Base Power Launches Base Core Home Battery, Raises $1B to Expand Nationwide
Base Power has announced a $1 billion Series D financing at a $13 billion post-money valuation, alongside the launch of Base Core, a home battery now in production at Base Factory 1 in Austin, Texas. The company has raised more than $2.5 billion in total capital to date. Base Core is one of the largest […]
MAPC Deploys Off-Grid Solar EV Charging and Carshare Service in Massachusetts
The Metropolitan Area Planning Council (MAPC) has launched CommunityEV Carshare, a pilot electric vehicle carshare program placing solar-powered charging stations and electric vehicles at four locations in Eastern Massachusetts currently underserved by carsharing services. The program is funded by a $1 million Accelerating Clean Transportation for All grant from the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center. The […]
Tandem PV Strengthens Manufacturing Platform with Acquisition of nexTC
Tandem PV has acquired nexTC Corporation, an Oregon-based developer of advanced thin-film metal oxide coating processes. The acquisition brings nexTC’s coating technology, intellectual property, and technical expertise directly into Tandem PV as the company scales its Fremont demonstration line toward commercial production. nexTC specializes in solution-based transparent oxide coatings, which are ultrathin layers used in […]
NC State Researchers Demonstrate Up to 13% Improvement in Solar Power Forecasting
Researchers at North Carolina State University have demonstrated techniques that improve day-ahead solar power forecasts by up to 13% over the most consistently performing individual forecasting model. The research team tested seven forecasting models using weather and power generation data from two California utilities — the Imperial Irrigation District and the Los Angeles Department of […]