John Hancock buys into Duke’s wind, solar and batteries
The insurance company has agreed to buy a minority stake in 48 wind, solar and battery assets, which will provide $415 million before taxes to Duke Energy.
Texas’ biggest project has its buyers
The 690 MWdc Taygete solar project has secured an off-taker for its second phase, opening the doors for construction to begin on one of the biggest solar plants seen in the United States to date.
SC Solar Freedom Act clears senate committee, Hormel Foods on the road to renewables: pvMB 4/10/19
Hello and welcome to your hump day pvMB. Today we’ll be looking at CVE North America’s success in community solar under Massachusetts’ SMART progam, Anaheim, California’s schools going solar and so much more!
1.5¢/kWh renewables, 8minutenergy still #1, pvMB: 4/5/19
It’s springtime – so get outside this weekend – but first read your pv magazine morning brief where we talk about GameChange manufacturing in Detroit, 1.3 GW of energy storage coming to New England, solar cost recovery approved in Florida, and more!
Tesla brings brownfield solar to Maryland, solar stop signs and more: pvMB 4/2/2019
In today’s pvMB, we also bring you an Iowa legislator seeking more information before signing off on a bill to cut solar compensation, solar and wind entering their 3rd phase, and a bill to move prisons and university classrooms to solar.
Florida Power and Light enters the race for the world’s largest battery
At 409 MW/900 MWh, FPL’s project would be four times the capacity of the largest battery currently online. But an even bigger battery is being planned in Texas.
Solar jobs grow in the Midwest, Florida (w/ charts)
The release of state and local solar jobs information from the Solar Foundation shows that while California is still in the lead, growth is happening elsewhere.
Green New Deal arrives in state legislatures
This blog post by EQ Research takes a look at the spur of state-level green energy initiatives that have followed in the wake of the Green New Deal.
Rounding up solar O&M in the Lone Star State
PV Operations Dallas, April 16-17, will host a broad group of industry heavy weights to give you the ins and outs of solar power & energy storage O&M in Texas and the Southwest.
Ten sunniest states added 1.8 GW of small-scale solar
Contractors in California, Arizona and Texas built almost 90% of this capacity. Policy groups in the 10 states aim for fair rates for solar customers, plus community solar. “Snapshot stories” included.
