China may have plunged the U.S. solar market into prosperity
In this op-ed for pv magazine, Tony Clifford looks at the upside of recent Chinese policy decisions for the U.S. market.
sPower secures 100 MW solar power PPA with California aggregator
Community choice aggregator CleanPowerSF has signed a 22-year PPA with sPower for a 100 MW project in Lancaster, California. The project is expected to be online in 2019.
Illinois REC prices published for distributed generation, community solar
The Illinois Power Agency published its renewable energy credit prices for upcoming auctions for the Adjustable Block and Illinois Solar For All programs.
US Senate introduces solar tariff repeal bill
U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.) have introduced a bill to rescind the duty and tariff-rate quota on imported solar. This follows the introduction of a similar bill in the U.S. House.
Sunrun brings third-party solar to Florida
Following the April decision that opened the door to Sunrun’s leases, the residential solar leader began offering its solar leases and energy storage product in the state today.
SDG&E to build 334 MWh of energy storage to support renewables
San Diego Gas & Electric has received approval by the CPUC for five energy storage projects totaling 83.5 MW of instantaneous power output, with a four hour rating.
BNEF expects 34% fall in PV module prices in 2018
The organization is expecting carnage throughout the solar value chain as the result of reduced policy support for deployment in China.
Residential time of use pilot program coming to Minnesota
A two-year pilot program will be rolled out to roughly 10,000 Xcel Energy residential customers in early 2020.
Duke Energy settlement saves consumer-sited solar
Consumers will no longer be faced with drastic fixed-rate utility bill increases.
Lobbying blitz by FirstEnergy as Trump mulled bailouts for coal and nuke plants
This article by Energy and Policy Institute looks into the activity of Washington DC’s top-earning law firm in lobbying the Trump Administration to secure the bailouts that are currently being attempted.
