Florida

In this interview from the Solar Power International trade show, Sonnen CEO Christoph Ostermann and Senior VP Blake Richetta talk about the market for backup power, and how this has been influenced by recent disasters

St. Petersburg, Fla.,’s call for requiring PV systems on new or extensively improved housing begs the question of its impact.

The agreement with large C&I customers, the state’s ratepayer advocate and environmentalists also settles costs from the abandoned Levy County Nuclear Plant.

The developer has built three solar projects totaling 120 MW-AC on Navy and Air Force bases on the Florida Panhandle.

Despite the looming Section 201 case, the company’s development and IPP arm added another 438 MW of solar projects during the quarter, while construction is underway on 594 MW of solar for utility FPL.

The decision to shutter the 11-MW C.H. Corn Hydroelectric Station by the city’s municipal utility comes down to cost and reliability – something the city believes it can get more effectively from solar than water.

After years of steady, relentless growth, the U.S. residential solar market is struggling with challenges on both the policy and customer acquisition fronts. And as the market diversifies away from California and the Northeast, the future is far from clear.

The influx of cash is the latest progress for the nation’s largest PACE provider, which expanded to more communities in Missouri last week.

South Carolina and Pennsylvania also saw significant increases in solar permits granted, but California and Colorado both dropped by nearly 30%, according to the latest OhmHome report.