Community solar developer commits $5 million to train 1,500 workers
Dimension Renewable Energy committed funds for a solar installation workforce development program. The company also activated a portfolio of New Jersey solar projects.
Sunrise brief: Hail to blame for more than half of solar facility loss claims
Also on the rise: Four community solar projects to serve LMI residents in New York City area. U.S. Virgin Islands cover 30% of electricity needs with six solar-plus-battery facilities. And more.
Solar Landscape completes largest rooftop community solar project in New Jersey
The company will own and operate two installations that provide a combined 8.8 MW of clean energy to more than 1,400 homes, half of which will be low- to moderate-income households.
Sunrise brief: Consider maximizing California’s front-of-meter distributed solar
Also on the rise: Fluence Energy achieves profitability, posts 85% revenue growth. New York State hits a milestone with 2 GW of community solar installed. And more.
New York State hits a milestone with 2 GW of community solar installed
This top community solar market has a total of 5 GW of distributed solar and another 3.3 GW in development.
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.
