Getting solar to the other 329 GW of homeowners
PosiGen has raised $90 million from the Connecticut Green Bank for a credit facility to fund low- to moderate- income households, which represent 42% of residential buildings in the United States.
Virginia lets Dominion build 240 MWac of solar – with conditions
State regulators are allowing Dominion to bill its electric customers for the costs of two plants, while providing the renewable energy credits to Facebook. The approval includes a performance clause, wherein the utility will pay if the plant doesn’t deliver as expected.
Solar demand overwhelms Michigan utility – not “predictable”
Consumers Energy has asked Michigan regulators to suspend solar power interconnection applications as the increase in applications was “substantial, and too sudden, to allow to Company to respond” with appropriate resources.
Killing coal in Colorado with solar+wind+storage by 2025
Per an analysis by Vibrant Clean Energy, it’ll take approximately 2.8 GW of solar power, 8 GW of wind and 765 MW / 3 GWh of energy storage to allow Colorado to shut down its 4 GW of coal by 2025, while also lowering electric rates by 5%.
pvMB 1/25/19: Digital Reality+SunEnergy1+Facebook+80MW, Ikea hits 56 MW and more…
Happy Friday. In today’s pv magazine USA morning brief Forefront Power and Arcadia Energy are moving through 75 MW of community solar in New York, Florida Governor Desantis is lacking renewables, and solar is still exponential.
From the editor: EIA versus the future
EIA’s long-term projections remain stubbornly immune to reality. And the biggest problem is the potential collapse of civilization if we extract and burn anywhere near as much coal, gas and oil as the agency forecasts.
pvMB 1/24/19: New Mexico has a community solar bill, Berkshire Hathaway enters the lithium game and more…
Hello, happy Thursday and welcome to the pv magazine USA morning brief. Today we’ll be taking a look at Fitch Ratings downgrading the Solar Star project, the question of if the public is willing to pay to help fix climate change, and a really cool video about Colorado’s largest battery.
Solar power asks what the definition of “need” is
Ohio regulators are reviewing AEP’s proposal to pass on the costs for building 900 MW of renewable energy to utility customers, on the basis of whether these new electricity generation resources are “needed” for Ohio.
Cleared for launch: NJ regulators approve 225 MW of community solar
The state’s first community solar pilot program is a biggie, with expectations for New Jersey’s community solar potential growing by the day.
The Clean Peak questionnaire
Massachusetts has scheduled a stakeholder meeting regarding the state’s Clean Peak Energy Portfolio Standard, releasing a questionnaire that gives insight into the state’s thinking on this upcoming clean energy requirement.
