Feds find Tesla violated labor laws
Administrative Law Judge Amita Baman Tracy has found the company and CEO Elon Musk in violation of the National Labor Relations Act over tweets regarding employee unionization.
Dominion acquires 95 MW in Virginia, PG&E pays Topaz Solar: pvMB 9/27/19
Hello everybody and welcome to a super-secret, post-SPI, Friday edition of the pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at the completion of 174 Power Global’s first solar + storage project, CS Energy with a community storage project in New Jersey, Enel X bringing EV chargers to UMass Boston and more!
Los Angeles still has a feed-in tariff. And it’s growing.
The California city’s municipal utility has approved an expansion of the largest feed-in tariff in the nation by 300 MW, with 50 MW to come online next year.
Microsoft buys more solar from ENGIE, Lightsource raises $140 million in U.S. solar funding: pvMB 9/26/19
Hello once again friends and welcome to the pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at Amp reaching a GWh in in large-scale solar+storage projects, SmartFlower debuting SmartFlower +, ABB debuting the Universal 10/4 Residential Storage System and more!
Logic supports renewables, not nuclear
The latest edition of the World Nuclear Industry Status Report reiterates that clean power is taking the lead in the world’s energy system and nuclear is not only too costly a remedy for carbon emissions but too slow to deploy.
sPower’s new 80 MW Utah installation, Solar Frontier acquires 50.5 MW project from Coldwell: pvMB 9/25/19
Hello everybody and welcome to you Hump Day pvMB. Today we’ll be checking out the solar system donated to Bamberger Ranch, Energport beginning work on a 72 MW, 72 MWh battery system, First Solar’s 20th anniversary and more!
Hot Springs, Arkansas commits to going 100% solar
The city is set to become the seventh in the United States to be powered 100% by solar energy, with a project representing 10% of the state’s entire installed capacity to date in the works.
SEIA calls for “radical market transformation”
The largest solar trade show in the Western Hemisphere opened last night with a political program by SEIA to push what it describes as radical market transformation, and an alliance with wind. But there are questions about what ambitious means, and what can be achieved.
Honda signs major Texas solar purchase deal, ENGIE North America acquires Massachusetts solar + storage portfolio: pvMB 9/24/19
Hello everyone and welcome to the pvMB. Today we’ve got ahead of us Complete Solar raising $9 million in funding, Standard Solar acquiring some School District projects, 174 Power Global Acquiring OnForce Solar and more!
Texas moves closer to merchant solar power
Intersect Power has gone live with news that the company has 1.7 GWdc ready for construction in Texas and California, including one project which holds a hedge, but not a power purchase agreement.
