CIT Group said that its power and energy business led the refinancing of a $69 million portfolio of solar facilities owned and operated by Strata Clean Energy. The portfolio includes 21 operating solar assets in North Carolina that total more than 130 MW of generation capacity. Output is covered by power purchase agreements. In late …
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Net Energy Metering (NEM) has been a critical policy in launching the California rooftop solar market, which has grown to a robust 1.3 million homes covered in panels, representing about 50% of the US residential market. It also helped launch distributed commercial rooftop projects, another key part of California’s race to electrical decarbonization. That effort …
The deal will provide Sheetz with enough renewable energy to power nearly 70% of the chain’s Pennsylvania facilities. February 18, 2022 Popular mid-Atlantic restaurant and convenience store chain, Sheetz, has come to a long-term renewable energy supply agreement with Constellation, enough to power nearly 70% of the chain’s Pennsylvania facilities with renewable energy. Sheetz will …
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(Reuters) – California’s power utilities have asked state officials to reduce the amount of money homeowners make selling excess electricity from rooftop solar panels into the grid, a proposal that could slow widespread solar adoption. Policies made in California, the nation’s biggest market for rooftop solar panels, often serve as a template for other states …
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This is the Jan. 20, 2022, edition of Boiling Point, a weekly newsletter about climate change and the environment in California and the American West. Sign up here to get it in your inbox. A high-stakes battle over California’s clean energy future is nearing its endgame. The state’s Public Utilities Commission has proposed major cuts …
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Also on the rise: Verizon and Leeward Energy sign two PPAs totalling 360 MW. Researchers suggest that six terrawatt hours of energy storage would bring US to net zero. Duke Energy launches grid resilience testing with ‘Bring Your Own Battery’ program. “Taxing the sun”; experts call for changes to potential California rooftop solar-killing proposal Net …
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Spun-off from BlueWave solar, Perch Energy brings experience spanning 500MW of contracted capacity. Massachusetts ranks third in the nation in community solar, and was one of the first in the country to establish it. February 18, 2022 A new community solar provider has opened up shop in Boston. Perch Energy is a spinoff, riding in …
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A fight over the future of California’s rooftop solar industry is intensifying, as state officials contemplate comprehensive reforms to a program that pays homeowners for clean power they share with the electric grid. Lawmakers and utility company regulators are weighing whether to sharply reduce bill credits that residents with solar panels attached to their homes …
Los Angeles County sheriff’s deputies on Monday persuaded a man to end a brief standoff and climb down from a rooftop after reports of gunshots fired in the residential neighborhood of Walnut Park were called in shortly after 5 a.m. The man could be seen sitting atop a single-story home in the 2500 block of …
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