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Updated low-income solar guide designed to accelerate deployment

GRID Alternatives and Vote Solar’s updated guide includes information on new programs they believe will help solar advocates reach stranded communities more quickly and with greater ease.

Plunging panel prices force Celestica from market

Just four years after becoming a solar panel producer, the Canadian manufacturing conglomerate pulls out of the market, citing an inability to make a profit at current market prices.

Final FERC nominations draw near

President Donald Trump appears to have narrowed his search to fill two of the commission seats with pro-business candidates, who have histories of opposing clean-energy development. The news comes amidst new reports of draconian cuts coming to the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, with figures being attached to them.

Aquion files for Chapter 11 bankruptcy

After losing money for the past two years, the saltwater battery storage company couldn’t raise enough new capital to meet its debt obligations, leading to the filing in the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware yesterday.

South Carolina snags another utility-scale solar farm

ESA Renewables will construct the project, which is projected to produce 23,100 MWh annually, enough to power 2,400 single-family homes per year.

BREAKING: Authorities could lower Taiwanese import duties to single digits

A preliminary finding by the U.S. Department of Commerce could lower import duties first imposed on Taiwan solar cell manufacturers in 2014 from high double-digits to single digits, while tariffs on Chinese module and cell manufacturers imposed at the same time remain in place.

Study proves (again) that net metering can undervalue solar

At the behest of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Minnesota Power submitted a Value of Solar Tariff plan – and proved (yet again) that as even the best net-metering plan can undervalue what solar means to the grid and ratepayers.

Gaz Métro acquires Standard Solar to enter U.S. commercial market

The acquisition allows the Maryland commercial firm to expand its service offerings and explore the possibilities of becoming an independent power producer.

Residential solar ownership now outpaces leasing (with charts)

According to new data by GTM Research, the ratio of solar leases and PPAs to full ownership flipped in the fourth quarter of 2016, when fewer than half of all new residential solar systems were operating under third-party arrangements – down from its 2014 peak of 72%.

GRID Alternatives adds Sunrun as another option for third-party ownership

The California Public Utilities Commission approved Grid Alternatives’ proposal to allow Sunrun to own and operate projects for the Single Family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH) Program.

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