Mercom: Battery storage, smart grid VC investments double in Q2 2016
While there has been a downturn in solar funding, battery and smart grid investments had a very strong quarter.
Deutsche Bank: U.S. utility-scale solar costs to fall below $1 per watt
The bank says that lower-than-expected U.S. demand coupled with significant new module supply is leading to greatly reduced costs and prices in the U.S. market.
Hawaiian Electric Companies to go it alone
The utility says that it is financially well-positioned as an independent company and reaffirms its commitment to the state’s 100% by 2045 clean energy mandate.
SolarWorld under pressure to find resolution to Hemlock court case
IHS Senior Research Director Ash Sharma spoke to pv magazine to give his take on the SolarWorld and Hemlock Semiconductor initial ruling last week, and how the two companies are likely to proceed from here, expecting that SolarWorld is feeling the pressure to come to an agreement quickly.
SolarCity raises $345 million in tax equity
The U.S. distributed solar market leader’s capital markets team has raised more than $1.5 billion so far in 2016, despite a depressed stock value.
U.S. Federal Court rules against SolarWorld in polysilicon dispute
The U.S. court adjudicating on the legal dispute between SolarWorld subsidiary Deutsche Solar and Hemlock Semiconductor has granted a motion for a summary judgment, dismissing SolarWorld’s submission for the case to be heard by a jury. The dispute stems from three multi-year polysilicon supply deals negotiated and signed between 2005 and 2007. SolarWorld argues that it is not beholden to these supply deals as they were subsequently amended by the two parties.
U.S. commercial storage to be economically attractive in 19 states by 2021
Financially viable in just a handful of states today, commercial storage will make economic sense across 19 states by 2021 as battery costs fall, finds a GTM Research report.
Combined solar and energy storage could bring 27,000 new U.S. jobs by 2021
The Solar Foundation has released its first report on the interaction of solar with energy storage and its impact on employment.
Intersolar North America day 1: Solar goes to war
Conflict with entrenched interests was a major theme of the 2016 Intersolar North America opening session
Duke Energy backs $225 million in C&I solar projects
The funding is part of an expansion of C&I developer REC Solar’s channel partner program.
