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How to scale rooftop community solar in cities
Urban Energy and Scale Microgrids are teaming up on a new approach to make community solar viable in densely populated neighborhoods.
By Canary Creative .
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How solar microgrids are bringing power (and quiet) to North Carolina
In areas hit by Hurricane Helene, the nonprofit Footprint Project is replacing noisy and polluting generators with solar panels and batteries.
By Elizabeth Ouzts .
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Podcast
Unpopular solar opinions, 2022 edition
BloombergNEF's Jenny Chase breaks down her annual Twitter thread on the year in solar.PlayBy Shayle Kann .
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Food and farms
Tomatoes and solar panels could go well together
Agrivoltaics — agriculture paired with solar arrays — could help the U.S. tomato industry in increasingly hot and dry regions, research suggests.By Kari Lydersen .
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Swell raises $120M for virtual power plants to link solar and batteries
Getting networks of homes with rooftop solar and batteries to help balance the grid requires innovative tech and financing. L.A.-based Swell Energy is on it.By Jeff St. John .
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Food and farms
Video: How solar panels and crops can thrive side by side
Step into the field to see agrivoltaics up close.By Alison F. Takemura .
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Food and farms
Can agriculture and solar farms coexist? It depends
At a test site in Colorado, researchers and farmers are collaborating to figure out what works — and what doesn't — when it comes to agrivoltaics.By Alison F. Takemura .
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How EDP Renewables is unlocking solar-plus-storage in rural America
Lining up a roster of talented project partners is the key to making renewables projects work in smaller communities.By
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New California rooftop-solar plan drops ‘solar tax,’ but fears remain
California regulators want to promote equity and boost batteries to shore up the grid. Critics on both sides say the latest net-metering plan misses the mark.By Jeff St. John .
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Energy equity
More lower-income US households are adopting solar
A new report finds that rooftop solar is growing among low- and moderate-income households, though the industry still has a wealth gap problem.By Alison F. Takemura .
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7.000 sistemas solares vinculados van a ayudar a la red central en Puerto Rico
Sunrun está desarrollando la primera planta de energía virtual en la isla utilizando sistemas solares y de baterías ya instalados.By Maria Gallucci .
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