Talesun supplies 96 MW of PV modules to project in California
The Chinese solar module producer will ship its high efficiency modules to the U.S. state from its Thailand production facility. Modules to be used in the ColGreen North Shore project.
PG&E to transition to net metering 2.0 by the end of the year
The second of California’s three large utilities expects to hit its cap under the original net metering program this month, with 2.4 GW of behind-the-meter solar installed.
Trump invites Musk to tech summit, but will he accept?
The Tesla/SolarCity CEO has conflicting work interests, reports say, as President-elect Trump gathers together some of the U.S. tech world’s leading lights in New York on Wednesday.
Georgia reaches accord on renewable cost-benefit framework
Georgia Power and the Georgia Public Service Commission issued a joint recommendation on how to evaluate solar’s value to the state’s grid, with a view of using the framework in the Renewable Energy Development Initiative
Trump DOE witch hunt questionnaire suggests attacks on renewable energy & staff
Senator Edward Markey (D-Ma) has condemned the questionnaire, and the Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy has been called up for a Monday meeting.
Sunrun renews GRID Alternatives partnership
The partnership, now entering its sixth year, is designed to spread solar energy to as many U.S. households as it can
44% of U.S. residential solar is owned by third parties
A report by the U.S. government finds that third party-owned solar represents more than half of distributed capacity in Arizona and Maryland.
San Diego sports more than 100,000 solar rooftops
San Diego Gas & Electric, already ahead of its 2020 renewable-energy by more than 10 percent, announced it connected 1,942 solar customers to the grid, providing solar to 100,000 customers
NextEra & First Solar commission 250 MW-AC project in Nevada
Does this mean that the age of mega-solar projects is over at last?
sPower signs 105 MW PPA under community choice aggregation program
sPower has secured a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for 105 MW-AC of solar power with community choice aggregator MCE in California, making it sPower’s largest contract of this type to date, and the largest community choice aggregation (CCA) agreement known to pv magazine.
