14 industry heavyweights beg Congress not to slash research (Letter attached)
President Donald J. Trump has proposed devastating cuts to the Department of Energy and its related research arms. Leaders from multiple industries – including names you’ll know – are begging Congress not to implement them.
PacifiCorp solar RFP
This article has been removed from the pv magazine USA site. There is currently no PacifiCorp RFP for solar projects, but there is one for wind projects. We regret the error.
AEPCO readies 20 MW Apache Solar Plant
The co-op expects to put the 20 MW Apache Solar Project in Arizona online in September, which will help to reduce its dependence upon coal.
Keystone Power Holdings launches $35 million solar fund
Keystone Power Holdings LLC has established a solar investment fund, KPH Solar Farms Fund I, to finance small-scale solar projects.
American Solar Direct swerves into chapter 7 bankruptcy
The California solar installer will likely be liquidated, after its liabilities mushroomed to at least 200 times its assets.
New York public housing solar + storage microgrid project complete
The project at the Marcus Garvey Apartments is the first deployment of lithium-ion batteries at a multifamily residential building in New York City.
Vivint Solar to join Tesla, Sunrun in returning to the Nevada solar market
Following a promise by Governor Sandoval to sign legislation re-instating net metering, the nation’s three largest residential solar companies have all said that they will return.
Edisun Microgrids predicts 3 MW of tracker deployment in 2017
Edisun Microgrids, which launched its innovative dual-axis flat-roof commercial tracker last year, expects to deploy more than 3 MW of its rooftop tracker PV Booster in 2017, according to company CEO Bill Gross.
U.S. border solar financier NADB up for $3 billion infusion
The bilateral North American Development Bank (NADB), a staunch financier for solar projects in the U.S. and Mexican states straddling the border, may gain a $3 billion infusion from the U.S. and Mexican governments if House Resolution 882 comes to pass.
South Carolina: SCE&G supports community solar through specific program
South Carolina’s power utility expects to complete two or three large-scale solar facilities under the program by the end of this year.
