Dominion to build South Carolina’s largest solar project
The 71 MW project in Jasper County will be joined by a 10 MW project, both of which the power company plans to complete by the end of the year.
Duke proposes dismantling PURPA for solar in North Carolina
The power company has proposed a number of severe changes to the policy, including limiting contracts to projects 1 MW or smaller and allowing prices to change every two years.
Montana plans 80 MW solar farm amid legislative uncertainty
In another baffling tale of state’s solar-policy split personality, the Treasure State is planning a 480-acre solar farm while the legislature simultaneously tries to snuff out its nascent solar industry.
Former President Carter inaugurates solar project in Georgia
SolAmerica developed and built the 1.3 MW PV plant on land Carter leased near his hometown in Georgia.
The solar coaster: pv magazine USA’s 2016 year in review
With massive market growth, the bankruptcy of SunEdison and the election of a pro-coal climate denier as president, 2016 really was the best and the worst of times.
FERC declines to intervene in Montana PURPA fight
The federal regulatory body states that Montana’s PSC is not in compliance with PURPA, and says that FLS Energy is free to pursue a remedy in the courts.
The fourth act of Connecticut RPS melodrama to close soon
A coalition of environmental groups filed an amicus brief with the United States Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit in effort to bat away the fourth challenge to Connecticut’s solar subsidy program
BNEF: Betting on residual value is putting solar projects at risk
A research note from Bloomberg New Energy Finance warns of the danger to the latest wave of utility-scale projects with short power contracts at low prices.
North Carolina struggles with the purpose of PURPA
Critics accuse Duke Energy of putting unnecessary interconnection barriers to undermine the five-decade old law that has spurred solar growth in the state.
More than 10 GW of utility-scale solar is under construction in the United States
Eight states have more than 400 MW-DC of projects under construction each, showing increasing market diversification.
