Falck enters the U.S. solar market
The Italian renewable energy company has acquired a 92 MW PV project in North Carolina from Canadian Solar for $43 million.
Level Solar employees strike back, alleging no WARN-ing in lawsuit
Workers at the New York solar installer that tried to disappear without a peep last week have filed a class action lawsuit against the firm, alleging that it violated the federal Worker Adjustment and Retraining Notification Act (WARN Act)
Installers react with disappointment to USITC decision
No matter what the segment, the decision did not receive rave reviews.
D-Day: USITC to rule on Section 201, injury phase
pv magazine provides you with a timeline on how we got to today’s vote.
Miltary vets beg USITC to dismiss trade petition
Arguing that a decision in favor of Suniva/SolarWorld could impair military readiness and resiliency, 14 former military personnel sent a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission yesterday asking them to dismiss the Section 201 trade complaint.
Denver Housing Authority to launch low-income community solar program
A planned 2 MW plant will be the nation’s first community solar project owned by a housing authority.
Trackers dominate U.S. utility-scale solar (w/charts)
Among the many findings in a recent report by Lawrence Berkeley National Labs is that 79% of new U.S. utility-scale solar capacity in 2016 involved tracking systems.
Dog bites man: Duke Energy prevails in lawsuit, keeping its monopoly in place
At issue was whether an agreement between NC WARN, a member-based nonprofit tackling the climate crisis, was acting as a public utility by providing solar electricity to a church. The public utilities commission – and now a court – has found that it was.
Strata Solar puts (another) 50 MW-AC of solar online in Mississippi
This plant and three other projects will allow utility Mississippi Power to reach 160 MW-AC of large-scale solar.
Wircon, HEP secure 200 MW solar portfolio in the U.S. and Canada
The German energy services provider and investment company have partnered on a fund to develop the projects, including securing grid connection and power contracts.
