Rocky Mountain Power’s incremental evolution
Rocky Mountain Power’s 20 year Integrated Resource Plan has been accepted by Idaho regulators. The plan calls for more wind and solar, greater efficiency, and very little net demand growth.
Another gas plant spurned as renewable energy takes over in California
The Glendale, California City Council voted 4-1 to put a gas generation plant upgrade on hold to explore renewable energy and storage options.
Surviving and thriving in Puerto Rico with solar power and energy storage
In this interview Maximo Solar CEO Maximo Torres talks with pv magazine about the role that solar and energy storage are playing in the recover of Puerto Rico, and what he sees for the future of the island’s grid.
GTM Research: Global solar market to top 104 GW this year
The company’s latest Global Solar Demand Monitor forecasts 6% annual increase in PV installation growth, with the United States seeing relatively flat growth at 10.6 GW.
Will Powerhouse rise from the dead? RGS taps manufacturing partners
RGS Energy has contracted with Risen Energy, along with others, to help it commercialize the most recent incarnation of Dow’s Powerhouse Solar Shingle.
Kentucky anti-solar legislation killed
The bill to allow utilities to impose fees and change compensation for customer-sited solar PV has been sidelined in the Kentucky Senate.
Storage pipeline grows to 10.4 GW
Analyst data records 53% annual growth in storage in 2017, rising to 1.9 GW as South Korea rose to top of the tree in terms of cumulative capacity. The global project pipeline has soared to 10.4 GW.
Solar ownership still tilts towards high income, but evolving
An analysis of more than 800,000 solar installations has found that the median income of pv adopters is $32,000 per year higher than the median of all households, but the median income of buyers is on a downward trend.
New Jersey passes wide-ranging energy legislation on solar, batteries and nuclear power
The two bills will increase the state’s RPS to 50% by 2030, require 5% of electricity to come from behind-the-meter solar by 2021, set a 2 GW energy storage goal and bail out nuclear plants.
Maryland report shows distributed solar’s real power is people
An analysis submitted to Maryland regulators found that distributed solar’s economic benefits – mostly labor associated revenue – was worth six times the value of the electricity to the grid.
