Weekend Rundown. A few things to get you into your weekend, back to regularly scheduled commentary next week.
FERC Gets Connected. New rules published by FERC to help with the interconnection backlog.
Factories In Focus. Enphase announced its second US factory and First Solar its 5th, just yesterday.
Still Hot. If you build solar, stay up to speed on the hazard alert issued since it may affect your installation crews.
- New York Times: A Bottleneck on the Grid Threatens Clean Energy. New Rules Aim to Help.
- Axios: Biden announces first-ever heat wave “hazard alert” for workers
- PV-Magazine: First Solar announces fifth U.S. manufacturing facility
- Reuters: Enphase Energy sees revenue below estimates on weak U.S. demand, shares fall
- PV-Tech: SunPower reports net loss of US$30 million in Q2 2023 preliminary results
- Utility Dive: Barrasso ties possible transmission reforms to ‘premature’ power plant retirements
- Solar Builder: In for the long haul – Charting the rise of long duration energy storage
- Energy Storage News: Grid services revenues could be key to unlocking solar and storage for low-income communities
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Best, Yann