By Kelly Pickerel Ten of the nation’s sunniest states get a failing grade for policies that actively block, or don’t encourage, rooftop-solar development, according to Throwing Shade, a new report from the Center for Biological Diversity. Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Louisiana, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia and Wisconsin account for more than 33% of the total…
By Paul Dvorak This article comes from AWEA. U.S. wind power continues to create jobs across the country, employing a record 105,500 men and women. Wind projects or wind-related factories are present in all 50 states, plus Guam and Puerto Rico, and farming communities and factory towns are the biggest beneficiaries. Bipartisan support is strong…
By Frank Andorka By Frank Andorka, Senior Correspondent What Happened:DTE Energy is in the news again, and it is yet again not for a good reason. Greenwood Solar has filed a complaint against the utility alleging that it is not negotiating to buy their electricity in good faith as is required under the Public Utility…
By [email protected] We have been hearing concerns that moving to a regional transmission operator to connect the Western U.S. somehow harms the prospects for greater development of distributed energy resources, especially local solar and storage, and could lead to an increase in the use of fossil fuels elsewhere in the region. A careful analysis of…
By Joshua S Hill Nearly 60% of American voters oppose tariffs recently imposed on imported solar cells and modules by US President Trump according to a new survey, including a majority in districts classified as “very red” despite nearly 60% of Republicans favoring the tariffs. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: Clean Technica
By Kathie Zipp The global solar photovoltaic (PV) inverters market will decline from $6.3 billion in 2017 to $3.7 billion in 2022, with Asia-Pacific (APAC) relinquishing its leading regional share to the Americas over the forecast period, according to GlobalData, a data and analytics company. While APAC will see its share of the market fall…
By Kathie Zipp Hawaii Governor David Ige signed into law SB 2939, which reforms the century-old model for how investor-owned electric utilities get paid. The law links future utility revenues, in the form of performance incentives or penalties, to performance metrics. This includes incentives for Hawaiian utilities to connect more customer-sited solar and battery systems….
By Frank Andorka By Frank Andorka, Senior Correspondent What Happened: Schletter’s U.S. subsidiary filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in the Western District of North Carolina, where the company’s headquarters are located. By written consent of the company’s board of directors, Schletter is seeking protection from between 299 and 1,000 creditors. The filing, signed by…
By Kelly Pickerel The Schletter Group is reorganizing its business in the United States. The U.S. subsidiary Schletter Inc., based in Shelby, North Carolina, has filed for Chapter 11 proceedings in order to sort out its current financial situation. Business activities are to be continued in close cooperation with clients and creditors. “Filing for Chapter…
By Kelly Pickerel The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) has announced its annual Top 10 lists recognizing the U.S. utilities that added the most new solar and storage to the grid in 2017. Compiled as part of SEPA’s 11th annual Utility Market Survey, the lists include the top utilities in four categories: new solar megawatts…
By Mark Osborne British perovskite solar cell developer Oxford PV has undertaken a new funding round, led by key existing investors Statoil and Legal & General Capital. Read Full Article Here For more great articles: News – Solar Power Portal
By Frank Andorka By Frank Andorka, Senior Correspondent What Happened:Long-time solar industry denizen Silvio Marcacci took to Forbes to argue that low- and middle-income Americans could represent a 320 GW untapped solar market in the United States. Marcacci’s conclusions are based on a new report out of the National Renewable Energy Laboratory – the first…
By Kelly Pickerel A new survey finds that nearly six in 10 voters oppose the new tariffs on solar panels imposed by the Trump administration, including a majority in very red districts. However, nearly six in 10 Republicans favor the tariffs. On January 22, the Trump administration imposed a 30% tariff on imported solar panels….
By Amy Stankiewicz FERC data show that 14 new “units” of wind, totaling 1,568 MW, came into service in January and February 2018, along with 40 units of solar (565 MW) for a total of 2,133 MW. Wind and solar accounted for more than 98% of all new U.S. electrical generation placed into service in…
By Kelly Pickerel Sunrise Solar Solutions has just won its 10th Solarize contract, Solarize Our Congregation, a new solar power program bringing quality solar installations at discounted pricing to members and friends of selected religious organizations. Sunrise Solar Solutions was named the official solar installer for the Hudson River Presbytery-South, which includes 34 Presbyterian congregations…