New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Community Solar Act
A New Mexico judge upheld rules that prevent utilities from deducting transmission costs from solar bill credits received by customers.
Sunrise brief: Car batteries can optimize the power grid
Also on the rise: Group challenges anti-renewables messaging of 50-state policy network. Longroad Energy installing U.S.-made First Solar modules in Arizona solar-plus-storage plant. And more.
Gray skies over Californian solar
There may be a global solar boom but a drastic revision of California’s net metering program has ruptured the industry overnight and is affecting everyone from installers to financiers to makers of power electronics, as Tristan Rayner reports.
Group challenges anti-renewables messaging of 50-state policy network
The pro-renewables Energy and Policy Institute has challenged the state-level energy policy work of the State Policy Network, which reports annual revenues of $24 million and combined annual revenues across its 150 think tank members of $188 million.
DOE announces $9.5 million award for Iowa’s first microgrid project
The Montezuma project with a 3 MW solar installation and a battery energy storage system is expected to lower energy costs for residents by as much as 18% and to reduce transmission costs for the utility by 34%
Sunrise brief: Top five solar states
Also on the rise: U.S. solar industry week in review. U.S. expected to outpace Europe in lithium-ion battery cells. And more.
U.S. solar industry week in review
pv magazine USA spotlights news stories of the past week including market trends, project updates, policy changes and more.
Sunrise brief: How to boost U.S. solar rooftop installations
Also on the rise: Bloom Energy teams up with Shell to look at large-scale hydrogen projects. A look at the great transformer shortage affecting U.S. utilities. And more.
Texas manufacturer signs onto three-party power purchase agreement
A 2.6 MW solar project in Seguin, Texas will supply about 13% of electricity needs of Vitesco Technologies, an automotive supplier.
California community solar market lies in limbo
The California Public Utilities Commission issued a proposed decision that the Net Value Billing Tariff conflicts with federal law, leaving to question the future of the potentially burgeoning community solar market.
