The Panoche Valley Solar Farm gets downsized
Under a settlement with environmentalists, 117 MW of the mammoth 247 MW project planned for Central California’s Coast Range will move to the Imperial Valley.
Cypress Creek secures $450 million in funding
“This agreement accelerates our mission to put as much solar in the ground as soon as possible”
California judge backs blocking utility’s TOU rates plan
Southern California Edison’s plans to move customers to time-of-use rates in 2018 have hit a snag as Administrative Law Judge Sophia J. Park has recommended to the PUC that it delay their implementation. A final decision could come Aug. 24.
Coalition coalesces around fighting Suniva’s Section 201 trade case
An extensive and diverse group of activists have banded together to form the Energy Trade Action Coalition and vow to lobby Congress, President Trump and the U.S. International Trade Commission to derail the petition.
Court upholds strict scope for duties on Chinese, Taiwanese imports
A pair of court rulings has shot down challenges by a range of solar manufacturers related to the details of 2014 import duties on solar products from China and Taiwan.
Solar drives up evening wholesale prices in California
The duck curve is real, and is driving up prices and increasing ramping requirements in the evening.
Renovate America secures $200 million to expand HERO
The influx of cash is the latest progress for the nation’s largest PACE provider, which expanded to more communities in Missouri last week.
Report: Residential, C&I solar permits surge in Florida, Nevada
South Carolina and Pennsylvania also saw significant increases in solar permits granted, but California and Colorado both dropped by nearly 30%, according to the latest OhmHome report.
DOE launches “Hit me with your SunShot” photo contest
The contest is offering up to $2,500 in prizes, and pv magazine is hoping that DOE will license the winners under public domain.
U.S. Senate sub-committee FY 2018 budget proposal increases energy research spending
The Senate Subcommittee on Energy and Water development slammed what it called an “unrealistic” budget from President Trump, and proposed additional funding for agencies Trump planned to gut or eliminate.
