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Trump appoints uncontroversial energy lawyer to head FERC

Kevin McIntyre has a lot of experience with federal energy cases but has made few waves, and so far the solar industry is taking a wait-and-see approach.

Duke to build its first solar plants in Kentucky

The company says that the plants will begin construction later this summer, with plans to complete the 6.8 MW of solar by the end of 2017.

Leaked DOE study draft: U.S. grids are getting more reliable, not less

A leaked draft of the study ordered by DOE Secretary Perry appears to show what we already knew: That grids are getting more reliable, not less, as wind and solar are added. But the political tampering with the facts may already be happening.

NRG does (another) u-turn on renewables

The power giant is embracing a business plan that includes selling 50-100% of its renewables business and yieldco NRG Yield as part of a massive unloading of assets and investments.

California energy storage incentive bill dies in committee

A last-ditch effort to pass SB 700 and create a long-term energy storage subsidy in California has failed, leaving the state without a plan for one portion of what it needs to meet increasingly ambitious renewable energy targets.

Net metering is dead. Long live net metering

The must-see panel of Intersolar North America (if you could only see one) discussed the most pressing issue in distributed solar today: What’s happening with net metering – and where does the industry go from here?

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Solar and political struggle: The view from Intersolar North America

Despite all the success of the U.S. solar industry, the 10th annual Intersolar North America launched on an activist tone, with policy struggles at both the state and national level. In many ways, the work of transforming our energy system is just beginning

Approval granted for New York’s largest community solar project

The town of Grand Island in Upstate New York has authorized a 4.4 MW-DC community solar project, one of three that developer Blue Rock Energy has either completed or has underway in the state.

PV plant built on nuke site as renewables surpass nuclear in March, April

The 1 MW plant on the site of half-built nuclear power plant in Tennessee is a harbinger of things to come in the U.S. and global electricity mixes, as demonstrated in March and April.

NREL turns 40 amid questions about its future

DOE’s National Renewable Energy Laboratories has built up an impressive list of accomplishments over the last 40 years. But can it survive the Trump Administration’s budget ax?

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