Beaumont Solar completes 1.3MW PV system atop Joseph Abboud factory
The New England solar installer has completed a 1.3 MW rooftop project on the suit maker’s manufacturing facility. The 272,000 square-foot building in coastal Massachusetts, once powered with coal and oil, is now almost self-sufficient.
Installer survey finds robust competition in the U.S. market
Energy Sage’s annual survey conducted in collaboration with pv magazine also finds third-party solar options to be relatively unpopular
Georgia Power reaches 846 MW of solar PV
The Deep South utility has agreed to build 1.6 GW of renewable energy by 2021
New Hampshire PUC staff suggests net-metering tweaks
The state’s public utilities commission staff recommended four minor tweaks to the net-metering programs, but said the utility had not proven its cost-shifting case to its satisfaction and asked utilities to gather more data before final rates can be determined.
Eurus Energy finishes 27.6 MW in Hawaii
The Tokyo-based renewables developer completed the project last week in Waianae, on the Hawaiian island of Oahu. It is the company’s second biggest utility-scale PV array in the U.S.
SMUD to buy power from 60 MW-AC Recurrent project for community solar program
The Tranquility 8 Verde project in Central California will provide electricity to customers of Sacramento’s public utility who participate in its Solar Shares program.
Eos & Siemens launch utility-scale storage partnership
Storage specialist Eos Energy this week announced a partnership with Siemens to integrate, install and service large-scale energy storage solutions.
BayWa sells 47 MW of solar plants to PSE&G Solar Source
New Jersey-based utility Public Service Electric and Gas Company (PSE&G) is branching out its solar acquisition portfolio, by acquiring two utility-scale PV plants from BayWa r.e. in North Carolina, through its subsidiary PSEG Solar Source.
GameChange ships 85 MW of pile driven solar to North Carolina
GameChange Solar announced that 85 MW of its Max-Span pile driven systems were shipped to an unnamed customer in Wilson, North Carolina. Much of the system has already been installed and the rest will be completed shortly.
Solar disappears down the memory hole on White House website
In a 337-word declaration called “An America First Energy Plan,” the new president praises shale oil, traditional oil and natural gas. Any mentions of renewable energy sources, however, have disappeared.
