NRG continues moving into solar during Q1
Despite a challenging financial environment, NRG continues its solar expansion, including an increasing presence in community solar.
“Red state” utilities populate the top 10 lists for solar
SEPA’s annual utility list shows utilities in North Carolina, Iowa and Utah among the top 3 in its lists for solar installed on an absolute and per-customer basis. The organization also published new lists of the top utilities for storage deployment.
Salt Lake City joins cascade of cities committing to 100% renewables
The dominoes are starting to fall solar’s way, as the Utah capital committed to producing all of its electricity from renewable sources in 15 years, joining an ever-growing group of cities who have already done so.
Utah eliminates solar tax credit
HB 23 reduces the current tax credit at $1,600 in 2018 and then reduces it by $400 per year until it reaches $400 total in 2021. Any system installed after that won’t be able to access tax credits.
GTM Research: U.S. solar market to decline 10% in 2017 (with charts)
The full release of the latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report gives a number of surprises, including Utah and Georgia rising to the #2 and #3 largest state markets with over 1 GW installed each.
Utah industry reaches solar tax-credit compromise
With lawmakers claiming the solar income-tax credit was costing the state $60 million per year, the solar industry agreed to a phase out of the credits by 2021 in lieu of severe caps that would have limited the number of Utahns able to take advantage of it.
sPower Connects Nearly 500 MW to grid in 65 days
The independent power producer reached 1 GW of operating solar projects before the calendar turned to 2017.
The solar coaster: pv magazine USA’s 2016 year in review
With massive market growth, the bankruptcy of SunEdison and the election of a pro-coal climate denier as president, 2016 really was the best and the worst of times.
Scatec sells off its last U.S. solar plant
The Norwegian developer and EPC has closed on the sale of the 104 MW-DC Utah Red Hills plant to Macquarie.
sPower provides 107 MW of power to California water department
The Solverde 1 Solar project will help California Department of Water Resources continue toward its mission of becoming more environmentally responsible.
