Solar jobs contract for the second year in a row
The United States lost approximately 8,000 jobs across the 50 states, with California alone losing more than 9,000 jobs and cancelling out growth in 29 states. Puerto Rico and solar + storage joined the party, but not the job count yet, by contributing 5,900 jobs.
pvMB 2/11/2019: Large power users take FPL to court over solar, big solar projects progress in New York and Texas
Good morning and welcome to the pv magazine USA Morning Brief. Today we also bring you a new solar project at a phosphate mining site in Florida, more than 1,000 EV chargers coming to New York, a cool installation video, and more…
Texas’ solar market is about to catch fire
With more than 5 GW of approved solar projects in the ERCOT grid, Texas is getting ready for a major boom in its utility-scale solar market.
SunCast interviews Lyle Rawlings, NJ solar’s Founding Father
This latest edition of Nico Johnson’s SunCast podcast brings you a look into the career and accomplishments of Lyle Rawlings, CEO of Advanced Solar Products and the founding father of renewable energy legislation in New Jersey.
Is large scale solar feasible in the Northeast?
At Solar Power Northeast representatives from Cypress Creek, Stem and Kearsage Energy discussed the possibilities and limitations of bringing big solar to New York and New England.
Distributed residential solar+storage takes a seat at the adult table
Sunrun won a bid to provide 20MW from the company’s residential solar+storage systems to the New England grid operator’s capacity market beginning in 2022.
Too SMART for its own good
At Solar Power Northeast, the DOER of Massachusetts noted that with the mandated 400 MW of qualified projects program review upcoming, and heavy volume deployed in National Grid territory, there is strong consideration to expand and evolve the SMART program.
The Green New Deal is going to happen at the state, not federal level
While U.S. Senators Markey and AOC introduce a resolution for the Green New Deal, legislation has been introduced in six states to implement 80-100% clean energy by at least 2050.
Canadian Solar revises up estimates while giving PG&E update
The Chinese-Canadian manufacturer and developer says that current contracts with PG&E are in doubt, but expresses more confidence about projects due to be interconnected.
Tesla’s solar lease contract headed to Florida
The Florida Public Service Commission has recommended an approval for the residential solar lease contract submitted by Tesla, noting that it doesn’t make them an electricity utility.
