Net metering 2.0 slows down California’s residential solar market
Solar industry commentary is echoing state data, which shows that the implementation of net metering 2.0 and time-of-use rates are having a significant negative effect on California’s distributed solar market.
Solaria targets specialized solar distributors
Solaria has announced it second regional solar distributor, Fortune Energy, a wholesale supplier of renewable energy products based in Sacramento, with additional offices in Southern California, Massachusetts and Hawaii.
Go West: California to recruit federal climate scientists
California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) President Michael Picker will travel to Washington D.C. tomorrow to recruit Climate Change, renewable energy and environmental scientists as the Federal government’s environmental priorities shift.
Sungevity files for bankruptcy
Four days after laying off an estimated 400 employees, Sungevity has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.
Intevac reports massive ion implant tool order
The company’s ENERGi systems will be used to enable more than 1 GW expansion of high-efficiency n-type mono cell capacity for an un-named customer in China, a big boost for the technology.
Sunrun grows, captures more market share in 2016
The third-party solar company’s quarterly results show its 2016 deployments growing at double the rate of the U.S. residential market, as Sunrun begins offering energy storage and changes its relationship to utilities.
California regulators move to double SGIP funding
The proposed decision would increase SGIP funding by $249 million over the next three years, with 85% of this to subsidize energy storage installations
U.S. energy storage MWhs double in 2016
A rush of projects to make up for grid resources lost with the Aliso Canyon gas leak boosted energy storage deployments to a record level in Q4.
Residential solar ownership now outpaces leasing (with charts)
According to new data by GTM Research, the ratio of solar leases and PPAs to full ownership flipped in the fourth quarter of 2016, when fewer than half of all new residential solar systems were operating under third-party arrangements – down from its 2014 peak of 72%.
GRID Alternatives adds Sunrun as another option for third-party ownership
The California Public Utilities Commission approved Grid Alternatives’ proposal to allow Sunrun to own and operate projects for the Single Family Affordable Solar Homes (SASH) Program.
