Virginia is a state to watch on renewables
A once red state’s embrace of a renewable portfolio standard could be a boon to ratepayers. The Virginia Clean Economy Act is currently working its way through Virginia’s General Assembly and, if passed, would be the most ambitious clean energy policy in the state’s history.
Appalachian Power renews search for 200 MW of solar
Driven by Virginia Senate Bill 966 and the company’s latest integrated resource plan, Appalachian Power has issued a new request for proposals after failing to find any suitable projects during a 2018 request.
Morning Brief: complaints about Spotsylvania solar, Duke announces location of two new projects
Today in the morning brief: Chispa Nevada and Nevada Conservation League train climate voters, the Department of Energy releases a distributed solar RFI, Headline Solar reaches $5 mil in revenue and more.
Southeast US adds 427 MW of distributed solar in 2019, as advocates press for more
Florida led the region for small-scale installations, while Maryland kept the lead on a per-capita basis. Solar advocates look to improve opportunities for distributed solar throughout the region in 2020.
Morning Brief: Virginia fills third-party pilot, S.C. House calls for Santee Cooper to go clean
Hello one and all and welcome to the first morning brief of your work week. Today we have BoxPower delivering microgrids to earthquake-affected communities in Puerto Rico, and Sullivan Power winning an award for its UC Irvine installation.
Morning Brief: New events at Intersolar, Nexamp bringing community solar to New Jersey
Today we’ve got a 12 MW installation in Virginia, a 1.5 MW project for an Arkansas school district, the dramatic effect of demand fees in Kansas and more.
Morning Brief: Sigora Solar on the Virginia Clean Economy Act, Solar Frontier Americas has a financed project
Hello all and welcome to the last morning brief of the year! Today we’re looking at Global Solar layoffs, PG&E paying Topaz, a 100 MW Hecate project and more.
Here’s how utilities use their resource plans to block solar power
At least seven utilities chose to bias their resource modeling against solar in 2019. The good news is that transparent utility modeling could fix the problem.
5 stories that sparked conversation in 2019
Certain articles at pv magazine strike a chord with readers and spark greater discussion among the community. Here are the most discussed articles of 2019 at pv magazine USA.
Morning Brief: 20 MW of storage for New York, twin projects announced in Virginia
Hello one and all and welcome to another excellent edition of the morning brief. We’ve got a Brattle study on future solar-plus-storage markets, Belectric expanding O&M, and more.
