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Alliance formed to push for increased community access to solar

The Alliance aims to support the passage of two bills intended to make community solar legal in Michigan.

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Maxeon launches a line of frameless, conformable rooftop solar panels

Maxeon’s Air technology platform looks to bring solar to previously inaccessible roof spaces.

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Price pressures may delay 15% of utility-scale solar projects this year, Roth Capital warns

Shaving off 15% would trim new capacity additions by more than 2.3 GW this year alone, based on Energy Information Administration forecasts. Higher prices throughout the solar supply chain are being blamed.

Sunrise brief: Over 1 GW a day of new solar to reach net-zero emissions by 2050, IEA says

Also on the rise: CS Energy provides EPC services for a 50 MW solar portfolio, UL buys a solar analytics platform, Sunnova places $500m of senior notes, service stations on Puerto Rico go solar, and XL Fleet buys an EV charging provider.

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Pine Gate sheds its in-house EPC, launches Blue Ridge Power

Pine Gate is the latest in a string of solar companies to outsource their engineering, procurement, and construction functions to third-party or subsidiary companies.

More solar modules are being shipped at lower prices, EIA data shows

The latest from the Energy Information Administration shows that more than 2.7 GW of modules were shipped at an average price of $0.34 per watt during March.

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New York funds a study to learn how grazing can benefit solar installations

Sheep and solar farms can exist symbiotically, and the American Solar Grazing Association says that now is the time to convert that relationship into a full-scale industry.

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More than 7,000 schools across the US are solar powered

Total installed solar capacity on schools has grown 139% since 2014, and now can be found on 5.5% of all public and private K-12 schools, according to the 2020 Brighter Future report.

Dominion buys solar developer Birdseye Renewable

Dominion may be hoping to ease some of the pushback that local communities have shown to the development of utility-scale solar projects.

Duke Energy to halt electric shutoffs in extreme heat, hurricane conditions

The agreement follows negotiations with Vote Solar, the CLEO Institute, and Southern Alliance for Clean Energy, as more than 20,000 Duke Energy Florida customers are reported to behind on their electric bills.

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