Rachel Metea
Meta inks 360 MW solar deal with Adapture Renewables
The largest corporate solar offtaker signed on for more Texas solar with Adapture Renewables, bringing the total capacity between the two companies to nearly 700 MW.
New York passes bill requiring transparency of Power Authority’s renewable projects
The Public Renewables Transparency Act will create more oversight in how the New York Power Authority is making progress in its renewable energy strategic plan.
Minnesota saves community solar program
A debate to repeal of one of the country’s most successful community solar programs offers a window into other states’ battles to implement similar programs.
Louisiana passes solar setback law, but still allows parishes, landowners control
In the aftermath of a small surge in utility-scale projects that created division among Louisiana parishes over solar restrictions, Gov. Landry passed a law creating setback requirements, which landowners can opt-out of, but also opens the door to parishes imposing tighter local restrictions.
Yes in my backyard: research rejects ‘NIMBY’ hypothesis for solar opposition
Most people who live near large-scale solar projects have positive or neutral feelings about the solar project and only 18% would be opposed to additional solar projects, found a national survey published in Frontiers in Sustainable Energy Policy.
Array Technologies to acquire APA Solar
Solar tracker provider Array Technologies entered an agreement to acquire Ohio-based solar racking company APA Solar for $179 million.
Solar grazing undergoing rapid growth, census finds
The scale of livestock grazing in agrivoltaic installations is much larger than previously understood, found the first solar grazing census by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory and the American Solar Grazing Association.
Illinois powers up a new generation of community solar 2.0
A state that’s considered a leader in U.S. community solar policy powered up the first of its new type of community solar projects, which was years in the making.
Montana governor vetoes community solar bill
The GOP-supported bill would have mandated community solar among its investor-owned utilities.
For rooftop, community solar, ‘we’re all for it,’ ComEd says
Electric utility ComEd and its parent company Exelon spoke in a keynote session at the Midwest Solar Expo about why, as utilities, they want growth in the community solar and rooftop solar markets.
