Jacksonville utility dismantles net metering while pursuing utility-scale solar
Florida’s largest electric utility has sprung an overhaul of its net metering policy on consumers while launching a program to procure an additional 250 MW of utility-scale solar and provide subsidies for customers to install batteries.
‘Return on visibility’: Spotlight Solar on bringing solar into the public view
In this interview with Spotlight Solar CEO Craig Merrigan, pv magazine delves into the business and the business model of making solar visible.
The challenge of uncertainty: Strata Solar on the Section 201 case
In this interview, Strata Solar Senior VP Brian O’Hara talks about the challenges that the Section 201 trade case is bringing to his company, and how Strata is meeting these challenges.
PV system prices have already increased due to Section 201 (w/ charts)
The latest report by GTM Research puts numbers on the increase in H2 2017 system prices and analyzes the potential damage from a range of scenarios.
Coal plant retirements create opportunity for solar in Texas
Coal is dying, and even the president of the United States can’t change that.
Bridging the gap in Illinois community solar project and program development
Solar developers face the challenges of different degrees of uncertainty in project construction, financing and subscriber acquisition.
SunPower: Any trade action should apply to everyone but us
The high-efficiency solar maker asks for Section 201 action to include First Solar’s thin film products, but to exclude its back contact crystalline silicon solar as a unique product.
Energy Department limits scope of coal, nuclear bailout
Under fire from a broad range of forces including the oil and gas industry, the Energy Department has limited its order for a coal and nuclear bailout to regional grid operators with energy and capacity markets.
First Solar weighs in on the Section 201 trade case
The world’s largest thin-film solar maker has sided with the petitioners, testifying to the difficulties that U.S. solar cell and module makers are experiencing and the challenges of competing with imports supported by foreign governments.
Missed opportunity: GTM Research weighs in on the Clean Power Plan
GTM Research Solar Analyst Colin Smith argues that the pending repeal of the Clean Power Plan represents a significant loss of “upside potential”.
