Solar Guide USA

October Utility Rate Increases on the Horizon

National Grid wants to raise electric rates to pay for storm damage from 2 years ago A Boston-based environmental agency is trying to prevent National Grid from passing on the costs to customers this fall.

Heat Emergency

Massachusetts faces heat advisory with heat index values soaring above 100 degrees, Michelle Wu declares heat emergency for Boston A heat wave is expected to start on Wednesday in Massachusetts, with it likely feeling north of 90 degrees each day through Saturday. Heat index values could soar above 100 degrees, even hitting 10…

The greening of red-state America, well underway in the Sun Belt, is now accelerating in the Midwest

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/solar-panels-midwest-cash-crop-120025031.html

Solar Panels Are the Midwest’s New Cash Crop as Green Energy Booms (Bloomberg) -- The greening of red-state America, well underway in the Sun Belt, is now accelerating in the Midwest. Ohio and Indiana — two Republican-led US states long dependent on coal power — are on the verge of solar-farm booms so staggering that their respective buildouts between now and 2...

6,000 residents who live in Babcock Ranch, a solar-powered town in southwest Florida, survived Hurricane Ian with minimal damage.

https://www.insider.com/babcock-ranch-florida-solar-power-town-survived-hurricane-ian-2023-2

Hurricane Ian destroyed parts of Florida, but one town came out of the storm almost unscathed. Inside Babcock Ranch, where one resident says they survived 'by design.' "We never lost power, water, or internet," Mark Wilkerson, a resident, told Insider. "And it's all by design, we weren't just lucky."

A new exploratory program called Solaris... aims to figure out if it is technologically and economically feasible to launch solar structures into orbit, use them to harness the sun’s power, and transmit energy to the ground.

https://www.wired.com/story/a-bold-plan-to-beam-solar-energy-down-from-space/

A Bold Plan to Beam Solar Energy Down From Space The European Space Agency is exploring a unique way to dramatically cut carbon emissions by tapping sunlight closer to the source.

The Boston Marathon is making major strides when it comes to sustainability.

https://finance.yahoo.com/news/boston-marathon-embracing-sustainability-205433089.html

How the Boston Marathon Is Embracing Sustainability Here's what organizers of the world's oldest annual marathon are doing to limit its carbon footprint, and how athletes can do the same

The energy business appears to be shifting toward sustainable energy sources, which has led to an increase in the installation of solar panels, which is predicted to fuel industry growth.

https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2023/02/13/2606353/0/en/Off-Grid-Solar-Market-Size-Worth-4-5-Billion-by-2030-The-Brainy-Insights.html

Off-Grid Solar Market Size Worth $4.5 Billion by 2030: The Brainy Insights The demand for off-grid solar systems has been increased due to the lower capital requirements. Thin-film solar PV panels held the greatest revenue share...

Sunrun has launched its new Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charger.
“There is a strong correlation between EV ownership and solar adoption. People want to charge their vehicles with a clean, reliable energy source that’s cheaper than what they’re used to paying. As we work with customers to understand their energy needs, our new EV charger, coupled with our ability to potentially upsize home solar systems to meet those needs, positions us nicely to help them future-proof their homes and provide peace of mind.”

https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/.../sunrun.../

Sunrun releases Level 2 EV charger to residential customers Sunrun has launched its new Level 2 electric vehicle (EV) charger. “Home solar and electric vehicle charging go hand in hand,” said Mary Powell, Chief

The hope, says Smith, is to create a system that’s more resilient in the face of climate change because it relies on fewer inputs.

https://civileats.com/2023/02/13/could-this-mobile-solar-powered-livestock-barn-reshape-the-corn-belt/

Could This Mobile, Solar-Powered Livestock Barn Reshape the Corn Belt? The ‘stock cropper’ method—raising chickens, hogs, and sheep between rows of grains—promises much-needed change to the farm landscape. Now it’s on the verge of scaling up.

Solar and wind power generated more than a fifth (22%) of its electricity in 2022, pulling ahead of fossil gas (20%) for the first time, according to the European Electricity Review 2023.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/01/renewable-energy-electricity-record-europe/

Wind and solar power generated more electricity in the EU last year than gas did. Here’s how Solar and wind power generated a fifth of Europe’s electricity in 2022, overtaking gas for the first time. Here’s what that means for energy transition.

Clean-energy sources will start displacing fossil fuels. As a result, global power-sector carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions will plateau or decline, despite rapidly rising demand.

https://www.weforum.org/agenda/2023/02/renewables-world-top-electricity-source-data/

Renewables will be world’s top electricity source within three years, IEA data reveals New IEA figures reveal that renewables combined with resurgent nuclear power will more than cover all of the global electricity demand between 2022-2025.

Developers plan to add 54.5 gigawatts (GW) of new utility-scale electric-generating capacity to the U.S. power grid in 2023, according to our Preliminary Monthly Electric Generator Inventory. More than half of this capacity will be solar power (54%), followed by battery storage (17%).

https://www.eia.gov/todayinenergy/detail.php?id=55419

More than half of new U.S. electric-generating capacity in 2023 will be solar Energy Information Administration - EIA - Official Energy Statistics from the U.S. Government