New York coalition brings solar power to the poor
Solar One, GRID Alternatives Tri-State and Co-op Power have founded Affordable Solar New York, which will bring low-cost solar power to affordable housing providers in New York.
Tesla/SolarCity starts aggressive hiring process at Buffalo gigafactory
Despite some early setbacks, the combined companies are looking for 34 positions — out of an expected 1,400 jobs — to staff their new facility
Green Charge wins 13 MWh Con Ed aggregation deal
Green Charge Networks has won a contract award from New York utility Con Edison to deliver 13 megawatt hours for Con Edison’s Brooklyn-Queens Neighborhood Program.
Project Sunroof offers community-wide solar installation estimates
The new tool measures technical potential, but may not be an accurate indicator of how much solar could realistically be installed in any given city.
New York regulators propose to slowly transition C&I, community solar off of net metering
Under the recommendations by New York PSC staff for valuation of DER, residential solar would remain on net metering while commercial and community solar would slowly transfer to a new methodology.
Invenergy wind and solar mega-project still has a long way to go
Despite the media buzz, Invenergy’s 6-state wind and solar project does not yet have power contracts.
Tesla gigafactory to combine Silevo, Panasonic HIT solar technologies
Panasonic will operate the Buffalo “gigafactory”, and sell modules to Tesla/SolarCity.
New York makes $10 million available for clean tech incubators
This adds to the $14 million the state has supplied to incubators since 2009, assisting 146 companies.
Borrego to begin offering C&I, utility energy storage
The move is part of a trend of solar developers adding additional energy management services, referred to as “solar+”.
Long Island reaches 35,000 residential solar installations
This puts Long Island at as much as 280 MW of installed residential PV, as the largest regional market in the state.
