U.S. states still have a lot of work to do on energy policy
The Institute for Local Self-Reliance Community Power Scorecard gave 23 states failing grades on policies related to energy democracy and accountability.
Maine community solar portfolio receives $118.2 million in financing
Forty-three small businesses will receive credits for the 22.7 MW dc generated from the projects.
Wyoming legislation attacks net metering, small-scale solar
Wyoming Senator Case has yet again submitted legislation to limit net metering, jeopardizing the grassroots growth of small-scale solar power.
State solar policy increasingly moving away from traditional net metering
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center 2024 annual review and Q4 edition of The 50 States of Solar finds that most states took some distributed solar policy action during 2024, with most related to net metering policies, residential fixed charge increases and community solar.
Google-supported solar projects more than double Oklahoma solar capacity
Five planned solar facilities will add 700 MW of capacity to a state that currently has only 376 MW of solar installed.
Solar wins on cost
On Day One of pv magazine USA Week, a panel of experts explored the levelized cost of energy as well as current challenges to capacity expansion.
U.S. solar industry on track to install 250 GW in five years
According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q3 2024 report, in the two years since passage of the IRA the solar industry has added 75 GW of new capacity to the grid, representing over 36% of all solar capacity built in U.S. history.
Sunrise brief: U.S. residential solar down 20% in 2024
Also on the rise: $1B in financing for 400 MW/1600 MWh solar-plus-storage project. Peak Energy secures $55 million Series A funding to manufacture sodium-ion batteries. And more.
Two approaches to save net metering in Puerto Rico
A solar trade group wants the White House to appoint new pro-solar members to the federal oversight board that has challenged Puerto Rico’s net metering law, while the former president of the Puerto Rico Senate advises considering amending the law.
Puerto Rico’s solar net metering law at risk from federal oversight board
Puerto Rico led the nation in per-capita residential solar installations last year, but continued progress is threatened because a law extending solar net metering through 2031 has been challenged by a federal oversight board.
