Florida

A source has revealed to pv magazine that the Chinese PV behemoth is the company negotiating with the city of Jacksonville, Florida.

Origis Energy plans to install more than half a million solar panels to feed the power needs of Disney World and surrounding businesses.

Panasonic’s development subsidiary closed on a combination of tax equity and debt to provide financing for 120 MW-AC of solar plants that came online last August.

The four plants nearly double the Florida utility’s large-scale solar capacity, and another four are scheduled to come online March 1.

An un-named PV maker is seeking $54 million in state and local incentives to build its U.S. headquarters in the state, along with investing $410 million to build two factories employing 800 workers.

State Representative Holly Raschein introduced House Bill 1133 on Tuesday, which would create a pilot program in the Florida Keys to see how solar+storage could stiffen grid resiliency during natural disasters like hurricanes.

SolarTech Universal plans to expand its employee base by 100 next year – including in hurricane-ravaged Puerto Rico.

Tampa Electric is seeking cost recovery from its customers to pay for investments in large solar projects, which it says will be compensated by lower electric rates.

The financing provider is joining at least two other online solar marketplaces, in a new way to sell residential solar

Following dire reports of bee-colony collapses in recent years, at least three new solar sites in Florida and Maryland are trying to provide safe havens for these critical links in the food chain.