Trump names pro-fossil ideologue to fill vacant FERC seat
Bernard McNamee has gone so far as to write an Earth Day op-ed on the benefits of fossil fuels. Coal bailout, here we come.
Solar grows in Brooklyn
Solar power is about to make affordable housing in Brooklyn and Queens a little more affordable.
A voice for the solar consumer: the SRA
The Solar Rights Alliance is officially only seven months old, but is already shaking things up in the California state capitol as a voice for PV system owners in policy.
EnergySage finds $236 million tax on solar due to Section 201 tariffs
The online solar marketplace describes the tariffs as a tax on solar, and notes that both the finding of injury and the tariffs themselves drove up prices.
Connecticut zero carbon bid gets 71 solar proposals
pv magazine’s John Weaver looks at the bids in Connecticut’s new RFP, finding some interesting utility-scale solar projects.
California energy storage subsidy extension signed into law
California Governor Jerry Brown has signed SB 700, which will allow for a five-year extension of the Self Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), with as much as $700 million in funding for energy storage systems.
Massachusetts’ SMART program is a go, but the details matter
The State of Massachusetts has officially approved its next round of solar power incentives. The program will push 1.6 GW of solar power onto the power grid.
SunCast: Grid integration of high levels of renewable energy
In this special edition, SunCast host Nico Johnson talks with pv magazine Americas editor about grid integration of high levels of renewable energy, and what’s going on at SPI
Members of congress warn of REC Silicon plant closure
A group of senators and representatives from Washington and Montana led by the top democrat on the U.S. Senate Energy and Natural Resources committee are calling on President Trump to negotiate with China and save REC’s Moses Lake facility.
SPI 2018: Contradictions, disasters, resilience
This year’s opening session for largest gathering of solar professionals in the United States alluded to many of the themes that the solar industry is grappling with.
