Residential PV

Solar advocates said the investor-owned utility proposal would hurt the state’s residential solar market and shift power from consumers to corporations.

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Here are the brand-new stats and forecasts from the Solar Energy Industries Association and Wood Mackenzie.

Multiple states require electric utilities to share their power grid data with solar developers. The resulting tools are like treasure maps for solar developers.

Tools deployed by the state as well as the underlying contract structure have created a program that local business and homeowners can grasp, and are investing in. That’s SMAHHHT.

The NREL-developed online Solar TRACE and Solar APP platforms aim to help developers, installers, and homeowners understand their local and utility PII process and streamline the often expensive and frustrating experience.

The proposed Massachusetts mandate is modeled after a similar policy in California and would provide exemptions under certain circumstances.

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Also on the rise: FedEx announces a 2040 carbon-neutral goal and $2bn to get it there, more patents for Hunt Perovskite, and Zenernet looks to the skies to trim its residential solar design time.

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association alleges that uncertainty about leases and power purchase agreements hurts the state’s solar industry.