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EIA estimates low-ball solar (again)

Even while increasings its numbers, the agency has again shown that it cannot be relied upon to produce reliable forecasts of the electricity future in the United States.

Updated low-income solar guide designed to accelerate deployment

GRID Alternatives and Vote Solar’s updated guide includes information on new programs they believe will help solar advocates reach stranded communities more quickly and with greater ease.

Kaua’i to meet 1/4 of power needs with solar thanks to Tesla system (with video)

The island is a view into what a future with high penetrations of renewable energy will look like.

New York approves formula for valuing distributed solar

The ruling on the Value of Distributed Energy Resources order is a major step for New York’s ambitious REV process.

Sunrun grows, captures more market share in 2016

The third-party solar company’s quarterly results show its 2016 deployments growing at double the rate of the U.S. residential market, as Sunrun begins offering energy storage and changes its relationship to utilities.

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South Carolina snags another utility-scale solar farm

ESA Renewables will construct the project, which is projected to produce 23,100 MWh annually, enough to power 2,400 single-family homes per year.

GTM Research: U.S. solar market to decline 10% in 2017 (with charts)

The full release of the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report gives a number of surprises, including Utah and Georgia rising to the #2 and #3 largest state markets with over 1 GW installed each.

Isolux builds first utility scale Navajo solar project

Isolux Corsan is installing the first utility scale PV plant on the Navajo Reservation at Kayenta, AZ, a 38 MW-DC plant worth over $50 million.

1366 reaches 19.9% cell efficiency with PERC

The company has simultaneously announced its the first deployment of cells made from its Direct Wafer products in a 500 kW commercial solar array in Japan.

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Study proves (again) that net metering can undervalue solar

At the behest of the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission, Minnesota Power submitted a Value of Solar Tariff plan – and proved (yet again) that as even the best net-metering plan can undervalue what solar means to the grid and ratepayers.

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