is co-leader of Pillsbury's Energy and Infrastructure Projects Team and also leads the Renewable Energy practice.

The campaign being led by the American Council of Energy (Acore) to lock in private sector commitments of $1trn in renewable energy projects by 2030 will need to pull in investment of almost $88bn a year through to the end of the decade to meet its goal, the advocacy body said in its latest progress-tracker report on the project.

Companies across the energy sector have condemned police brutality and racism, but black leaders say they're still waiting for real action.

WRISE has selected six 2020 Rudd Mayer Memorial Fellows and two 2020 Wind at Our Backs Scholars. Each year, WRISE awards fellowships on a competitive basis to women college students or recent graduates. The fellowship honors wind industry pioneer Rudd Mayer of Boulder, Colorado, who passed away in 2002.