Commercial & Industrial PV

A3352 would require any warehouse over 10,000 square feet and constructed on or after July 1, 2022 to include a building design that’s optimized for solar installations.

Solar data has moved from a simple, imprecise tool that often lacked validation to one that is complex, comprehensive and forward-looking. This pv magazine USA webinar explored the changing data landscape.

Also on the rise: a report highlights long-duration storage challenges, Canadian Solar to sell shares to fund its energy storage business, a Houston office block will sprout rooftop PV, and an Oregon bill expands EV access.

We are by no means tax pros, but here are three insights to help you see how federal tax credits may benefit your solar project.

The installations are expected to reduce the CO2 equivalent of roughly six million pounds of coal burned in their first year, and provide urban heat reduction benefits.

Also on the rise: CS Energy provides EPC services for a 50 MW solar portfolio, UL buys a solar analytics platform, Sunnova places $500m of senior notes, service stations on Puerto Rico go solar, and XL Fleet buys an EV charging provider.

Also on the rise: The interconnection logjam for solar is large and growing, says Berkeley Lab in an upcoming study; price quotes for solar saw a big drop in the second half of 2020; and an Illini solar farm lives up to its name by planting a pollinator habitat.

Total installed solar capacity on schools has grown 139% since 2014, and now can be found on 5.5% of all public and private K-12 schools, according to the 2020 Brighter Future report.

Solar rooftop additions are unlikely to shave much from the record load that the grid operator expects as the economy recovers and hot and dry weather push demand growth.

Also on the rise: Ameren and Habitat for Humanity add solar in St. Louis, NextEra and National Grid win an early OK for a solar project, and grazing boosters look for more economic baa-in for sheep and bees at solar facilities.