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Virginia's first utility-scale battery storage project is now online.

The 12 MW lithium-ion battery storage pilot project was recently energized at Dominion Virginia's Scott Solar facility in Powhatan County.

Dominion Virginia now has three battery storage pilot projects in its portfolio.

In a head-snapping reversal, Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) said July 27 that he had reached a deal with Majority Leader Chuck Schumer on a budget reconciliation package that includes $369 billion for clean energy and climate change.

BayWa r.e. has partnered with the manufacturer of a recyclable pallet for solar module shipping.

Through BayWa r.e. Solar Systems, installers can select the PVpallet Series X to improve material transport and logistics, while aiding in their sustainability goals.

Compensation rules for residential rooftop solar are shifting toward a model that encourages customers to use battery storage to maximize solar self-consumption. 

A paper recently published by researchers at the Energy Department’s Berkeley Lab sets out to examine whether or not this trend is a good thing. 

The U.S. Departments of Energy and Health & Human Services said that five states and Washington, D.C. will support the pilot of a Community Solar Subscription Platform. The program is intended to connect families to solar energy and thereby lower electricity bills through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) and other low-income assistance programs. 

The U.S. solar industry added 21,563 jobs in 2021, a year-over-year increase of 9% from 2020, according to a new report.

Generate Capital has entered the grid-scale, front-of-meter battery storage market with the acquisition of California-based developer esVolta LP.

In June, FERC laid out a set of proposed rules to address what possibly is the biggest threat facing clean energy deployment goals in the US: interconnection delays. 

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