On the afternoon of Tuesday, September 22nd, Tesla held a virtual meeting of shareholders and combined it with Battery Day to announce innovations with their battery cell technology. Battery Day was supposed to be last March but was delayed due to COVID-19. The event was broken up into three main segments: Proxy Vote, Annual Shareholder Presentation, and finally Battery Day.
Recap: #Tesla #BatteryDay and Annual Shareholder Meeting
Sep 23, 2020 2:28:42 AM / by Andrew Breiter-Wu posted in Energy Storage, Markets, Tesla, Batteries, Stock Commentary, Tesla Annual Meeting, Elon Musk, Tesla Battery Day
Green Mountain Power Expands Tesla Powerwall Program
Jul 7, 2020 10:00:00 AM / by Paul Fischer posted in Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Solar Development, Utilities, Vermont, Energy Storage, Utility-Scale PV, Tesla, 2020, Clean Energy, Green Finance, Solar assets, New England, Green New Deal, Green Mountain Power
Covid-19 weekly round-up: It is still unclear how the crisis will play out on various solar segments, although one US installer says business has never been better…
Jun 29, 2020 9:30:00 AM / by Max Hall, pv magazine posted in Policy, United States, Energy Storage, Markets, Utility-Scale PV, Finance, Distributed Storage, India, Germany, Europe, China, Distributed Solar, World, utility scale storage, Australia, Residential PV, Industrial PV, Commercial PV, Covid-19, Illinois, Markets & Policy, Modules & Upstream Manufacturing
Solar panels are going cheap at the moment. You might want to take advantage before the great Covid-19 sale comes to an end.
Green New Deal & COVID-19
Jun 26, 2020 11:00:00 AM / by Paul Fischer posted in Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy Storage, Andrew Breiter-Wu, Climate Change, Breiter Planet Properties, Green Bonds, Covid-19, Clean Energy, Clean Energy Jobs, Green Finance, ESG Investing, Green New Deal, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Ed Markey
Breiter Planet Properties President Andrew Breiter-Wu discusses various Green New Deal proposals and how they could solve problems presented by COVID-19.
Senator Ed Markey of Massachusetts, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York introduced a Green New Deal Resolution in February 2019 to address the existential crisis that climate change poses.
Hawaii’s solar tender will increase state’s capacity 50%
Jun 8, 2020 9:30:00 AM / by Tim Sylvia, pv magazine posted in Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, United States, Energy Storage, Utility-Scale PV, Distributed Solar, Covid-19, kauai, maui, solar goals
Image: ProSolar Hawaii
Amazon Announces Five New Utility-Scale Solar Projects to Power Global Operations in China, Australia, and the U.S.
Jun 4, 2020 9:15:00 AM / by Amazon posted in Renewable Energy, Utilities, United States, Energy Storage, Amazon, Climate Plan, Decarbonization, Corporate, Corporate Goes Solar, Climate Change, China, Australia, Industrial PV, Utility Scale Markets, Clean Energy, Green Finance, Procurement
Amazon announced five new renewable energy projects in China, Australia and the U.S. that further support Amazon’s commitment to reach 80% renewable energy by 2024 and 100% renewable energy by 2030 (and potentially as early as 2025), as well as to reach net zero carbon by 2040.
Decommissioning coal – an opportunity for energy storage?
May 18, 2020 9:15:00 AM / by George Hilton, Analyst, IHS Markit posted in Renewable Energy, Solar, Energy Storage, Decarbonize, Fossil Fuels, Coal, Wind Energy, Spain, Energy Generation, World, Base Load, Peak Demand, Carbon Emissions, Coal Plants, Co-Location
The Drax Power Station near Selby, North Yorkshire, is the single largest CO2 emitter in the U.K. Its owner plans to replace the coal-fired units with gas power and a 200 MW battery.
WoodMac expects 106 GW of solar to be installed this year
May 11, 2020 9:00:00 AM / by Sandra Enkhardt, pv magazine posted in Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Energy Storage, Decarbonize, Power Generation, Wind Energy, Electric Vehicles, Global, Electrification, Covid-19
Image: gregroose / Pixabay
Building on bifacial momentum
Apr 13, 2020 9:00:00 AM / by Mark Hutchins, pv magazine posted in Policy, Energy Storage, Markets, Utility-Scale PV, Distributed Storage, Racking, Technology, Industrial PV, Commercial PV, Utility Scale Markets, Research & Development, Colorado, Albedo, Batteries
The NREL’s bifacial testing site in Golden, Colorado.
Solar & Energy Storage Northeast
Feb 18, 2020 10:30:00 AM / by Paul Fischer posted in Property Owners, Commercial Solar Finance, Solar Capital, Commercial Solar, Businesses, Solar Finance, MA SMART Program, Massachusetts, Policy, Politics, Vermont, Energy Storage, Markets, Utility-Scale PV, Connecticut, Maine, New Hampshire, New York, Rhode Island, Boston, Installations, Decarbonize, Power Generation, Legislation, Climate Change, Energy Transition, Bifacial Modules, 2020, Global Warming, Technology, Sustainability, Industrial PV, Commercial PV, Government, Breiter Planet Properties