Bill would have gutted net metering in Florida. ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. – Exercising his first veto of the 2022 legislative session, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday vetoed HB 741, a bill that would have gutted net metering in Florida. Net metering is the policy which compensates solar owners for the excess electricity they generate …
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As renewable energy and energy freedom advocates rejoice, the bill will go back to the legislature, where it initially passed with 68% of the total vote. April 27, 2022 Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has vetoed House Bill 741, which would have phased down the value of net metering and opened the door for utilities to …
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The 8.4 MW array will be housed across three Caesars properties and will mark significant progress towards the company’s goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 100% before 2050. April 27, 2022 DSD Renewables and Caesars Entertainment have announced the groundbreaking of an 8.4 MW solar portfolio spanning three Caesars properties in Atlantic City, New …
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WASHINGTON — The U.S. Interior Department’s Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) published Wednesday two separate Calls for Information and Nominations for suitable areas for possible offshore wind leases off the coast of Oregon and in the Central Atlantic. In the Atlantic Ocean near Maryland, Virginia and North Carolina, BOEM is seeking information on six distinct areas comprising …
In case you missed it, PG&E issued a Request for Offers, seeking 176.15 MW of new, front-of-the-meter solar projects. The deadline for submissions is May 6, and PG&E anticipates executing agreements and seeking approval of those agreements with the California Public Utilities Commission this summer. PG&E’s Spring 2022 Solar Choice RFO seeks a variety of …
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Energy storage system provider Dynapower has been acquired by Sensata Technologies for $580 million. Sensata and Dynapower expect to complete the transaction early in the third quarter of 2022. Dynapower provides energy storage and power conversion systems including inverters, converters, rectifiers and custom transformers for renewable energy generation, green hydrogen production, electric vehicle charging stations and …
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GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) Consumer Healthcare and Ameresco completed of a comprehensive solar PV project to serve GSK Consumer Healthcare’s Oak Hill, New York site, located nearby in the scenic Catskill Mountains. Project construction was completed in April 2022. The solar project comprises over 17,000 modules with an estimated electricity generation capacity of 6.9 MW dc. This …
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The newest update to the organization’s survey for solar workers and companies shows increasingly drastic outcomes for the solar industry if tariffs are imposed on the countries under investigation. April 27, 2022 The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has lowered its solar installation forecasts for 2022 and 2023 by 46% due to the Biden administration’s …
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The City of Bloomfield has updated their rules to require additional requirements for all solar projects larger than 50 MW, or 200 acres, declaring the sites a nuisance, and requiring NextEra to heavily alter a project. April 27, 2022 The city of New Bloomfield, Missouri, midway between St. Louis and Kansas City, has voted 5 …
JinkoSolar announced it has reached a solar conversion efficiency of 25.7% for its large 182-mm n-type monocrystalline TOPCon solar cell. This result has been independently confirmed by the National Institute of Metrology, China. The record-breaking monocrystalline silicon solar cell was fabricated on a high-quality CZ mono-Si substrate. High temperature gettering, advanced diffusion, semi-transparent metallization, JinkoSolar’s self-developed …
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