IHS Markit raises 2017 global installations forecast
Industry analyst IHS Markit has raised its forecast for global installations in 2017 to 90 GW, representing 14% growth on the previous year’s figures. Continuing demand in China after the June 30th FIT cut is cited as the main driver for the increased expectation.
Kaua’i proposes mandatory battery storage for new DG solar
Kaua’i has one of the highest penetrations of solar in the world, and this is reflected in electric co-op KIUC’s new proposal.
Can PV and EVs replace XL?
A campaign has launched in Nebraska to “blockade” proposed Keystone XL pipeline with solar installations. How realistic is substituting solar and electric vehicles for oil in the coming decade?
Staying below 2 degrees is “possible and practical” says RMI
The Rocky Mountain Institute’s new report Positive Disruption describes pathways for the global economy to mitigate serious global warming through accelerated adoption of renewable energy, the transformation of our energy and transportation system, and improved management of agriculture, forestry, and other land-uses. Staying below two degrees Celsius of warming is not just possible the report argues but practical given the accelerating declines in the cost of renewable energy.
First Solar sells 40 MW-AC solar project to D.E. Shaw
First Solar is unloading projects, and they are not headed to yieldco 8point3 anymore.
APS officially moves to Value of Solar
Arizona regulators have put into place the deal cut between Arizona’s solar industry and Arizona Public Service, as part of the utility’s rate case.
Uncertainty in 2018
As revealed in testimony against proposed trade action yesterday, the ITC’s Section 201 investigation is already having effects.
Duke enters New York’s solar market with Long Island project
The North Carolina-based power company has bought one of the largest solar projects in New York State from Invenergy.
Suniva, SolarWorld describe “manufacturing bloodbath”
The crash in PV module prices and resulting struggles of the U.S. solar cell and module manufacturing industry were displayed as Section 201 petitioners and their supporters made their case before the U.S. International Trade Commission today.
New FERC chair hints at support for coal and nuclear
Newly appointed FERC Chair Neil Chatterjee is repeating administration myths about coal and nuclear power, calling such generation “essential”.
