Policy

Want to speed up project development timelines and lower costs? Automate the process, pleads Tam Hunt, a renewable energy lawyer and policy expert.

Shattering the tradition of “pairing” Democrats and Republicans on the influential Energy Commission.

Hillcrest Solar has broken ground. The installation marks the beginning of what is expected to be an Ohio solar boon, with Wood Mackenzie ranking the state as top in the Midwest for development over the next five years.

Also in the brief: Huawei predicts top trends in smart PV, Washington state updates its PV recycling laws and — and more.

Also in the brief: NJR Clean Energy Ventures acquires the country’s largest floating solar array, a clean energy advocate has been named to Wisconsin’s PSC, a community solar farm proposed in Maine and more.

“Electricity providers will have to treat renewable energy customers as cost-conscious customers once these customers can look at data across the board.”

The alleged resale in developing countries of solar modules sent for end-of-life recycling in Sicily could have an important lesson for the PV industry: select reliable recycling entities to avoid potential trouble further down the line. The PV industry should also avoid another potential risk, that of the illegal disposal of PV waste outside the EU.

Charlotte has become the first municipality to come to terms with Duke on a solar contract through the new Green Source Advantage program.

The mandate means that “solar has to be moved up in front of the design process. You have to plan for a PV system before you start building.”

Also in the brief: Virginia Clean Economy Act, Utah’s residential solar future in the hands of its PSC and solar-powered irrigation in India