North Carolina introduces bill to limit solar growth, cut tax incentives
The bill would make it more expensive and restrictive to build certain utility-scale solar projects.
Canada’s ‘Gas City’ downsizes 325 MW solar project
Medicine Hat, Alberta decided to drop a 325 MW solar project planned to be installed on contaminated lands down to 75 MW.
Solar project in Maine transforms contaminated brownfield
Thirty years in the making, but the site of a former circuit board recycling facility is now generating 7 MW of solar energy and providing power to 960 subscribers.
Sunrise brief: Gavin Newsom rules that schools and farms cannot use their own solar energy production
Also on the rise: Solar plan under development for Love Canal chemical site. How to quickly add gigawatts of batteries to the PJM grid. And more.
Solar plan under development for Love Canal chemical site
The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority is developing a plan for solar at the site of one of America’s worst chemical disasters in U.S. history.
IRS releases updated guidance on energy communities
Tax adders are offered for projects within brownfield, coal and other communities that will face challenges in the transition away from fossil fuels.
Sunrise brief: Grid-forming inverters will enable a high-renewables grid
Also on the rise: Sonnen NEM-proofs solar batteries. How local governments are driving solar energy growth. And more.
Toyota to procure 100 MW of solar from reclaimed Kentucky coal mine site
Toyota Motor North America signed a VPPA this week with Savion for the offtake of a 100 MW brownfield solar project located on a reclaimed coal mine in Martin County, Kentucky. When completed, Toyota will have in excess of 150 MW of U.S. solar generation facilities.
Sunrise brief: CAISO transmission plan to support 17 GW of solar within a decade
Also on the rise: Industrial solar on a steep slope demonstrates advantages for brownfield solar development. Vermont neighborhood is solar, all-electric and storm resilient. And more.
RFP alert: Dominion Energy Virginia seeks solar, wind and storage projects
Dominion seeks proposals for utility-scale solar projects greater than 3 MW that are located in Virginia, distributed projects of up to 3 MW, and encourages projects on previously developed sites such as former landfills and brownfields.
