Solar

Renewables generation expected to account for over half of 2016 capacity additions

News

Monthly generation from small-scale solar PV peaked in July at 2.1 billion kilowatthours Once final data are in, EIA expects 24 gigawatts (GW) of new generating capacity to be added to the power grid during 2016. For the third consecutive year, more than half of these additions are renewable technologies, especially wind and solar. Of […]

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Vulcan solar project receives Alberta Utilities Commission approval

Canada

 Vulcan Solar can be ready for construction in Spring 2017 EDF EN Canada Inc., a subsidiary of EDF Energies Nouvelles Group, says it plans to soon begin construction of the largest development of a utility-scale solar project in Western Canada, the company announced in a press release. The proposed 77.5 megawatt solar photovoltaic (PV) facility is located in

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Albertans now allowed to micro-generate more green electricity

Canada

Since 2009, micro-generation in Alberta increased on average 70% each year Changes to the regulation that governs micro-generation include increasing the size limit to five megawatts from one megawatt and allowing a micro-generating system to serve adjacent sites, which is especially helpful for operations with more than one building, such as farms, according to an

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Sunrun expands home battery storage to California

Innovation

Sunrun BrightBox stores some energy generated by solar panels Dec 14 (Reuters) – U.S. solar company Sunrun Inc on Wednesday said it was expanding its home battery storage offering to homeowners in California after enjoying better-than-expected demand for the product in Hawaii. With a solar energy system combined with storage, a product Sunrun called BrightBox, homeowners

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Natural gas, wind, lowest-cost generation technologies for much of U.S.

Innovation

Nuclear generation found to be lowest-cost option in 400 out of 3,110 counties nationwide AUSTIN, Texas — Natural gas and wind are the lowest-cost technology options for new electricity generation across much of the US when cost, public health impacts and environmental effects are considered, according to new research released by The University of Texas

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About 30% of American distributed solar capacity is owned by third parties

News

California has the highest distributed solar capacity at 4.9 GW Distributed solar capacity in the United States, which includes all solar power capacity other than utility-scale installations 1 MW or larger, totaled 12.3 gigawatts (GW) as of Sept., according to the US Energy Information Administration. About 30 per cent of that amount (3.7 GW) was owned

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