Renovate America sheds 100 jobs in rapid restructure
The Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) provider insists it is financially sound and that the restructuring is designed to ensure “our operation is running as efficiently as possible”.
Addressing C&I solar market shortcomings with PACE
A research paper by the Solar Energy Industries Association looks at the potential of Commercial Property Assessed Clean Energy to boost the commercial and industrial solar sector
St. Louis commits to 100% wind and solar by 2035
The coal-dependent city joins 46 other communities in the United States which have pledged to reach 100% renewable energy
Midwest solar markets: An interview with Sean Gallagher
Sean Gallagher of SEIA comments on the burgeoning regional solar market at the Solar Midwest conference in Chicago.
ZAF starts nickel-zinc battery factory in Missouri
The 50 MWh factory shows that there is more going on in the battery space than lithium-ion.
Go west, young solar? An analysis
A rebate offered by a Missouri public utility is stirring up debate on how to use solar in addressing the vaunted “duck curve”.
Renovate America secures $200 million to expand HERO
The influx of cash is the latest progress for the nation’s largest PACE provider, which expanded to more communities in Missouri last week.
ESCO acquires Renewable NRG Systems
The maker of engineered products for multiple industries has expanded into wind and solar with the acquisition of Renewable NRG Systems.
Missouri House votes to make solar customers separate-class citizens
HB 340 codifies the ability of utilities to treat solar customers differently from all other ratepayers, leaving them subject to arbitrary “recovery fees” not levied on any other electricity consumers.
Two bills show Missouri’s solar split personality
The “Show Me” state is showing the enormous rift between legislators that want solar to flourish in the state and those who want to try to strangle the rooftop-solar industry before it can grow.
