Proposed coal and nuclear bailout roundly condemned in FERC comments
In the second round of comments an incredibly diverse group of actors are stating that DOE’s attempts to subsidize “fuel secure” generation is simply a bad idea. And possibly illegal, too.
Solar survives the storms in Puerto Rico
In this op-ed Elie Rothschild of Sollega takes a look at the issue of mounting systems in extreme wind situations, such as Hurricane Maria in Puerto Rico
NRG Yield shows modest progress in Q3
The yieldco has closed on a drop-down of 38 MW of solar from NRG, and formed an investment partnership in $50 million of community solar projects.
NREL hits new efficiency record for quantum dot cell
Scientists at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have created a solar cell using colloidal quantum dots, which achieved 13.4% conversion efficiency – a new world record for this emerging technology.
New credit union specializing in PV and other clean energy loans opens up.
Clean Energy Credit Union, affiliated with the American Solar Energy Society, starts up online operations.
Washington Post comes out against tariffs on solar
The Post has become the latest large mainstream U.S. news publication to oppose the tariffs, as South Korea considers a WTO complaint.
#Solar100’s Keith Martin: the Chuck Todd of solar
Richard Matsui, founder of kWh Analytics, speaks with Keith Martin, Co-Head of Projects at Norton Rose Fulbright (formerly Chadbourne).
AEP to invest $1.8 billion in renewables over the next three years
One of the nation’s largest power companies is looking to increase its renewable energy portfolio five-fold in value and has identified a 1.37 GW solar pipeline.
U.S. Senate approves two more FERC commissioners
Kevin McIntyre and Robert Glick, a Republican and a Democrat, will join FERC as it considers a controversial bailout for nuclear and coal generation.
Battery Up! National laboratories offering study and webinar on commercial PV and storage
Lawrence Berkeley and National Renewable Energy Laboratories team up on modeling optimal PV and energy storage packages for a wide variety of commercial applications targeting demand charge reduction.
