Policy

This week saw three new high-profile executive appointments, Berkeley Lab’s annual report showing ongoing solar cost collapses, progress on Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity, and more.

However, EIA data shows solar PV only making up 1.3% of total generation, a fraction of the portion in leading European nations.

The third-largest distributed solar installer has moved into the Florida market, which currently does not allow power purchase agreements for residential solar.

The ruling clears a legal roadblock for the acquisition, which still must be approved by shareholders of both companies.

This is the latest roadblock for the troubled project on public land in the California desert.

This is the first such system installed in Colorado since the Department of Energy expanded the $215 million Weatherization Assistance Program to include low-income solar.

Gay brings with him over 40 years of experience, including heading NREL in the 90’s and serving on SunPower’s board of advisors.

ACC Chair Little has proposed requiring 30% renewable energy by 2030, scrapping the DG carve-out and potentially adding incentives for energy storage.

New York City should be great for solar PV. But it isn’t. Despite policy leadership from the state, local installers are facing crippling bureaucratic challenges, and many have chosen to build rooftop solar elsewhere.

While the solar-specific charge was dropped as part of a settlement, the utility will increase fixed charges on its Texas customers.