Christian Roselund
More than 10 GW of utility-scale solar is under construction in the United States
Eight states have more than 400 MW-DC of projects under construction each, showing increasing market diversification.
Obama touts success of solar at SXSL event
The president also spoke about the need for energy storage at the event, which was inspired by the South-by-Southwest conference.
New video interviews with GTM Research, EnergySage and SunShot Director Dr. Charlie Gay
pv magazine LIVE brings you more videos interviews from the 2016 Solar Power International trade show
Macquarie acquires 80 MW-AC solar project in Utah
Scatec Solar’s Red Hills solar project is MREH’s eight solar facility.
Mission Solar Energy to close cell lines, lay off 87 employees
The bifacial PV maker will be closing 200 MW of cell capacity in Texas and sourcing cells from an un-named Asian PV cell maker.
Massachusetts regulators limit fixed charges, reject new fees for PV systems
National Grid had requested up to 5x and 3x increases on fixed charges for residential and commercial customers, as well as a new charge for community and government solar.
Long Island reaches 35,000 residential solar installations
This puts Long Island at as much as 280 MW of installed residential PV, as the largest regional market in the state.
Sometimes you win: the pv magazine USA week in review
This week we saw policy wins in California and New York City, as well as some good signs from Nevada and a promising policy in Massachusetts – not to mention documentation of a big fall in solar costs.
Minimal impact: BNEF’s Nathan Serota on the Clean Power Plan and solar
This week, federal courts heard the first arguments over the Clean Power Plan (CPP), the Obama Administration’s signature policy on greenhouse gas emissions in the power sector and the cornerstone of national compliance with the Paris Agreement. In this interview Nathan Serota, a senior analyst at Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) covering U.S. solar, provides some context for what the case and CPP mean for the solar industry.
California bills to dramatically expand distributed energy storage
Four bills signed by California governor Brown will mandate a distributed energy storage procurement, fund incentives for behind-the-meter storage, and more.
