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Month: April 2022

Frank Lloyd Wright’s Fallingwater is now solar-powered

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Courtesy Western Pennsylvania Conservancy. Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece Fallingwater is now powered by solar energy. The Western Pennsylvania Conservancy, which owns the historic property, partnered with Ecogy Energy and Pennsylvania-based solar installer Groundhog Solar to construct a 540-panel ground-mount solar installation using bifacial panels on a meadow adjacent to the Fallingwater home. The array …

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Gigawatt-scale Hydrogen Optimized water electrolyzer factory planned for South Texas

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Green Hydrogen International (GHI) and Hydrogen Optimized signed a Memorandum of Understanding for the proposed development of manufacturing facility that will supply GHI’s Hydrogen City project. April 28, 2022 The Hydrogen City project is planned to be a 60 GW green hydrogen production, salt cavern storage, and transportation hub, expected to produce over 2.5 billion …

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California bill would boost low-income community solar + storage projects

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C2 Energy Capital Advocates for the environment, solar and wind energy, utility ratepayers, and environmental justice cheered the passage of AB 2316 by California’s State Assembly Committee on Utilities and Energy. The bill would establish a new state program to expand access to renewable energy. It would require at least 51% of the power generated …

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Gov. DeSantis vetoes Florida bill that jeopardized solar net-metering

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On April 27, Gov. Ron DeSantis vetoed House Bill 741, which would have undercut the state’s growing rooftop solar market by phasing down net metering and allowing utilities to charge potentially unlimited fees on thousands of solar customers in the state. Solar advocates pushed back against the bill from the start, organizing protests at the …

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Sunrise brief: Florida Governor’s veto of net metering bill a win for clean energy in the Sunshine State

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Also on the rise: Missouri town declares solar farm a nuisance. PG&E seeks 176 MW of front-of-the-meter local solar. Group using NREL’s free ReEDs model validates 100% renewables by 2035 for 24 states. Caesars bets on solar, breaks ground on three projects in Atlantic City. MIT, NREL researchers develop 40%-efficient thermophotovoltaic cell for grid-scale thermal …

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Letters to the Editor: Utilities are faking concern for the poor to charge rooftop solar customers more

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To the editor: The utility companies claim that rooftop solar is unfair because it supposedly puts the financial burden of net energy metering onto the poor. Since when have the utilities cared about the poor or climate justice? Only since rooftop solar threatened their dividend stream to shareholders. To those who claim that rooftop solar …

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Op-Ed: Sorry, rooftop solar supporters, California incentives really do punish the poor

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When the California Public Utilities Commission proposed scaling back subsidies for rooftop solar in December, it cracked open a hornet’s nest of residential solar sellers, owners and advocates. Installation companies argued it would tank their profits and harm their workers. Solar homeowners and those who want to go solar said it would rob them of …

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A Commerce Department investigation could imperil the solar industry, advocates say

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In a decision that could dramatically undercut President Biden’s ambitious climate goals, the Commerce Department said Monday that it is investigating whether imports of solar panels from Southeast Asia are circumventing anti-dumping rules that limit imports from China. Clean energy leaders said the investigation — which could result in retroactive tariffs as high as 240% …

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Letters to the Editor: Making rooftop solar more expensive won’t help anybody

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To the editor: I can appreciate Mr. Borenstein’s argument for altering the current net metering policy, but take issue with several of his arguments. I’m not asserting that Southern California Edison is greedy, but the company is beholden to shareholders, not customers. Let’s not forget the shameful San Onofre debacle, where customers were held liable …

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