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Sunrise brief: Renewables Forward publishes inclusiveness handbook

Also on the rise: Swamped with interconnection requests, Michigan updates its rules; and Tigo Energy closes an investment round.

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Sunrise brief: 6 months and counting as renewables dominate capacity additions

Also on the rise: Moss Landing energy storage enters service, Duke Energy buys a 144 MW project, military housing gets rooftop solar, and researchers win a grant to study grid-forming PV inverter technology.

A no-brainer for U.S. job creation: Update solar permitting and inspections

Solar is big enough now that its soft costs are a real drag on local economic activity. Soft costs in the U.S. defy the example of other countries that install solar at one-third the cost because of how the steps that drive soft costs have been structured.

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San Francisco company aims to boost solar access across Africa

A new partnership will involve selling ZOLA’s Infinity systems into nine sub-Saharan countries.

You picked ’em: Our most popular articles of 2020

Five articles (well, six, since news about Tesla made it twice) that captured the imagination of our audience during 2020.

This open source tool maps Canada’s solar potential

The tool allows users to collect data on single municipalities from a dataset of 3,500 places. Alberta, Manitoba and Saskatchewan have the country’s highest solar radiation levels.

Sunrise brief: Congress passes solar ITC extension

Also on the rise: A simple safeguard for the growing danger of arc-fault events; EDF Renewables signs a PPA; Soltec will supply trackers to AES

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Solar roundup: Lower export fees in Michigan and net metering takes a hit in Vermont

Consumers Energy cuts solar export fees in Michigan, while net metering takes a hit in Vermont. And TVA wants feedback on an environmental report for a planned 50 MW solar and 200 MWh storage project in Mississippi.

Six of the year’s most impactful solar policies, courtesy of SELC

The 2020 “Solar Makers” include states, regulators and utilities taking action to encourage rooftop solar. This year’s “Solar Brakers” include utility policies that SELC says undermine rooftop solar as a cost-effective choice.

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IHS Markit forecasts a “wild” ride” for the global PV industry in 2021

The firm expects 158 GW of new PV to be installed worldwide in 2021, a jump over 2020, and the U.S. and China will still dominate.

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