REC Silicon to suspend production at Washington State polysilicon factory
REC Silicon has revealed plans to halt operations at its Moses Lake facility in 17 days’ time. The company says it has taken the decision to maintain liquidity for its semiconductor business with American workers set to pay the price for President Trump’s trade war with China.
What will power Los Angeles’ transition to 100% renewables?
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti’s move to phase out three gas-fired power plants by 2029 is expected to accelerate the transition to 100% renewable energy by the largest municipal utility in the nation. But there are big questions about the role that local solar + storage will play.
pvMB 2/12/19: AceClamp’s response to patent infringement allegations, NEXTracker’s hiring spree… and more!
Welcome to today’s pv magazine USA morning brief and thanks for spending your morning with us. Today we’re looking at English researchers’ development of a solar flag, two community solar projects in Illinois under fire, University of Northern Iowa’s new group-buy program and everything else on our solar slate. Let’s ride!
Arizona’s got a new RPS proposal and this one might be for real
Commissioner Sandra Kennedy of the ACC is calling for 50% renewable generation by 2028 and, in a first for the ACC, is calling on distributed solar to lead the way.
Solar jobs contract for the second year in a row
The United States lost approximately 8,000 jobs across the 50 states, with California alone losing more than 9,000 jobs and cancelling out growth in 29 states. Puerto Rico and solar + storage joined the party, but not the job count yet, by contributing 5,900 jobs.
pvMB 2/11/2019: Large power users take FPL to court over solar, big solar projects progress in New York and Texas
Good morning and welcome to the pv magazine USA Morning Brief. Today we also bring you a new solar project at a phosphate mining site in Florida, more than 1,000 EV chargers coming to New York, a cool installation video, and more…
SunCast interviews Lyle Rawlings, NJ solar’s Founding Father
This latest edition of Nico Johnson’s SunCast podcast brings you a look into the career and accomplishments of Lyle Rawlings, CEO of Advanced Solar Products and the founding father of renewable energy legislation in New Jersey.
Distributed residential solar+storage takes a seat at the adult table
Sunrun won a bid to provide 20MW from the company’s residential solar+storage systems to the New England grid operator’s capacity market beginning in 2022.
Pelosi appoints Green New Deal supporters to Climate Crisis Committee
U.S. Representatives Jared Huffman, Mike Levin and Joe Neguse will join their six other colleagues, which include clean energy entrepreneur Sean Casten.
Puerto Rico plans stop short of the grid of the future
PREPA’s draft IRP calls for rapid deployment of solar and batteries, including the installation of as much battery storage as is currently online in the entire United States over the next four years, in a system broken up into “minigrids”. However, it stops short of utilizing behind-the-meter PV and storage.
