Category: California

  • Growing agrivoltaics: Conference harvests California, German know-how for farmland solar

    California and Germany are comparing notes on agrivoltaics development in an effort to move the industry through its early stages of adoption in the Golden State. At the first California Germany Agrivoltaics Conference, held at the University of California at Davis on Nov. 1, researchers, technology providers, project developers and government administrators combined ideas to……

  • Fate of solar self-consumption on the line in California this week

    The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is expected to release an amended proposed decision either today or tomorrow (Oct. 10) regarding changes to the Virtual Net Energy Metering (VNEM) and Net Energy Metering Aggregation (NEMA) programs. These programs regulate how solar is used and credited on multimeter properties, and as we reported in August, the……

  • New community solar farm a first for SoCal Edison under ECR program

    The newly launched 3.8 MWdc Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm in Adelanto, California, marks the first project under California’s Enhanced Community Renewables (ECR) program to be contracted by one of the state’s three investor-owned utilities. As one of the first community solar farms in Southern California, Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm is designed to generate clean energy……

  • CEC approves virtual power plant program to tap distributed batteries statewide

    The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a new virtual power plant (VPP) program that will tap into thousands of solar-charged batteries — approximately 100,000 — located at homes and businesses throughout the state. This Demand Side Grid Support program allow fleets of customer-sited batteries to be remotely dispatched when demand for electricity is at its……

  • CEC approves virtual power plant program to tap distributed batteries statewide

    The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a new virtual power plant (VPP) program that will tap into thousands of solar-charged batteries — approximately 100,000 — located at homes and businesses throughout the state. This Demand Side Grid Support program allow fleets of customer-sited batteries to be remotely dispatched when demand for electricity is at its……