Topaz gets paid, coffee for your solar, NYC subway solar: pvMB 04/26/19
TGIF! In today’s morning brief we also bring you plans by the operator of the NYC subway to put solar on its properties and SCE deciding to go with batteries instead of a gas peaker in Southern California.
Infrastructure fund snatches up Clean Energy Collective
One of the largest community solar companies in the industry has been bought up by North American Infrastructure Partners, as patient capital continues its solar buying spree.
South Carolina to get its biggest solar plant yet, pig farmers for solar: pvMB 04/25/19
Welcome to the pvMB. Today we also bring you the world’s largest furniture maker putting solar on 10 of its buildings, star energy reporter Gavin Bade moving on to Politico, and a new PV/hot water and space heating controller.
California is learning to trust 100% residential solar power
California utility PG&E has tested levels of residential solar power up to 100% penetration, and how to mitigate the effects of voltage and thermal overload via smart inverters and traditional transformer and circuit upgrades – with smart inverters shown to allow for up to 100% penetrations at cost-effective pricing.
PURPA amendment stalls in Arizona
An amendment to Arizona’s implementation of PURPA rules which would have set minimum contract lengths to 15 years failed to pass last night, and the act now has one last chance to pass before the investment tax credit drops down, and opportunities being to dry up.
Will Minnesota’s 100% clean energy mandate get through the senate?
The Minnesota House has passed a bill which mandates that utilities source all of their generation from zero-carbon sources by 2050, but now the bill goes to the Minnesota Senate, where Republicans hold a majority.
Tesla’s solar business shrinks as Musk focuses on Model 3
The EV, energy storage and solar company deployed only 47 MW of solar during Q1, as Tesla moves away from traditional sales methods towards web-based sales for its products.
Bluejays invest in sunny days
Johns Hopkins University has announced a deal with Constellation to provide 2/3 of the university’s electricity needs from a 175 MW solar project in Virginia.
Tennessee’s largest project goes online, $1.4 billion coming to renewables in N.Y.: pvMB 4/24/19
Hello and welcome one and all to the pvMB. Today we’ll be taking a look at Duke buying big to the tune of a 150 MW solar project, Excelsior Energy also buying, with a 25 MW acquisition and Alta Device’s flexible solar cell for unmanned aircraft.
New York’s Green New Deal demands power from big solar, wind
New York has launched its third annual solicitation to acquire renewable energy credits in 10- to 20-year terms, adding qualifying points to projects with energy storage and load-following abilities, as well those that avoid disturbing agriculture.
