Residential PV

OhmHome estimates 72,996 residential solar power installations in the first quarter of 2018, with California and Massachusetts growing 14% and 9%, respectively.

Dividend Finance has closed a $104 million residential solar loan securitization, following on its first $129 million securitization in October 2017.

Florida regulators have ruled that Sunrun’s 20-year solar equipment lease in Florida is not a retail sale of electricity – opening the door to third-party owned solar.

RGS Energy has contracted with Risen Energy, along with others, to help it commercialize the most recent incarnation of Dow’s Powerhouse Solar Shingle.

An analysis of more than 800,000 solar installations has found that the median income of pv adopters is $32,000 per year higher than the median of all households, but the median income of buyers is on a downward trend.

An analysis submitted to Maryland regulators found that distributed solar’s economic benefits – mostly labor associated revenue – was worth six times the value of the electricity to the grid.

A bill to lift net metering caps in South Carolina fails, after a technicality was used to force the bill to secure a 2/3 majority.

EnergySage’s latest Solar Marketplace Intel Report shows solar shoppers are interested in batteries as well. Additionally, buyers have become hardware focused, pushing flexibility and efficiency.

The R-PACE program, between 2010-2015, added 1.1 W of solar power per capita overall to larger cities in the Californian market. The Berkeley analysis suggests many of the projects wouldn’t have been built otherwise.

The bill will also require expedited interconnection by utilities, and must pass a third reading before it goes to the state’s senate.