Not dead yet: DOE Sunshot awards $30 million in new project funding
After President Donald J. Trump announced plans to close the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), most solar observers assumed the Sunshot Initiative was dead, too. But an announcement yesterday of a new round of funding proves the vital program isn’t quite dead yet.
Utilities still struggle to win fixed, demand charge appeals
In the latest 50 States of Solar Report from the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, net metering once again topped the list of actions of policies that states tried to change in 2016.
NextEra to build Wisconsin’s largest solar project
The national developer will build the 100-MW solar project on land adjacent to the Point Beach Nuclear plant in Two Rivers, Wis.
South Carolina county lands 155 MW of solar projects
The announcement by Kansas-based Tradewind Energy that it will build an $84.5 million, 75-MW solar farm in Orangeburg County, S.C., is the second solar-farm announcement in six days.
Flex survives a $500 million loss in business after SunEdison flamed out
Through no fault of its own, the energy-storage manufacturer revealed on its most recent earnings call that the continuing SunEdison fiasco cost it $500 million in revenue in 2016 – but it lived to tell the tale.
Report: Broadband users will drive solar in 2017
According to a new analysis by research firm Parks Associates, 15% of U.S. broadband households say they will purchase solar panels in 2017.
Indiana senate bill targets net-metering for elimination
State Senator Brandt Hershman has introduced SB 309 into the legislative docket, a bill that contains language that could scuttle net-metering long before its stated sunset of 2027.
Utility veteran takes FERC reins again
For the second time since 2013, Commissioner Cheryl LeFleur will lead the body that oversees federal regulation of the country’s energy market – including the two controversial gas pipelines opponents thought might be dead.
New Hampshire PUC staff suggests net-metering tweaks
The state’s public utilities commission staff recommended four minor tweaks to the net-metering programs, but said the utility had not proven its cost-shifting case to its satisfaction and asked utilities to gather more data before final rates can be determined.
Solar disappears down the memory hole on White House website
In a 337-word declaration called “An America First Energy Plan,” the new president praises shale oil, traditional oil and natural gas. Any mentions of renewable energy sources, however, have disappeared.
