Duke takes full ownership of REC Solar
The southern power giant now has full ownership of the nation’s third-largest C&I solar developer.
Duke sets goal to purchase 680 MW of solar in 2018 under new rules
Four months after North Carolina revised its rules governing solar procurement in the state, Duke Energy has proposed an aggressive solar expansion for next year.
Changing tides: Utilities and solar
An increasing number of U.S. utilities are embracing the low and predictable costs of utility-scale solar. But conflicts remain over distributed generation, and the real question is who will own the solar that is being built.
Dominion to triple its installed solar in 2017
The Virginia power company expects to put 288 MW-DC online by the end of the year, to add to the 169 MW that it has already installed in 2017.
Hannon Armstrong bets on solar, issues $164 million in green bonds
The investment group will use the bonds to refinance the land leases it holds under 57 solar projects totaling 1.2 GW in capacity.
Recurrent Energy puts 71 MW-AC of solar online in North Carolina
The plant is one of the largest solar projects east of the Mississippi, adding further to the installed base of the No. 2 state for solar.
The challenge of uncertainty: Strata Solar on the Section 201 case
In this interview, Strata Solar Senior VP Brian O’Hara talks about the challenges that the Section 201 trade case is bringing to his company, and how Strata is meeting these challenges.
Falck enters the U.S. solar market
The Italian renewable energy company has acquired a 92 MW PV project in North Carolina from Canadian Solar for $43 million.
Four U.S. governors urge ITC to reject the Suniva/SolarWorld petition
Only a day before the decision, four governors from leading solar states expressed their opposition to the Section 201 trade case. But will political pressure be enough?
Dog bites man: Duke Energy prevails in lawsuit, keeping its monopoly in place
At issue was whether an agreement between NC WARN, a member-based nonprofit tackling the climate crisis, was acting as a public utility by providing solar electricity to a church. The public utilities commission – and now a court – has found that it was.
