Data reveals top 3 traits consumers want in a solar installer
According to SolarReviews.com’s examination of more than 2,800 actual customer reviews, smaller, family-owned companies with deep roots in communities receive the most positive reviews from the people they serve.
SunPower continues to bleed red ink
Due largely to write-downs the high-efficiency PV maker lost a whopping $750 million during Q4 2017, as it sells off assets.
OPIC funds $253 million in overseas solar during 2017
The U.S. government’s lender for U.S. interests operating in developing markets increased clean energy financing in 2017, despite the arrival of the Trump Administration and an ongoing investigation.
Tesla Energy asks U.S. Supreme Court to let its lawsuit against Salt River Project continue
The Tesla unit formerly known as SolarCity has pursued an antitrust lawsuit against the Arizona utility since 2017, which SRP has appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court to dismiss immediately.
Maryland bill calls for 14.5% solar by 2028
The new bill would increase the state’s renewable energy mandate to 50% by 2030, as well as setting the ambitious solar carve-out.
California regulators emphasize solar, batteries in utility planning framework
CPUC’s guidance calls for an additional 9 GW of solar and 2 GW of battery storage as the standard against which to compare utility and CCA Integrated Resource plans, and says that new fossil fuel plants must prove a need.
Ballot initiative in Nevada proposes 50% RPS by 2030
Nevadans for A Clean Energy Future, funded in part by progressive billionaire Tom Steyer, is hoping to put the decision about increasing the state’s RPS in the hands of voters in November.
Guggenheim: Sale of CAFD, NYLD cast doubt on the yieldco space
A research note by Guggenheim Securities says that the recents sales of NRG Yield and 8point3 Energy Partners show how difficult it has been for investors to accurately value yieldcos, and undermines confidence.
Michigan group starts ballot campaign for 30% by 30 renewable energy
Clean Energy, Healthy Michigan has started collecting signatures to get a constitutional amendment on the ballot in November that would extend the state’s Renewable Energy Standard to 30% by 2030 after the current targets are met in 2021.
Trump 2019 budget would slash renewable energy funding, eliminate ARPA-E
President Trump has yet again proposed eliminating most federal funding for clean energy R&D, but Congress will have the last word.
