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A bill passed last night in the Massachusetts Senate removes the state’s caps on net metering, sets a 100% renewable energy mandate, boosts the state’s energy storage procurement target to 2 GW and more. But can it pass the House?

The national residential installer has fired an employee and taken other actions in the wake of a lawsuit filed by a former employee alleging multiple shocking allegations of racism and harassment by his coworkers and supervisor.

Details are sparse, but the Michigan utility plans to put the first plant online in 2021, as part of a commitment to reach 43% renewable energy by 2040.

Part 2 looks at presentations by Fluence and NREL, which outline the market opportunities present both today and in the future.

An ad being run by a PAC supported by APS is using images of violent felons to scare voters away from a clean energy initiative. But this is nothing new.

In this interview with pv magazine, Sungrow USA CEO Steven Chan gives his perspective on the U.S. market in the wake of anticipated global module oversupply, as well as talking about the market dynamics around string versus central inverters.

Presentations by Duke Energy, NREL, Fluence, GE and the EIA itself showed that energy storage is becoming a fact on the ground.

Through the deal SunPower gets $25 million and stock; however the bigger deal may be Enphase’s right to be the company’s exclusive residential inverter supplier.

The company will return to selling solar primarily through its stores and online.

The announcement was made in the context of the module manufacturer’s new supply contract with PetersenDean.