Florida’s right to solar initiative goes to state supreme court
The court is the first stop of the ballot initiative which would break up the big utilities, introduce retail choice, and enshrine the right of residents to generate their own power.
Duke installed over 550 MW of solar in the Carolinas in 2018
The company built on its 2017 mark of installing 500 MW of new solar in the Carolinas by adding 565 MW in 2018, with even greater growth anticipated in the future.
pvMB 1/29/19: FPL exceeds 1 GW of solar, Enphase loan payoff removes leins, Quest builds a 955kW carport PV system and more…
In today’s pv magazine USA morning brief, we also bring you a settlement involving Sunrun, a hearing for a bill to repeal the former LePage Administration’s “gross metering” in Maine, and other goodies.
PG&E files for bankruptcy; Asks court to overrule FERC
Only days after federal regulators claimed “concurrent jurisdiction”, the California utility is taking steps to ensure that it has the ability to get out of its power contracts.
Getting solar to the other 329 GW of homeowners
PosiGen has raised $90 million from the Connecticut Green Bank for a credit facility to fund low- to moderate- income households, which represent 42% of residential buildings in the United States.
Virginia lets Dominion build 240 MWac of solar – with conditions
State regulators are allowing Dominion to bill its electric customers for the costs of two plants, while providing the renewable energy credits to Facebook. The approval includes a performance clause, wherein the utility will pay if the plant doesn’t deliver as expected.
Corporate clean energy smashes records
Companies in the United States accounted for more than 60% of the clean energy deals signed by corporations worldwide last year, according to BloombergNEF. A proposed renewable portfolio standard for Chinese business, though, could turn the picture upside down in a year’s time.
pvMB 1/28/19: Michigan’s largest rooftop solar + battery project goes online, BlackRock’s new head of renewables and more.
Welcome to your workweek and new week of the pv magazine USA morning brief. Today we’ll take a look at Minneapolis’ “Green Zones,” a 5.5 square mile solar farm in Wisconsin and everything else you need to start your week in solar news.
Monsters of the Midwest: Giant solar farms approved in Illinois and Michigan
In the previously middling Midwest, local authorities have approved two solar projects totaling 340 MW in Illinois and Michigan, each of which is larger than anything put online to date in these states.
Killing coal in Colorado with solar+wind+storage by 2025
Per an analysis by Vibrant Clean Energy, it’ll take approximately 2.8 GW of solar power, 8 GW of wind and 765 MW / 3 GWh of energy storage to allow Colorado to shut down its 4 GW of coal by 2025, while also lowering electric rates by 5%.
