U.S. microgrid market headed to 50 GW in 2025
The U.S. market for microgrids will grow from a near zero installation level in 2012 to 50 GW by 2025 and a value of $500 billion by 2030, according to Andy Skumanich, a principal at SolarVision Consulting.
Maine PUC issues final ruling on net-metering compromise
Current solar customers are grandfathered for 15 years, but customers who sign up next year will see their net-metering benefits decline over time.
Not dead yet: DOE Sunshot awards $30 million in new project funding
After President Donald J. Trump announced plans to close the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), most solar observers assumed the Sunshot Initiative was dead, too. But an announcement yesterday of a new round of funding proves the vital program isn’t quite dead yet.
AES claims world’s largest battery storage system
The 30 MW lithium ion battery system is the third massive system reported in Southern California this week, totaling 77.5 MW of capacity.
Tesla inaugurates 20 MW / 80 MWh battery system in Southern California
This is one of three massive systems which SCE has contracted to meet peak demand following its Aliso Canyon gas leak, as a new test for the abilities of energy storage.
Enphase job losses to largely impact Californian HQ
Around 75 jobs will be lost during the microinverter specialist’s restructuring drive, which reflects increased price pressure across the segment, both globally and in the U.S.
Utilities still struggle to win fixed, demand charge appeals
In the latest 50 States of Solar Report from the North Carolina Clean Energy Technology Center, net metering once again topped the list of actions of policies that states tried to change in 2016.
TerraForm Global releases overdue Q2 2016 results
The move is a step toward regaining regulatory compliance, in advance of a potential purchase by Brookfield.
NextEra to build Wisconsin’s largest solar project
The national developer will build the 100-MW solar project on land adjacent to the Point Beach Nuclear plant in Two Rivers, Wis.
South Carolina county lands 155 MW of solar projects
The announcement by Kansas-based Tradewind Energy that it will build an $84.5 million, 75-MW solar farm in Orangeburg County, S.C., is the second solar-farm announcement in six days.
