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.
And the grid shrugged: North Carolina, Georgia see little effect from solar eclipse
Let’s hope Secretary Rick Perry was paying attention: Today’s eclipse across two of the country’s most solar states yielded almost no disruption – meaning solar does not inherently weaken the grid.
Battery maker Alevo files for bankruptcy, lays off 290 in N.C.
Russian-backed firm goes belly up, leaving an old Phillip Morris factory in Concord, N.C., empty and its entire workforce search for answers about why.
International renewables firm buys 194 MW utility-scale portfolio
Heelstone Energy Holdings, which sold the portfolio to Sammons Renewable Energy, will continue to manage the portfolio, including operations and maintenance.
Technical challenges of the eclipse
In this interview with pv magazine, Energy Innovations Power Sector Transformation Expert Mike O’Boyle talks about what it will take for U.S. grids with large amounts of solar to deal with the eclipse – and how he thinks this will pan out.
What does the solar eclipse mean for solar power?
This unusual eclipse is a balancing act for energy companies.
