Energy Secretary Rick Perry wants to know if solar is eroding the electricity supply
On Friday, the former fossil-fuel favoring governor ordered a study to see whether solar and wind development is making the electricity grid less stable.
Albuquerque to install over $25 million worth of solar on city buildings
The announcement builds on Albuquerque’s commitment to get 25% of its energy from solar by 2025.
Renewable effects on environment garner more than $1 million in grants in California
The California Energy Commission provided grants last week for further study on the rearing methods of Mojave Desert tortoises and various grid-scale battery storage technologies as part of an effort to proliferate utility-scale solar projects in the state.
Real estate constraints, finance are key problems for rooftop solar in Washington D.C.
A new report finds that the nation’s capital has the ability to host up to 2.5 GW of rooftop solar potential and looks at ways to reach that potential.
Perovskite researchers nab $1.45 million grant in California
The University of California system has granted solar-cell researchers at UC San Diego the money to accelerate research into a technology it hopes will cut the costs of solar power in half.
Solar Frontier sells 40 MW California solar plant to Dominion
The U.S. development unit of the Japanese CIS thin-film manufacturer has completed the sale of the 40 MW-DC Midway II project in California.
Bosch Solar voluntarily recalls 28,000 solar panels
The U.S. Consumer Products Safety Commission partnered with the California company to recall PV modules that could overheat and catch fire, though no incidents or injuries have been reported.
Salt Lake City joins cascade of cities committing to 100% renewables
The dominoes are starting to fall solar’s way, as the Utah capital committed to producing all of its electricity from renewable sources in 15 years, joining an ever-growing group of cities who have already done so.
20 MW of “grid-supply” solar capacity becomes available in Hawaii
HECO has identified space for 2,800 rooftop PV systems under a previously closed program that allows customers to export to the grid.
“Ice batteries” become available in Southern California
Ice Energy expects to deploy up to 1,800 Ice Bear systems to C&I customers and a municipality in Orange County.
