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Massachusetts finalizes SMART 3.0 following emergency solar regulations

The new solar incentive program contains a built-in mechanism for responding to market shifts, and addresses implementation challenges to ensure site selection and energy storage can achieve their intended policy goals.

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Clean energy transition requires more comprehensive local planning, study says

Local energy initiatives have increased at the local level, but researchers say more focus on addressing spatial planning and economic benefits is needed in the renewable energy transition.

September events for the solar industry

Events for solar professionals and advocates taking place this September.

Illinois incentives bolster battery, solar manufacturing growth

REV Illinois provides tax credits to businesses that will support the development and growth of electric vehicles and other products essential to the renewable energy sector.

New Jersey moves to increase energy storage to rein in costs

In conjunction with a separate bill to increase community solar projects, New Jersey Gov. Murphy signed legislation into law that will increase the state’s energy storage without new costs for ratepayers.

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New Jersey to expand community solar by 3 GW

With skyrocketing electric rates, New Jersey Gov. Murphy signed a new law to more than triple the capacity it currently has online and in the pipeline.

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Ecotopia net-zero community blossoms on former youth prison site

With nature on the forefront and a ban on fossil fuels, a new Michigan mixed-income community is equipped with solar, EV charging, geothermal heat pumps and sustainability in every detail.

U.S. Army stays course on mission to go solar

The U.S. Army installs solar projects as part of its climate strategy. It recently installed 13 MW of solar at Fort Polk, Louisiana.

Net metering causes less than one dollar cost shift to most ratepayers, study says

With many states seeking to replace net metering with alternative compensation that pays solar owners less for their excess electricity, the National Renewable Energy Laboratory launched a qualitative study to find the truth behind the alleged cross subsidization of solar customers by non solar customers.

Sunniest state in U.S. turns its back on the sun

Arizona holds a Guinness World Record for “most sunshine” and holds no significant gas reserves. However, despite hundreds of objections, its commission voted to repeal its renewable energy standard, letting its utilities take the wheel and head back toward more gas.

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