January 2022

Standard Solar Obtains an Additional Community Solar Project in Maryland

Ogos Energy LLC and Earth and Air Technologies also collaborate on the Old New Windsor Solar Project, Maryland. Standard Solar Inc. has purchased the Klees mill community solar project, measuring 2.9 MW, in Carroll County. Ogos Energy LLC and Earth and Air Technologies were the developers partners. This latest project represents a total of approximately […]

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EIA: Rising Renewable Energy Resources Will Reduce Need for Natural Gas Generation

In U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) January Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), it forecasts that rising electricity generation from renewable energy resources such as solar and wind will reduce generation from fossil fuel-fired power plants over the next two years. The U.S. nonhydropower renewable energy sources will grow from 13% to 17% in 2021 to 2023,

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Corporate Funding for Solar Sector Rose 91% with $27.8 Billion in 2021

Mercom Capital Group llc, a global clean energy communications and consulting firm, has released its annual report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2021. The total corporate funding for the solar sector worldwide, including venture capital and private Equity (VC), debt financing and public market financing, was $27.8billion.

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A 21st-century reinvention of the electric grid is crucial for solving the climate change crisis

The integration of solar panels with agriculture can provide partial shade to plants. Werner Slocum/NREL By Charles F. Kutscher, University of Colorado BoulderJeffrey Logan University of Colorado Boulder James Hansen, a scientist from the University of Wisconsin, testified before Congress that carbon dioxide emitted by burning fossil fuels was causing dangerously high temperatures. There were

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Offshore wind projects gain federal funding

(Source: New York State Energy Research and Development Authority. The National Offshore Wind Research and Development Consortium, (NOWRDC), announced $3.4 Million in funding for six new projects in supply chain efficiency and asset monitoring and inspection. Three new supply chain projects aim to improve the production of quality components and streamline transportation of major parts

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Panasonic Introduces New Solar Modules to Improve Efficiency Rates

Panasonic’s EverVolt 2. Panasonic has introduced two new EverVolt series of solar modules to its residential solar solutions portfolio. The new 410W/400W H Series panels have half-cut cells, and heterojunction technology with gapsless connections. The 370W/360W PK Black Series modules are Panasonic’s first panels made with PERC technology. Comprised of 66 half-cut cells, the 410W/400W

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