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Tesla unveils a bigger, better, simpler Solar Roof – at a 40% discount Elon Musk has officially launched the third phase of his crusade to make a successful solar roof tile, with promises that this time it is going to be a success.
Christian Roselund
Oct 29, 2019
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Markets & Policy
Lithium-ion batteries are (still) headed for tariffs as of September 1 The energy storage market is set to be the latest affected by Trump’s trade war, and lithium-ion batteries were not included in a group of Chinese imports where tariffs will be delayed until December 15.
Christian Roselund
Aug 15, 2019
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Tesla results: U.S. solar installations down, batteries up Elon Musk’s EV and energy company is becoming increasingly irrelevant in the U.S. rooftop solar market, but battery sales are booming.
Christian Roselund
Jul 26, 2019
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Roth: Huawei exits U.S. solar inverter market Roth Capital Partners reports that the inverter maker ceased U.S. sales last Friday, laying off all of its U.S. citizen staff, amid rising tensions between the Trump Administration and China.
Christian Roselund
Jun 25, 2019
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Is the U.S. solar market slipping towards merchant? As contract lengths shorten, U.S. solar developers and investors are relying more and more on sales of power in the spot market as the future.
Christian Roselund
Jun 20, 2019
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New York Senate passes the biggest renewable energy mandate in the US The 70%-by-2030 renewable energy provision in legislation S6599 is second only to Washington DC’s 100% by 2032 aim, and includes targets of 6 GW of distributed solar by 2025 and 3 GW of energy storage by 2030. It is expected to pass the assembly today.
Christian Roselund
Jun 19, 2019
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The U.S. energy storage market will nearly double this year The combination of solar plus storage is super-charging the deployment of batteries across the country, and IHS Markit says that the United States will become the largest market for grid-tied energy storage this year.
Christian Roselund
May 21, 2019
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LONGi launches new high-powered half-cut bifacial module The Hi-MO 4 offers power ratings up to 430 watts, with module efficiencies as high as 19.2%, as the latest high-powered module to hit the floor at Intersolar Europe.
Christian Roselund
May 15, 2019
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SunPower could break into the black this quarter The high efficiency PV maker may be hot on the tail of its golden goose, with demand outweighing supply for the company’s new A-Series and P-Series modules. And now that reetooling is over, it’s time to sell.
Christian Roselund
May 14, 2019