Opportunities, as seen from above
The United States’ solar market is growing again this year, and it is expected to accelerate further in 2020 and 2021, with heavy construction continuing through the end of 2023. For PV module suppliers, the different market segments require varying strategies for success.
Jekyll and Hyde utility seeks solar retribution
Florida’s largest electricity utility sought to exclude those who were politically active for consumer-owned solar from an upcoming community solar program. It’s not a good look for the state’s largest utility, or parent company NextEra, the nation’s largest wind and solar developer.
Lawyers embracing the good fight for solar power
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University and the law firm Arnold and Porter have founded the pro bono “Renewable Energy Legal Defense Initiative” to support renewable energy development with professional legal help.
EDF to bring 350 MW to NY, New Hampshire’s new RPS, maybe: pvMB 7/8/19
Hello everybody and welcome back from your long 4th of July weekend, if you had one. Today we’re back with the pvMB and we’ll be looking at $55 million for Long Island energy storage, storage replacing peakers in New York, Direct Solar getting in the Texas football booster game and more!
Freedom photons because solar power is July 4
Solar power represents the idea of individualism within a broader society unlike few others things, and this is one reason it polls so high, sells so much, and will dominate our future energy ecosystems while shaping our political systems.
Is the cost of cutting carbon too steep?
Wood Mackenzie has released a report entitled “Deep decarbonization requires deep pockets” estimating that it would cost $4.5 trillion to fully decarbonize the U.S. power grid by 2030, but is the avoided cost greater than the upfront?
Bridging the gap: Mariah Lynne of Good Steward on farming and solar
In this interview Good Steward CEO Mariah Lynne talks about what solar projects can mean for farmers and rural communities as a whole, and how to get everyone on the same page when projects are being developed.
What’s TVA going to build? Wouldn’t you like to know.
The federally-owned power company has responded to critiques of its planning by presenting a vague long-term vision, but in its central plan expects to build only 2-3 GW of new solar over the next decade.
Coal closures open door for solar in Texas, New Mexico
Hundreds of megawatts of coal-fired generation will soon be going off-line for good. And what’s even better is that these plants are set to be replaced with somewhere in the ballpark of 800 MW of solar.
Why we can’t have nice things (like a national renewable energy mandate)
It would be easy to blame the Republican Party, but there are roadblocks in both parties, and this bill is unlikely to ever see the light of day.
