Los Angeles looks to expand community solar to lower-income customers
Expanding community solar is among the strategies that would help the Los Angeles municipal utility improve equity, found a study led by NREL and UCLA.
Sunrise brief: Indiana killed net metering, solar down 67%
Also on the rise: VPPs get the VIP treatment, defining domestic content in solar projects, and more.
Sunrise brief: Enphase launches commercial scale microinverter
Also on the rise: Tribal community breaks ground on solar canal, new MPPT approaches, and more.
Sunrise brief: California slashes rooftop solar export compensation for renters, schools, farms
Also on the rise: Treasury releases guidance for clean energy Investment Tax Credit. Solar tracker manufacturing comes to East Texas. And more.
Power Struggle: The grid barrier stifling community solar
Interconnection, or the process of acquiring a utility’s permission to connect to the local distribution grid, threatens to derail tremendous progress being made across the country to build out innovative types of energy, including community solar.
Sunrise brief: Barbados finalizes plans to construct a 60 MW portfolio of community solar gardens
Also on the rise: Minnesota Power seeks 300 MW of regional solar. Canadian Solar reports Q3 earnings miss, eyes strong 2024 growth. And more.
Barbados finalizes plans to construct a 60 MW portfolio of community solar gardens
The solar portfolio will be spread across 50 sites throughout the island-state, adding to Barbados’ 30 MW solar portfolio and pushing the country closer toward being powered by 100% renewables by 2030.
New IRA rules expand access to community solar
The Inflation Reduction Act is opening the door to new business models that will dramatically accelerate the development of community solar and the benefits it provides to consumers, while also simplifying the process.
Aspen Power completes 49.4 MW of solar projects in Georgia
The projects will provide power to Southern Company subsidiary Georgia Power.
Perch Energy raises $30M to expand community solar
The investment by Nuveen, one of the largest investment managers in the world, will provide Perch with access to Nuveen’s portfolio of affordable housing units and residential apartments.
