Product recall: SMA calls in MLPE over rapid shutdown problem
The inverter maker conducted tests and found the branded SMA TS4-R-F-42 could not always supply the rapid shutdown function called for by a new U.S. safety standard when applied in commercial and industrial systems featuring its inverter tech.
Florida’s stunted customer owned solar grows 76% in 2018
The State of Florida deployed 113 MWac of net metered, customer owned solar power across 13,705 installations last year – 68% more installations and 76% more watts than the prior year.
Why we can’t have nice things (like a national renewable energy mandate)
It would be easy to blame the Republican Party, but there are roadblocks in both parties, and this bill is unlikely to ever see the light of day.
ENGIE invests in Conti family
Development giant ENGIE has purchased EPC specialist Conti Corporation and its affiliates Indicon Corporation, Ion Electric, and McGilvray Mechanical.
Enphase begins tariff-free shipments from Mexico, TVA caps solar in final plan: pvMB 07/01/19
In today’s brief we also feature conditions on Dominion’s future IRPs and some tax benefits recognized from Georgia solar.
India wins WTO solar dispute against the United States
A World Trade Organization panel has found that state-level policies to incentivize the use of domestic solar products put imported goods from India and other countries at a disadvantage.
The second Democratic debate: Return of the Green New Deal
The first debate featuring the two front-runners for the Democratic nomination showed the clear and growing divisions within the Democratic Party, on climate policy as much as everything else.
Women in Power, solar cell pricing down, solar+bird+fire=bad: pvMB 6/28/19
The sun is up, summer is here and PG&E is still paying Topaz, LONGi is hiring in the Bay Area, and Common Energy is installing in today’s pvMB!
Los Angeles seeks record setting solar power price under 2¢/kWh
The city’s municipal utility is readying a 25-year power purchase agreement for 400 MWac of solar power at 1.997¢/kWh along with electricity from 200 MW / 800 MWh of energy storage at a 1.3¢/kWh adder, for an aggregate price of 3.297¢/kWh.
It’s official: Maine to go 80% renewable by 2030
Governor Janet Mills (D) has signed a trifecta of bills to move the state towards a clean energy future, including adding 375 MW of distributed solar by mid-2024.
