Don’t you love raffles? The Illinois Solar Education Association (ISEA) does, too, and this year you have a chance to win either a Rivian R1S or Rivian R1T electric vehicle (EV). It’s so exciting! Thanks to the ISEA and its annual raffle, the dream of driving your own Rivian EV … [continued]
The big headlines out of the Tesla conference call that just took place are that Tesla sales growth is slowing down. However, that was basically expected and I’ve talked about it at length in recent months. Then there’s also the note that the Tesla Model Y was the best selling … [continued]
On January 22, 2024, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) issued a request for information (RFI) to better understand technology development needs and commercialization opportunities for receivers and reactors used in concentrating solar-thermal power (CSP) plants for electricity generation and concentrating solar-thermal (CST) plants for … [continued]
A new journal article draws insights from 54 interviews of residents, developers, and policy makers around seven large-scale solar projects across the U.S. Despite national polls showing broad support for large-scale solar (LSS, defined here as ground-mounted photovoltaic projects ≥1 MWDC) among rural Americans, opposition from local residents and elected … [continued]
Perovskia is a Switzerland-based startup that has developed a perovskite-based solar cell technology that can be printed directly onto glass. They’re currently utilizing this technology to enable solar cells to be added to indoor devices. They’re targeting indoor devices as perovskite solar cells have a linear production curve that doesn’t … [continued]
Solar power on public lands will follow the example set by the Edwards & Sanford Solar & Storage facility in Kern County, California.
BLUETTI continues to build on its core competency of building slick battery systems with even more features that optimize them for use in the home. They were at CES 2024 in Las Vegas this year showing off their ever-increasing line of modular energy storage systems that were designed to be … [continued]
Perovskite solar cells are among the new technologies being assessed for the ambitious space solar project under way at Caltech.
The Canadian firm Worksport is on track to send solar panels flying onto millions of pickup trucks, electric or not, in the form of tonneau covers.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Yesterday, the Bureau of Land Management released a revised environmental review of the Western Solar Plan, also known as the Solar Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement (PEIS). This new document will govern leasing public lands for solar. Following is a statement from Ben Norris, vice president of regulatory … [continued]
