pvMB 1/31/19: 50 States of Solar Q4 review, An alternative to carbon taxes… and more!
Hello and thanks for spending your last day of January reading the pv magazine morning brief. Today we’ll take a gander at Atlas Renewable Energy’s deployment of NEXTrackers TrueCapture Control System in Latin America, APA Solar Racking launching the TITAN Series Racking System, Delta complying with rapid shutdown requirements using Tigo and all else that came across our desks in the world of solar.
Duke installed over 550 MW of solar in the Carolinas in 2018
The company built on its 2017 mark of installing 500 MW of new solar in the Carolinas by adding 565 MW in 2018, with even greater growth anticipated in the future.
pvMB 1/29/19: FPL exceeds 1 GW of solar, Enphase loan payoff removes leins, Quest builds a 955kW carport PV system and more…
In today’s pv magazine USA morning brief, we also bring you a settlement involving Sunrun, a hearing for a bill to repeal the former LePage Administration’s “gross metering” in Maine, and other goodies.
PG&E files for bankruptcy; Asks court to overrule FERC
Only days after federal regulators claimed “concurrent jurisdiction”, the California utility is taking steps to ensure that it has the ability to get out of its power contracts.
Virginia lets Dominion build 240 MWac of solar – with conditions
State regulators are allowing Dominion to bill its electric customers for the costs of two plants, while providing the renewable energy credits to Facebook. The approval includes a performance clause, wherein the utility will pay if the plant doesn’t deliver as expected.
Corporate clean energy smashes records
Companies in the United States accounted for more than 60% of the clean energy deals signed by corporations worldwide last year, according to BloombergNEF. A proposed renewable portfolio standard for Chinese business, though, could turn the picture upside down in a year’s time.
pvMB 1/28/19: Michigan’s largest rooftop solar + battery project goes online, BlackRock’s new head of renewables and more.
Welcome to your workweek and new week of the pv magazine USA morning brief. Today we’ll take a look at Minneapolis’ “Green Zones,” a 5.5 square mile solar farm in Wisconsin and everything else you need to start your week in solar news.
Monsters of the Midwest: Giant solar farms approved in Illinois and Michigan
In the previously middling Midwest, local authorities have approved two solar projects totaling 340 MW in Illinois and Michigan, each of which is larger than anything put online to date in these states.
Killing coal in Colorado with solar+wind+storage by 2025
Per an analysis by Vibrant Clean Energy, it’ll take approximately 2.8 GW of solar power, 8 GW of wind and 765 MW / 3 GWh of energy storage to allow Colorado to shut down its 4 GW of coal by 2025, while also lowering electric rates by 5%.
FERC asserts jurisdiction over PG&E contracts
While acknowledging that the law is “unsettled,” FERC has said that it and the bankruptcy courts have concurrent jurisdiction over power contracts, as other generators holding PG&E contracts join the fray.
