Wind+solar team push corporate buyers to support transmission
The Wind Solar Alliance has launched with a focus on driving renewable energy by shaping market rules related to utility procurements, and transmission planning. Their first report focuses on corporate renewable procurement, and its influence – and dependence – on transmission policy.
Minnesota credit union solar loans will c u to green
Minnesota credit unions have launched a new program to offer solar power finance to their 1.7 million members. This program offers residential loans, and commercial PACE loans, funding up to 100% of the projects.
Teaching New York the real value of solar
SEIA has filed a petition with the New York regulators calling for changes to the calculation of the value of distributed energy, including by refining how to take into account avoided damages, and adjusting the application of ‘E-values’ until further program changes occur.
100 MW of desert solar moving from developer to investor
D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments has acquired an under construction 100 MW solar power project being built by First Solar in Kern County, California, which will feature the large-format Series 6 module.
Onsite of North Providence, Rhode Island’s solar powered landfill – with PHOTOS
Southern Sky Renewables has delivered a 2.6 MW-DC solar power plant atop a sealed landfill, as one of the first utility-scale solar projects in the smallest state in the union. Rhode Island public officials from Governor Gina Raimondo to the local police force showed up for a literal ribbon cutting.
Tax equity investor list: 28 partners for your solar projects
kWh Analytics has released a list of 28 tax equity investors in solar power projects, with their key project requirements.
NV Energy looking for another 350 MW of large-scale renewables
The utility is expanding upon its procurement of 1 GW of solar with an new RFP for RPS-compliant renewables, which can include projects with integrated energy storage.
Eguana Technologies appoints former Mercedes-Benz Energy executives
The Canadian battery storage company has hired Marcus Brunner and Dr. Andreas Rueckemann, both formerly of Mercedes-Benz Energy.
esVolta scores another win with 38.5 MWh SCE battery contract
The energy storage developer and battery IPP is on a roll, with four projects in Southern California following on a mammoth 300 MWh contract in Silicon Valley.
No taxation without solar powered representation
SEIA has released version 9.0 of its Federal Solar Tax Guide for Solar Energy, a guide to fully monetizing up to 46% of a project’s cost in the first year – before the value of electricity and state incentives are considered.
