GM Energy calls for vehicle-to-grid collaboration to cut grid costs by up to $7 billion per year - pv magazine USA

Electric vehicles with vehicle-to-grid capability could reduce grid costs by up to $7 billion per year by 2030, says a report by the consultancy E3, and a GM Energy executive has called on other autom...

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Flexible interconnection of MW-scale solar advances in eight states - pv magazine USA

Flexible interconnection enables a solar developer to accept some curtailment to avoid the costs of a distribution grid upgrade. Speakers at a community solar conference discussed tradeoffs among appr...

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Solar-friendly dynamic pricing of electricity could cut California’s peak demand by several GW

Dynamic pricing of electricity along with price-responsive residential and commercial equipment would lead to a solar-friendly load shape, while reducing peak demand and customer bills, says a report ...

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New York SEIA says flexible interconnection could enable 3.3 GW more community solar

Much more community solar could be built in upstate and western New York to bring solar bill savings to more customers, if utilities offered flexible interconnection as an option for solar developers,...

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Lessons from Australia for scaling rooftop solar and home batteries

Rooftop solar in Australia has reached a high system capacity and is prompting rapid growth in home batteries. To explore how to transfer that success to the U.S., a study group of U.S. regulators met...

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“Pry open” VPP markets by ensuring VPP providers may access customer data, groups say

Two groups allege that utilities are blocking virtual power plant aggregators from accessing the meter data they need to provide a VPP. The groups call for using antitrust law to “pry open” VPP market...

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Louisiana projected to add 12 GW of utility-scale solar by 2035

A study funded by NextEra Energy projects that Louisiana’s annual solar deployment will decline from 2028 through 2030 due to expiring tax credits and then rise steadily through 2035, with associated ...

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PJM states could lower electric bills by enabling retail choice with household batteries

As state governors across the PJM grid region “have expressed alarm over capacity prices” that drive up electric bills, retail choice models that can quickly deploy thousands of distributed batteries ...

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Remote inspection of new residential solar saves time and can improve safety

A report from nonprofit group IREC presents evidence that remote inspection of new residential solar and/or storage installations can yield improved code compliance and safety, compared to on-site ins...

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Jigar Shah sees virtual power plants as the fastest way for states to stabilize electric bills

States can control the retail cost of electricity by promoting virtual power plants, consisting of distributed batteries and other resources, which can be deployed “within months,” said industry veter...

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National lab assesses alternatives to “direct transfer trip” that can block solar projects

“Direct transfer trip,” a costly approach to ensure that distributed generation shuts down during a power outage, can make solar projects uneconomical. A national lab report points to a combination of...

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How battery deployment in the Eastern U.S. could scale as in Texas and California

A study led by two energy lawyers documents the causes of “lagging” battery energy storage deployment in the Eastern U.S. and recommends 15 policy solutions that could help scale BESS deployment.

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Doubling the pace of adding solar and storage in the PJM region could save $178 billion by 2035

Adding 78 GW more solar and 54 GW more battery storage in the PJM grid region than projected in a status quo scenario would drive a 20% reduction in system costs and improve reliability through 2035, ...

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New Jersey makes it easier for distributed generation up to 2 MW to interconnect

New Jersey is now a “top ten” state for interconnecting distributed solar and storage, said nonprofit group IREC, as projects with an export capacity of up to 2 MW will now qualify for a more streamli...

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National lab projects enhanced geothermal cost could decline to $100/MWh by 2035

Declining costs for enhanced geothermal could make the technology a stronger competitor to solar plus storage. A national lab atlas shows wide potential for enhanced geothermal deployment, primarily i...

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Navajo Power’s 750 MW solar + storage project secures Navajo Nation land lease

Looking at development opportunities beyond the 750 MW project, Navajo Power’s CEO said that expanded transmission capacity in the region would better position the Navajo Nation as a regional energy p...

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Sponsor of Utah’s plug-in solar law sees momentum toward a UL standard

Utah’s enactment of a plug-in solar law last year has prompted the safety certification body UL to begin developing a safety standard for the equipment, said the law’s sponsor, while plug-in solar man...

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Yale Divinity School selects Luma Solar PV roofing shingles for a 200 kW roof

A Luma Solar roofing system with integrated PV is now a key feature of a sustainable building on the Yale University campus.

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A guidebook on plug-in balcony solar for state-level policymakers

Responding to increased state-level interest in plug-in solar, a nonprofit group has published an in-depth guidebook to help state policymakers navigate the path to allowing households to use the syst...

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Grid-forming inverters significantly enhance grid stability, national lab finds

The Kauaʻi Island Utility Cooperative in Hawaii, which deployed storage before grid-forming inverters became available, became a test case for diagnosing grid issues that can arise with older grid-fol...

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U.S. would reach 100% renewable energy by 2148 at recent pace

China is outpacing the U.S. toward 100% renewables for all energy uses and is on track to reach that standard by 2051, versus 2148 for the U.S., projects a study of 150 countries by Stanford professor...

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ERCOT outperformed on interconnection in 2024 likely due to “connect and manage”

More than 25 GW of large-scale generating projects seeking an interconnection agreement in the ERCOT grid region reached that stage in 2024. Berkeley Lab said ERCOT’s “connect and manage” approach “is...

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California water district plans up to 21 GW of solar on land fallowed due to water shortages

A water district serving the western San Joaquin Valley has established a long-term blueprint for developing solar, storage and transmission on lands that “can no longer sustain irrigated agriculture....

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New York program to deploy solar on previously developed sites yields 12 MW in five years

New York State’s Build-Ready program, designed to clear hurdles to solar or storage deployment on previously developed sites, has faced challenges well beyond the expiration of tax credits under the O...

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Colorado utility PSCo must offer flexible interconnection for community solar, storage

Flexible interconnection is one of the most impactful, cost-effective tools for enabling distributed energy resource deployment, said a joint filing by the Solar Energy Industries Association and othe...

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