The two cities are the latest in significant momentum for 100% renewable energy campaigns
Total corporate funding across the global solar industry reached $3.2bn in the first quarter of the year, which is a 100% increase on Q4 2016. This rise is largely due to increased debt financing activity, said Mercom Capital Group CEO Raj Prabhu.
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In 2015, Hawaii’s Public Utilities Commission eliminated the state’s net-metering incentive. Since then, the number of permits pulled on Oahu for solar installations has plummeted, reaching a new low in 2017 of only 449.
One of the pillars of Donald Trump’s election campaign was his pledge to protect the U.S. manufacturers from unfair competition. While it is still unclear whether he will follow through with his threats to increase import taxes on Chinese goods, SolarWorld took the opportunity of the historic meeting between President Trump and Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping to harangue China’s solar manufacturers and called for the issue of solar dumping to be raised.
The application process for new community solar projects begins on Monday and will run through May 5.
SB 309 – the controversial anti-solar bill proposed this year in the Indiana Legislature by Sen. Brandt Hershman – passed the House yesterday and could be on governor’s desk later this week.
Not exactly. But enough similarities between a memo sent to Rep. Ray Rodriguez by the utility raises serious questions about House Bill 1351, which is meant to implement a tax exemption passed last year designed to encourage rooftop-solar installations.
The latest report by Environment America shows San Diego moving to second-place in per-capita solar PV and first place in overall watts, just as Net Metering 2.0 slows down its residential solar market.
HB 340 codifies the ability of utilities to treat solar customers differently from all other ratepayers, leaving them subject to arbitrary “recovery fees” not levied on any other electricity consumers.
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