by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
We expect 16.7 million passenger EVs to be sold and another million commercial EVs. Number of EVs on the road should reach 57 million by the end of the year. That is over 4% of the fleet. We expect a record 1.6 million public EV charging connectors to be added in...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
‘There’s a new solar record in Texas! Fitting it’s happening on this ultra cold, high demand day. We’re over 14,000 megawatts which is 3x the amount we had three years ago!’...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
China can now produce tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) PV modules for between $0.160/W and $0.189/W. Costs in Europe, India and the United States, by contrast, could be as low as $0.243/W, $0.281/W, and $0.195/W, respectively. Assumptions were based on the...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
‘A Solar Roof without batteries in Illinois had an estimated cost of $5.72 to $6.54 per watt depending on roof complexity. Another estimate from Texas ranged from $6.05 to $6.77 per watt.’ ‘Roof size does significantly affect the overall cost of a system. A small roof...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
‘Lordstown Village Council is holding a public hearing at 5:30 p.m. to discuss legislation that includes prohibiting of new permits for wind energy systems, solar energy systems, and any “major electric facilities.” Large wind and solar farms have been banned in all...
by John Fitzgerald Weaver | Solar News Stream
From analyst Roth MKM… “he is seeing substantial failure rates…he said the TSLA inverter and the Powerwall+ are now both failing at a 10% rate vs. 4% for inverter only in Q4’23 and 10% for the Powerwall+. Despite that…he still plans on...
