Facebook, Dominion reach a deal for Virginia solar
The project for the social media behemoth, at full build-out, will have 300 MW of capacity at several off-site locations. Facebook will use 130 MW to power its own facility.
ZAF starts nickel-zinc battery factory in Missouri
The 50 MWh factory shows that there is more going on in the battery space than lithium-ion.
Renew Financial C-PACE program reaches $100 million milestone
The company, which funds commercial PACE projects in California and Florida, had funded 56 property-improvement projects to reach the goal by the end of last month.
Challenges to the bailouts: An interview with Jason Johns of Stoel Rives
In this interview Stoel Rives Partner Jason Johns explains the shaky basis that Energy Secretary Perry’s attempt at a bailout for coal and nuclear plants rests on, what the potential impacts are for solar, and what sort of legal challenges he expects.
True Green fuels $140 million deal, keeping the Big Mo on their side
The Connecticut-based asset management firm has agreed to fund 50 MW of solar projects in five states and the District of Columbia, building on the momentum they’ve had since just before Christmas last year.
Xcel claims nation’s largest community solar capacity
The utility says that the more than 139 MW-AC of community solar it has online is the most in the nation; but this is only the beginning.
IEA: Solar fastest growing energy source in 2016
The International Energy Agency’s Renewables 2017 report finds that solar PV capacity grew 50% last year, underpinning a 12% increase in this year’s renewables forecast and prompting the IEA to forecast 1,000 GW of clean energy by 2022.
Group recruits standing solar army
In move designed to articulate more effectively its role in uniting solar consumers for the fights around the country for solar-friendly policies, Community Power Network relaunches as Solar United Neighbors.
California greenhouse gas emissions fall as renewables boom (w/ charts)
Data from California’s grid operator shows an ongoing decline in gas generation and imports as solar and other forms of renewable energy boom.
Back from the dead? New deal could revive Dow solar shingles
RGS Energy and Dow have reached an agreement to revive the Powerhouse brand in 3.0 form. Could the market conditions finally be right for the long-struggling (but often intriguing) brand?
