You can’t kill the solar industry — and all attempts just make us stronger
In this op-ed for pv magazine, Tony Clifford of Standard Solar highlights the indomitable spirit of the solar industry, passing and thriving in the face of all hurdles with Olympic effectivity.
It’s official: Gross metering will end in Maine
The return of net metering in Maine points to the back and forth that the policy is going through nationally – including in nearby Connecticut.
Facebook’s solar fake news, Recurrent secures $50 million and more: pvMB for 4/3/19
Hello and welcome to the slightly-retooled pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at commercial development coming to southern Virginia, Dynapower’s new 500 kW DC-DC converter, the development of PJM and Argonne National Lab’s solar guidelines and everything else you need today.
Tesla brings brownfield solar to Maryland, solar stop signs and more: pvMB 4/2/2019
In today’s pvMB, we also bring you an Iowa legislator seeking more information before signing off on a bill to cut solar compensation, solar and wind entering their 3rd phase, and a bill to move prisons and university classrooms to solar.
Goldman Sachs to snatch up 233 MW of C&I solar from SunPower
The transaction both feeds the growing appetite of institutional investors for solar projects, and also provides SunPower with more cash.
pvMB 3/29: Ameresco wins eight projects through SMART, University of Minnesota to go solar
The eagle flies on Friday, and in today’s pvMB we bring your Fluence’s new CTO, ET Solar making a comeback, Pason & Chint’s integrated energy storage solution, and more…
pvMD 3/28/19: Community solar proposed for Duck Island, NJ, 6 MW of battery systems in Arkansas… and more!
Hello, and welcome to your Thursday pvMB. The weekend is almost here. Today we’ll be looking at BlueCross BlueShield installing 10,000 solar panels at its Chattanooga HQ, Hawaii’s solar trash cans, futuristic Dutch solar houseboats and everything else that matters today.
pvMB: 3/27/19: Lansing could go renewable, Freedom Forever expands to Illinois… and more!
Hump Daaaay! Sorry, Geico has been running all their classic commercials for a few months now, and they’re all gold. Anyway, welcome to your Wednesday pvMB where we’ll be looking at Mitsubishi’s new U.S. renewable development arm, Tesla’s Model 3 launch snafu, a solar-powered tiny home and everything else you need to take on the day.
LCOE for li-ion batteries has fallen to $187/MWh — BNEF
Lithium-ion batteries are increasingly posing a competitive threat to coal- and gas-fired generating plants when paired with solar and wind projects in a number of markets throughout the world, without the need for subsidies, according to new research by BloombergNEF (BNEF).
pvMB 3/26/19: SunPower repeats as commercial champs, Arkansas’ solar strides… and more!
Good morning! In today’s brief we also bring you 195 MW of solar plants underway in Florida, a new report by Sunrun and Wilmington, Delaware’s first solar brewery.
