Array of groups celebrate the death of DOE’s coal, nuclear bailout
The odd alliance of renewable energy, the oil and gas industry, environmentalists, energy experts and regulators who opposed the Grid Reliability and Resiliency Pricing rulemaking have congratulated FERC on declining to comply with Secretary Perry’s order.
Political, solar vets launch advocacy group to get clean energy on ballots
With the 2018 midterms looming ahead, the Energy Future Project wants to boost solar, wind and other renewables’ profiles and mobilize the “silent majority” that supports them to get out and vote.
FERC terminates coal, nuke bailout proceeding
Federal regulators have rejected orders from Energy Secretary Perry to design open-ended subsidization of coal and nuclear power plants, and are initiating a new proceeding to look into reliability matters.
Solar corporate funding rebounds in 2017 (w/ charts)
Venture capital, debt, securitization and project finance were all winners in 2017, as were solar stocks. However Mercom Capital warns that the pending Section 201 ruling could cause significant damage to the sector in 2018.
Blattner completes 298 MW-AC of solar for Florida Power & Light
The four plants nearly double the Florida utility’s large-scale solar capacity, and another four are scheduled to come online March 1.
Jackonsville, Florida, courts global solar manufacturer
An un-named PV maker is seeking $54 million in state and local incentives to build its U.S. headquarters in the state, along with investing $410 million to build two factories employing 800 workers.
TVA still electrifying cities like Nashville
A partnership between the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Metro and The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee and Nashville Electric Service will bring the Music City its first community solar project.
Cypress Creek constructs 1 GW of solar in 18 months
The developer continues its nationwide expansion, building 800 MW of solar capacity in North Carolina, South Carolina, Oregon, Texas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Minnesota, New York and Vermont alone.
FERC: 43.5 GW of utility-scale solar proposed in the U.S. through 2020
While the federal agency continues to struggle with reporting accurate data on existing solar, it has recorded a large volume of proposed projects over the next three years.
California is already getting 30% of its power from RPS renewables (w/ chart)
The latest report from the California Energy Commission shows that the state is within striking distance of its 33% by 2020 renewable energy mandate, with solar providing more than a third of RPS-eligible power.
