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A free solar future, drones patrolling the skies above solar farms: pvMB 5/2/19

Welcome, welcome to this Thursday’s pvMB. Today we’ll be checking out Suntuity’s free solar giveaway, Brooklyn Solar Canopies going south, sPower and Cypress Creek alleging project blocking by Consumers, the launch of the Atlas platform and all the rest of today’s ultra-important solar news.

Panasonic leaves U.S. solar development with Coronal sale

Danish offshore wind giant Ørsted has acquired Coronal Energy’s solar development business, in a move that strengthens one company’s presence in the U.S. utility-scale solar and storage market, and all but eliminates the other’s.

4 GW of Georgia solar now would save customers money, says state solar association

A Georgia solar association and a citizen’s group have brought analyses showing a much greater cost-saving solar potential in Georgia than the meager 1 GW that Georgia Power proposed in its 20-year resource plan.

Maine Governor calls for 100% renewable electricity

Maine Governor Janet T. Mills has submitted an act which would establish a council to guide the state in reaching consumption goals of 80% renewable electricity by 2030 and 100% by 2050.

The Renewable U right for you

A recently published report by Environment America and the Frontier Group takes a look at which schools are leading the charge in the renewable transition, as dozens of colleges and universities now obtain 100% or more of their electricity from renewable sources.

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California’s largest CCA project ever, a city run entirely on solar: pvMB 5/1/19

Welcome one and all to the first pvMB of May and also a hump day MB, exciting stuff. Today we’ll be looking at ACORE’s fight for an energy storage tax credit, Michiganers against DTE’s proposed solar fee, AEP’s request for proposals and all the solar news you need to be caught up on.

Democratic voters want action on climate (we think)

A new poll shows climate change emerging as the top issue for Democrats and left-leaning independents – as a first. But how you ask the question matters.

Enphase can’t keep up with demand

The microinverter maker reported its second consecutive quarter of profit and is sold out into the second half of the year, as it continues to battle tariffs and component shortages.

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Quality and profit are not mutually exclusive

In this op-ed for pv magazine, Vivint Solar CEO David Bywater discusses the commitment needed by solar installers to think of quality and profits in an ‘and’ relationship, rather than an ‘or’ one.

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Big ambitions, unclear details in O’Rourke climate plan

The dollars and dates in Democratic Presidential Candidate Beto O’Rourke’s new climate plan are ambitious. But much is not clear about what exactly is being referred to and how choices would be made between technologies.

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