Solar
Chart: Who's the leader in utility-scale solar — California or Texas?
After several years running of massive solar capacity buildouts, the Lone Star State is rapidly gaining ground on the long-established renewables leader.
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Clean energy
Chart: US clean energy installations fall for first time in 5 years
Clean energy is still the country’s dominant new source of power, but the slowdown is concerning since climate goals demand record installations every year.
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Thin-film solar sparks a manufacturing boom in the Midwest
Home to domestically produced solar panels, Ohio is landing lots of new jobs with help from federal incentives and its deep roots in the glass industry.
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Grid edge
Inside the software running Sunrun's home solar-battery fleets
Virtual power plants are only as good as the software that controls them. Here's how Lunar Energy is making the most of Sunrun's grid potential.
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Grid edge
PG&E is testing different flavors of virtual power plant
What's the best way for home batteries to help ease summer grid stress? This California utility is trying out two different models with Tesla and Sunrun.
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Climatetech finance
Two superstar investors go all-in on Complete Solaria merger
John Doerr and T.J. Rodgers put their money on vertically integrated residential solar.
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Climatetech finance
Solar hardware maker Nextracker scores $638M in 2023’s biggest IPO so far
Eschewing the SPAC siren song, the tracker manufacturer went public in an old-school IPO that exceeded analysts' expectations.
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Solar
Want to go solar? These companies and groups are here to help
Shaded roof? Tight budget? Confused by all the options? There are resources to help all kinds of people access solar power.
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Grid edge
Texans can now sign up for virtual power plant to help grid, make money
Tesla, Octopus Energy and other power retailers are offering customers compensation to use their solar and batteries to make the grid more efficient and clean.
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Air travel
A giant solar microgrid is coming to New York City’s JFK airport
Some 13,000 solar panels will cover a new terminal being built at JFK, giving the airport a clean power supply that can keep operations running even in a blackout.
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Solar
Community-solar industry shoots for 30GW by 2030
Thanks to the Inflation Reduction Act and solar-power momentum in states, community-solar installations have potential to soar in the U.S., coalition says.
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