New York utility uses its own buildings to power low-income shared solar
Starting with 3 MW this year, Consolidated Edison plans to install up to 11 MW of solar on its properties, to provide solar access to between 3,000 and 6,000 of its poorest customers.
New York kicks Solarize into high gear
The Empire State has deployed solar at 850 sites through the second round of its Solarize program, and is now extending the program to manufacturers.
Report shows grid modernization following renewable energy mandates, DG solar
NCCETC’s latest 50 States of Grid Modernization report shows that the states with the most aggressive renewable energy mandates are also leading on grid modernization – as are many of the states with the highest penetrations of distributed solar.
Tesla begins pilot deployment of its Solar Roof
The BIPV product is only on the homes of its employees (including its executives) right now, but Tesla predicts that it will begin producing Solar Roof tiles from the Buffalo gigafactory by year end.
Wind and solar outstrip state renewable energy mandates (w/ charts)
A new report by Berkeley Lab also finds that solar is increasingly being used to meet state-level renewable energy requirements, while overall deployment of renewables is increasingly driven by other factors.
Report: Residential, C&I solar permits surge in Florida, Nevada
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.
NYSERDA offers toolkit for navigating payments to local governments
The toolkit is designed to help local municipalities understand and negotiate payment-in-lieu-of taxes agreements with solar developers.
Net metering is dead. Long live net metering
The must-see panel of Intersolar North America (if you could only see one) discussed the most pressing issue in distributed solar today: What’s happening with net metering – and where does the industry go from here?
Solar and political struggle: The view from Intersolar North America
Despite all the success of the U.S. solar industry, the 10th annual Intersolar North America launched on an activist tone, with policy struggles at both the state and national level. In many ways, the work of transforming our energy system is just beginning
Approval granted for New York’s largest community solar project
The town of Grand Island in Upstate New York has authorized a 4.4 MW-DC community solar project, one of three that developer Blue Rock Energy has either completed or has underway in the state.
