February 2022

Hyperlight Energy Licenses NREL’s Novel Receiver Design Technology for Use on Solar Platform

John King Hyperlight Energy, a developer of Hylux, a concentrated solar power (CSP) technology, has signed an exclusive license agreement with the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) for its patented receiver design technology. The design improves the performance of linear Fresnel reflector (LFR) receivers used in Hyperlight’s CSP platform. The improved […]

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Freedom Forever Integrates Aurora’s Real-time Solar Quoting into Sales Network

Freedom Forever’s extensive sales network will use Aurora Solar‘s Sales Mode AI product to deliver accurate solar proposals to homeowners in real time. Sales Mode AI uses proprietary machine-learning algorithms that are based on millions of 3D roof designs, as well LIDAR and imagery data to automatically create a 3D design.

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Renewable energy advocates are angry at planned ISO NE move on MOPR

Courtesy: ISO New England Follow @EngelsAngle Grid operator ISO New England announced it would extend the minimum price rule (MOPR), which will be in effect through 2024. This move was condemned by renewable energy advocates. ISO New England released a statement describing the “transition” proposal, which will be submitted to FERC in the coming weeks.

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NREL Researchers Delve into Use of Heat Transfer Mediums for Concentrating Solar Power

An employee performs diagnostics on heliostats in a Nevada solar thermal plant. Photo by Dennis Schroeder at NREL Concentrating solar power (CSP), has been a promising technology for renewable energy. To spur CSP industry advancement and achieve an energy cost goal of 5 cents per kWh, the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Gen3 CSP program

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Swell Energy Debuts New Distributed Energy Resource Management System

Swell Energy Inc., a smart grid solutions provider, has launched GridAmp, its proprietary Distributed Energy Resource Management System. The enhanced DERMS platform combines Distributed Energy Resources, including solar and battery-storage devices, into virtual plants (VPP), which provides advanced grid capabilities to utilities. GridAmp will control multiple grid service operations with behind-the-meter solar-powered batteries within Swell’s

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Daiwa, Solariant Collaborating to Develop Renewable Energy Projects in the U.S.

Solariant’s 41.3 MW Solar Plant in Kagoshima (Japan) Solariant Capital LLC, a renewable energy investment and development company, has entered into a strategic co-development and co-investment partnership with Daiwa Energy & Infrastructure Co. Ltd. (DEI), a subsidiary of Daiwa Securities Group Inc. The partnership will initially focus on developing Solariant’s portfolio

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Can the feds jump start 24/7 carbon-free electricity adoption?

September 14, 2021 – Joe Biden is the President of the United States and spoke during a visit to the Flatirons Campus at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory in Arvada. The President received insight into NREL’s long-term research mission, vision, and critical objectives which directly align with his decarbonization goals and national energy priorities.(Photo by

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TotalEnergies Purchases SunPower’s Commercial-Industrial Solar Business for $250 Million

SunPower Commercial. Overall view of the UC Davis West Village at Hutchison Drive in Davis. TotalEnergies has signed a definitive agreement with SunPower Corp. to acquire its Commercial & Industrial Solutions (CIS) business for $250 million, including $60 million of earn-out subject to regulatory evolution. TotalEnergies is the majority shareholder in SunPower, an energy services

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