Utility-scale solar falls below $1 per watt (w/ charts)
A Q1 report by GTM Research and SEIA found PV system price declines across all sectors, following collapses in component pricing. Fixed-tilt utility-scale systems broke the $1 per watt barrier for the first time during the quarter.
PacifiCorp solar RFP
This article has been removed from the pv magazine USA site. There is currently no PacifiCorp RFP for solar projects, but there is one for wind projects. We regret the error.
AEPCO readies 20 MW Apache Solar Plant
The co-op expects to put the 20 MW Apache Solar Project in Arizona online in September, which will help to reduce its dependence upon coal.
Keystone Power Holdings launches $35 million solar fund
Keystone Power Holdings LLC has established a solar investment fund, KPH Solar Farms Fund I, to finance small-scale solar projects.
U.S. border solar financier NADB up for $3 billion infusion
The bilateral North American Development Bank (NADB), a staunch financier for solar projects in the U.S. and Mexican states straddling the border, may gain a $3 billion infusion from the U.S. and Mexican governments if House Resolution 882 comes to pass.
NADB considers loan for Mexico’s largest PV plant, Puerto Libertad
If the loan is approved, it could close by the end of the month.
Trump keeps digging coal, but wants solar on the wall with Mexico
President Trump suggested paying for the construction of his border wall with Mexico through the sale of power from solar installations.
New York to procure $1.5 billion worth of renewables
The largest-ever state renewable energy solicitation is just one of the moves that the Cuomo Administration has taken in response to U.S. President Donald Trump exiting the Paris Agreement.
GameChange Solar wins 260 MW in snow country
GameChange Solar announced that it has recently won over 260 MW of fixed tilt racking orders in Massachusetts, Connecticut, New York and Minnesota. The deal further demonstrates the successful migration of PV into the cold Northern regions of North America.
Op-Ed: California Agencies Hold En Banc on Retail and Customer Electricity Choice
By the end of this year, as much as 25% of the retail load served by the investor-owned utilities (IOU) will obtain their electric generation service from an entity other than an IOU. California held a meeting to address the changing face of electricity generation.
