Sunrise brief: Rooftop solar in Hawaii gets a boost from a new incentive program
Also on the rise: A big solar + storage project in New Mexico secures construction financing, and racking and tracker company OMCO Solar offers a business update.
Residential solar installers can cut permitting times with this NREL-built app
The fee-based SolarAPP+ is designed to enable solar companies to cut time-to-install through an automated permitting process that may be used in more than 1,200 jurisdictions across more than 20 states.
Solar 101: How to ‘Goldilocks’ your solar project to make it just the right size
Too big? Too small? Just right? Many factors need to be considered when deciding how large or small to make your rooftop solar array. Here are our pro tips.
Georgia is approaching its net metering cap
Regulators are set to discuss the cap, though it is unclear whether that means to raise it, or implement a successor program.
Here’s why regulators rejected Duke Energy’s IRPs in South Carolina
Not a single IRP presented under South Carolina’s Energy Freedom Act has been accepted by state regulators. Could that be because the utilities are acting like the law doesn’t exist?
Sunrise brief: Is the solar sector as healthy as it seems?
Also on the rise: Chinese solar group calls forced labor allegations ‘unfounded’, and two southwest utilities issue RFPs for solar and distributed energy resources.
Facebook invests in 120 MW of solar for Utah data center
The social media company increased its in-state solar portfolio to 814 MW, and said it runs its operations on 100% renewable energy.
Urban Electric Power’s long-term storage solution takes battery storage back to the basics
Using a modified version of the same technology used in AA batteries, Urban Electric Power was accepted into EPRI’s Incubatenergy Labs program to prove their technology’s worth in front of some of the nation’s top utilities.
Sunrise brief: IRS extends ITC safe harbor for solar projects, offering ‘much-needed breathing room’
Also on the rise: Crossover Energy inks deal with KKR, EPRI to address extreme weather reliability issues, Nautilus Solar buys community solar projects, LS Power completes solar asset acquisition, and VDE takes a stake in testing firm RETC.
Ohio’s solar train keeps rolling with 150 MW in utility-scale projects approved
The 80 MW Angelina Solar Project and the 70 MW Alamo Solar Project could be the first of several large solar projects to be approved in the state this summer.
