Tag: solar
New Mexico Now Open for Community Solar Business
On April 5, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham signed Senate Bill 84 into law, making New Mexico the 21st state [...]
Aggressive New Fees for South Carolina Solar Customers Draw Fire
The proposed fees could end up costing the solar average homeowner more than $700 annually. Critics call the fees [...]
MaineHealth Commits to Solar Power for Half of its Energy Needs
The state’s largest health care system has signed deals with 3 solar developers and says it expects to save [...]
‘Historic’ Clean Energy Legislation Expands Solar, Threatens Coal in Virginia
What keeps the lights on in Virginia could change drastically over the next three decades. A bill being praised [...]
Arizona Policy: Commission Extends PURPA Solar Contract Terms to 18 years
The Arizona Corporation Commission (ACC) voted to reject a request from the state’s investor-owned utilities to set two-year contract [...]
Double Tax Hits Slows Renewable-Energy Development in Rhode Island
Richmond is the latest Rhode Island community to struggle with utility-scale solar arrays. The municipality is one of several [...]
Solar Panel Systems Soar in Spain Thanks to Friendlier Regulation
Companies say they are being overwhelmed with demand after a government decree eliminated bureaucratic hurdles and installation prices dropped [...]
India Is Now Investing More in Solar than Coal, but Will Its Energy Shift Continue?
Coal-fired power generation is still growing, but not as fast amid ambitious clean energy policies and falling solar costs. [...]
European Solar Comes of PPAge
Solar PPA activity in Europe grew from 360 MW in 2017 to more than 2.4 GW in 2018. These projects [...]
Hungary Deployed More Than 400 MW of Solar in 2018
Most of last year’s new additions – 320 MW – came through a FIT scheme but a further 90 [...]