SB 2814 includes reforms to the state’s renewable energy mandate, which will now support an estimated 2.0 GW of solar by 2025, as well as a bailout for aging nuclear plants.

The visionary former CEO of NRG says that the advocacy organization plays a “critical” role.

While solar’s share of net U.S. generation was only 1.4%, this is a 40% increase from a year ago.

The test arrays will initially feature modules from three manufacturers, and NREL will publish the resulting performance and degradation rates online.

While TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global are making progress in their separation from SunEdison, the two yieldcos continue to be plagued by losses and report that available cash for payouts to investors will be substantially reduced from previous estimates.

DEWA has signed a $29.90/MWh PPA with Masdar for the 800 MW third phase of the Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum solar park.

A research note from Bloomberg New Energy Finance warns of the danger to the latest wave of utility-scale projects with short power contracts at low prices.

The acquisition includes utility-scale solar projects in Utah, Texas and Hawaii as well as 29 MW of distributed solar in four states.

In the most recent election, Populist candidates issued thinly veiled calls to return to an America that makes tangible goods. But can solar be part of a manufacturing renaissance in the United States? And what would be needed to make solar in America?

The move follows the governor’s office calling such charges “insane”. The provision to eliminate net metering has also been removed, as well as subsidies for coal-fired power plants.