The last few years have seen an increasing trend of negative power prices in the region served by the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), particularly in Southern California. Negative ...

The evolution of high-efficiency solar photovoltaic (PV) string inverters is driving a shift toward higher AC voltages in utility-scale solar applications. Using string inverters in solar plants rated ...

Boviet Solar Technology, a solar manufacturer headquartered in Vietnam, has opened its first U.S. manufacturing facility in Greenville, Pitt County, North Carolina. The opening completes Phase 1 of ...

Intelligent power management company Eaton announced it has completed the acquisition of Resilient Power Systems, a developer and manufacturer of energy solutions, including solid-state ...

Winter Storm Fern now holds the awfully unpleasant distinction of being the second-deadliest winter storm in U.S. history. From January 23-27, the massive (in scale and impact) weather event laid ...

A new policy paper from the Supergen Offshore Renewable Energy (ORE) Hub, and the Policy and Innovation Group at the University of Edinburgh, argues there is “significant potential value” to the UK if ...

DTE Energy has announced it will convert a portion of its retired Trenton Channel coal power plant site to house a 220-MW battery energy storage center. When complete in 2026, the energy storage ...

Image art by Paul Gerke via ChatGPT 4o. Tariffs and shifting trade policy have disrupted supply chains and project economics across the U.S. solar and renewable energy sectors. In this recorded ...

In Delaware, the Public Service Commission (PSC) is investigating why none of the 200+ community solar projects that applied with the state’s investor-owned utility, Delmarva Power, were in operation ...

You probably know what a watt is. It’s a unit of power. Old, inefficient incandescent light bulbs were rated by how many watts they used (e.g., 60 watts, 70 watts, or 100 watts). A kilowatt is 1000 ...

San Diego, Calif. — Farmers in Japan can now generate solar electricity while growing crops on the same farmland. In April, the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) approved the ...

Thomas Jefferson freaking loved mammoths. He was obsessed with them by some accounts; writing about them, collecting their fossils, and even trying to reconstruct one on the floor of the Oval Office.