NY’s renewable mega mandate passes the House, Trump’s “Dirty Power Plan”: pvMB 6/20/19
Hello and welcome to the Thursday morning brief! Boy do we have a packed brief for you, where we’ll be looking at NEXTracker reaching 20 GW of trackers, SEIA calling for an extension of the ITC, 1 GW of US clean energy projects auctioned at NYSE and more!
New York Senate passes the biggest, baddest renewable energy mandate in the nation
The 70% by 2030 renewable energy provision in S6599 is second only to DC’s 100% by 2032 in ambition, and includes targets of 6 GW of distributed solar by 2025 and 3 GW of energy storage by 2030. It is expected to pass the Assembly today.
America’s favorite solar beers, CleanCapital refinances its largest portfolio: pvMB 6/19/19
Hello one and all and welcome to the Wednesday morning pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at Nautilus completing a NY community solar installation, SOMAH’s applicant acceptance process, Enphase donating inverters… and more!
New York reaches deal on 70% by 2030 bill, Utilities want EVs, talking money in NYC: pvMB, 6/18/19
Spring showers as Bloomberg shows some love to LONGi, Ameresco builds a nice hospital carport, NREL trains executives, and more!
Musk says Solar Roof being installed in 8 states
At the company’s shareholder meeting Elon Musk gave a rare glimpse into the status of Tesla’s Solar Roof product, stating that it is on its third iteration. Questions remain about the utilization of the joint Tesla/Panasonic solar Gigafactory in Buffalo.
$37 for new solar in Vermont, BOfA to build 60 projects, module pricing stable – more!: pvMB 6/7/19
Put your car on cruise and lay back ’cause this is summertime, but Idaho Power is attacking net metering, while Fellowship Energy is winning a prize, Gillibrand is backing a carbon plan, and more!
Duke’s battery bonanza, Sunrun prices securitization: pvMB 6/4/19
Hello one and all and welcome to the pvMB. Today we’ll be diving into US Light Energy’s 7 MW community solar project planned for Clifton Park, Modernize partnering with Renovate America, Maine’s new community solar bill and much more!
New York’s winter time solar duck curve cometh
A site origination exercise and load analysis by Cornell University suggests that 9 GW of solar will reduce peak demand in New York by nearly 10%. However it also finds that solar needs better capacity valuations to make for a stronger market, and will drive a wintertime duck curve during the season of lower electricity demand.
Wyoming’s first solar trade association, EV chargers encroaching on gas stations: pvMB 5/21/19
We’ve got a jam-packed MB for you this morning. Today we’ll be looking at the formation of the American Solar Grazing Association, a community solar bill in Maine, the winners of the 17th Solar Cup and much much more!
A 7th grader’s prize-winning solar project, Canadian Solar secures $50 Million: pvMB 5/16/19
Hello one and all to the Thursday edition of the pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at Anheuser-Busch’s new 2.7 MW solar system at its New York brewery, Pivot’s awarding of 11 community solar projects in Illinois, Recurrent Energy selling its Mustang plant and more!
