New York

The radical call for a rapid energy transition and jobs program now has the stated support of more than 4% of the U.S. Representatives who will take seats in January.

The Solar Panel Art Series is currently on display in Brooklyn at the A/D/O gallery. The ten pieces of artwork on recycled solar panels will go to supporting Olafur Eliasson’s Little Sun Foundation’s “Solar School Kids Program”.

The coalition’s goal of powering one million homes with solar energy is gaining traction in the Empire State, especially among members of the State Assembly.

The Empire State has seen its installed solar capacity increase 1,000 fold since 2011, due in part to the next-man-up nature of the state’s community solar industry.

The nation’s largest developer of wind and solar added 447 MW of solar and 120 MW of batteries to its backlog, as it delves deeper into energy storage.

SEIA has filed a petition with the New York regulators calling for changes to the calculation of the value of distributed energy, including by refining how to take into account avoided damages, and adjusting the application of ‘E-values’ until further program changes occur.

The investment comes as part of Governor Cuomo’s ambitious state mandate of 1,500 MW of energy storage by 2025, in hopes of shifting generation to match demand.

A recent analysis from the U.S. Department of Energy shows the Midwest and Plains States in the lead, but the coasts are on a track to catch up thanks to mandates.

Solar power is about to make affordable housing in Brooklyn and Queens a little more affordable.

A report analyzing the week of a heat wave in the Northeast estimates that solar power saved $30 million in wholesale electricity costs due to lowering demand at its peak during mid-day – including $6.7 million in savings on July 3rd.