A case heads to the California Supreme Court, while another anti-consumer bill passes the House. Over the last few years, regulatory battles in California related to rooftop solar have turned into a prolonged war. The state’s residential solar installations crashed following a 2023 transition away from favorable net energy metering rates, and the decision is …
California’s rooftop solar regulatory war wages on Read More »
Meeting the proposed operational deadline coupled with permitting delays and supply chain challenges means developers would have to rush to start and finish projects in 3.5 years. Cleanview quantifies the enormous amount of clean energy capacity at risk. After the House passed the “One Big Beautiful Bill” in May, the Solar Energy Industries Association released …
House bill puts nearly 500 GW of solar and storage projects at risk Read More »
Montana will allow community solar projects effective June 13, so long as the governor does not veto the legislation. Community solar will be legal in Montana June 13 pending the governor’s approval. The revised solar energy policy laws would allow solar developers to build solar arrays between 50 kW and 5 MW, and sell shares …
Amid allegations over NV Energy overcharging ratepayers for decades, Nevada passed two bills into law that will investigate how utilities pass power costs onto customers and expand access to rooftop solar. Nevada passed two bills that aim to expand access to rooftop solar for low- and fixed-income renters, and lower energy costs for all ratepayers …
Nevada passes law to expand rooftop solar, investigate utilities’ pricing Read More »
The utility issued two requests for proposals, one for 800 MW of solar, storage and wind, and one for 300 MW of solar, wind or hydroelectric power. Appalachian Power Company has issued three requests for proposals (RFP) seeking solar, wind, battery energy storage and hydroelectric power. The first RFP solicits bids for up to 800 …
RFP Alert: Appalachian Power seeks 1.1 GW of renewable energy Read More »
T.J. Rogers, founder of former Cypress Semiconductor is forging global strategic alliances and hunting acquisition targets to restore the SunPower brand to solar-business greatness. T.J. Rodgers is once again merrily ensconced in his high-stakes business groove – as a Silicon Valley entrepreneur, a corporate fix-up specialist and a mergers-and-acquisition wizard. The 77-year-old Rodgers spoke with …
Solar and chip titan back in groove overhauling SunPower Read More »
The rollout marks one of the largest live-event deployments of mobile solar today and offers a high-profile test for organic, ink-based photovoltaics. When rock band Coldplay challenged Australia-based Kardinia Energy to design a mobile solar system that could travel the globe with their world tour, Kardinia didn’t start with traditional panels. They started with a wine …
Coldplay, Kardinia Energy roll out printed solar during concert at Stanford Stadium Read More »
As the Senate takes up the House reconciliation bill this week, the solar industry is searching for any clues that the major proposed cuts to the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) could be tempered in the final version. On June 4, Utah Sen. John Curtis wrote an op-ed in the Deseret News seeking a “scalpel vs.… …
Republican senator pens op-ed seeking more measured approach to IRA changes Read More »
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