New Mexico prepares to approve 100 MW-AC of solar for Facebook data centers
The social media giant’s Los Lunas data center plans to buy power at $30/MWh.
Employee owned engineering firm installing advanced electric vehicle charging on campus
Burns & McDonnell, a 6,000-strong engineering firm, is installing a Greenlots EV charging network and integrating it into the company’s campus network. The engineers hope to offer EV related services to their many electric utility customers.
New Mexico kills attempted hike on discriminatory solar fee
New Mexico regulators have killed the standby fee that critics say has paralyzed rooftop solar in the territory of Southwestern Public Service.
Centrica moves into West Coast solar with Vista acquisition
The British energy and services company’s acquisition of the California C&I solar contractor is the latest among a number of moves it has made into solar and batteries.
Duke calls for extending net metering in South Carolina through March 2019
The power company says that this will allow time for a more careful crafting of a successor program.
Up to 10 GW more solar, 2-2.5 GW of batteries coming in California
The state’s recent passage of SB 100 and SB 700 is expected to spur a boom in solar and behind-the-meter battery deployment, and pv magazine has done the math on what we can expect.
Rhode Island’s solar-powered move: Conti signs 35 MW EPC agreement with Southern Sky
Conti Solar has signed a five project, 35 MW EPC agreement with Southern Sky Solar in Rhode Island. These projects alone would represent about 30% growth in the state’s total solar capacity, however, the state’s development queue is huge as it aims for 1 GW of renewable energy in 2020.
US triples energy storage installations, residential grows 10X to become largest sector
Wood Mackenzie projects that the U.S. energy storage market will reach well over $500 million in sales this year, following on 61.8 MW / 156.5 MWh of installations during the second quarter. Residential storage has grown at 61% per quarter since Q1 2017.
GIP launches renewable energy developer, acquires 4.7 GW of SunPower assets
Clearway Energy Group has been formed from NRG’s renewable energy businesses and SunPower’s project pipeline.
Grid-connected battery energy capacity grew 68 percent last year
A utility survey shows battery storage capacity growing sharply, including solar + storage installations in several states. Looking ahead, FERC Order 841 could spark extensive new storage for grid services, helping more utilities become familiar with storage and its benefits.
