Maryland report shows distributed solar’s real power is people
An analysis submitted to Maryland regulators found that distributed solar’s economic benefits – mostly labor associated revenue – was worth six times the value of the electricity to the grid.
Illinois smart inverter rebates to benefit solar deployment
The availability of smart inverter rebates for Illinois medium and large nonresidential PV systems in Illinois can go beyond being able to work better in a grid to impacting net metering, energy storage and other policy issues.
NREL develops open source tool to monitor PV plant performance & degradation
The U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has launched a new software package, developed alongside SunPower and kWh Analytics, which it says will improve the accuracy and reliability of PV plant performance data, and improve the industry’s understanding of degradation.
Are corporates ready to invest in solar? Rethinking the value proposition
In this op-ed for pv magazine, Mike Mendelsohn and John Harper look at issues with the supply of tax equity financing for solar deployment.
U.S. solar investment remains sluggish in Q1 2018
BNEF’s latest report on global clean energy investment trends finds a second quarter of slow investment in solar, with the U.S. market remaining interrupted.
Utilities win in South Carolina solar vote
A bill to lift net metering caps in South Carolina fails, after a technicality was used to force the bill to secure a 2/3 majority.
Solar and wind plus storage to increasingly replace gas plants
A session at BNEF’s Future of Energy Summit explored how renewables paired with energy storage are successfully competing with new gas plants.
Attempt to reverse LePage solar policy veto fails (again) in Maine
The second attempt to overturn the idiosyncratic governor’s veto of a solar policy fix has again failed by two votes.
The customer has spoken – 74% want energy storage
EnergySage’s latest Solar Marketplace Intel Report shows solar shoppers are interested in batteries as well. Additionally, buyers have become hardware focused, pushing flexibility and efficiency.
U.S. large-scale batteries lead global energy storage deployment
And inaugural global energy storage report by GTM Research finds that while the United States remains the world’s leading market with newly installed capacity of 431 MWh, China is poised to rise to second place globally in 2019.
