BREAKING: Energy Department hires Charlie Gay to lead the SunShot Initiative
Gay brings with him over 40 years of experience, including heading NREL in the 90’s and serving on SunPower’s board of advisors.
TMEIC supplies salt-resistant inverters for 27 MW PV plant in Hawaii
The project on Oahu will be one of the larger PV plants build in Hawaii to date.
Canadian/Recurrent puts online 100 MW-AC solar project in California
Canadian Solar predicts that Recurrent will complete more than 1 GW of PV projects in the United States this year.
Arizona commissioner calls for doubling of state’s renewable energy mandate
ACC Chair Little has proposed requiring 30% renewable energy by 2030, scrapping the DG carve-out and potentially adding incentives for energy storage.
Solar in the Big Apple
New York City should be great for solar PV. But it isn’t. Despite policy leadership from the state, local installers are facing crippling bureaucratic challenges, and many have chosen to build rooftop solar elsewhere.
El Paso Electric drops solar demand charge in settlement
While the solar-specific charge was dropped as part of a settlement, the utility will increase fixed charges on its Texas customers.
AES to supply, integrate 37.5 MW of battery systems for SDG&E
The San Diego utility says that the battery systems will allow it to improve reliability and integrate higher levels of renewables. AES plans to finish the systems by the end of January 2017.
SolarWorld lodges an appeal against court judgment in Hemlock dispute
A revision request has now been received by the appropriate court in Michigan. SolarWorld has meanwhile filled further protective letters against Hemlock to various courts in Germany, as a precaution to prevent possible enforcement of any penalty in Germany. SolarWorld CEO Frank Asbeck is confident that the U.S. silicon manufacturer will not receive recognition of any judgements in German courts.
Third-party solar moves forward with changes to Rhode Island’s net metering rules
National Grid has filed to change the net metering rules in line with an earlier legislation, making net metering in the state even better than before.
More troubles: the pv magazine USA weekly news digest
This was another difficult week in the U.S. solar industry, with layoffs at SolarCity and the carving up of SunEdison’s empire, but also saw progress in policy and technology.
