california

Solar curtailments in California, the US, have never been higher in 2023, as solar generation outpaces transmission capacity upgrades, according to a report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Clearway Energy has started commercial operations at its Daggett solar-plus-storage facility in the US state of California.

After the passing of the Inflation Reduction Act, growth of community solar is expected to accelerate due to federal and state-level laws.

sonnenConnect will deploy a time of use (TOU) algorithm which, in conjunction with a battery (which NEM 3.0 reportedly incentivises), “ensures customers will not pay peak-period pricing at any point throughout the year”, the company said.

California’s transmission and distribution grid networks will need to expand fourfold and tenfold, respectively, to meet net zero targets.

Dimension has announced the closing of a US$237 million financing, which will support a 120MWdc distributed generation portfolio.

US utility Avangrid – a subsidiary of energy multinational Iberdrola – will build its first solar PV project in California, building on the back of an existing wind farm fleet of over 500MW in the state.

The California Energy Commission has revealed that solar generation in California has increased more than twentyfold between 2012 and 2022.

California is currently evaluating several community solar programmes, among them the NVBT which could boost solar-plus-storage projects.

Ohio House has introduced a solar bill that will accelerate the growth of community solar development under a state-wide pilot programme.