Tag: Utility scale solar
First Solar Announces New U.S. Panel Factory Following the Inflation Reduction Act
First Solar announced that it will build a new solar panel manufacturing facility in the U.S. on the heels [...]
Biden Administration Backs Trump on Solar Tariff Suit
The new administration asked a federal judge to dismiss a challenge to Trump’s tariffs on imported solar. The Biden [...]
Hawaii is Ahead of Schedule for Renewable Power Adoption
The state demanded 30 percent renewable energy by 2020. The electric utilities blew past that. The state of Hawaii [...]
Western Australia: Solar and Wind Policy
The 15 GW Asian Renewable Energy Hub has been recommended for approval by environmental authorities in the Pilbara region. [...]
Illinois Energy Bill: The Downstate Clean Energy Affordability Act
The Downstate Clean Energy Affordability Act, backed by utility Ameren, emphasizes utility-scale solar and storage. Another major energy bill [...]
Court Temporarily Halts Trump Administration’s U-Turn on Bifacial Solar Modules
The bifacial solar module exemption lives to fight another day in a provisional win for developers like Invenergy. A [...]
Michigan PURPA Settlement Set to More Than Triple State’s Solar Capacity
Utility Consumers Energy and the solar industry resolved their conflict, smoothing the way for deployment. Regulators in Michigan approved [...]
Spain Moves to Prevent a Second Solar Bubble
Grid-connection applications for solar projects are rising by 15 gigawatts a month in a country with 40 gigawatts of [...]
Zimbabwe’s Struggle for Solar
After several year of stalled and failed projects, Zimbabwe’s government is now seeking to implement existing projects, and to [...]
California Assembly Passes Historic 100% Carbon-Free Electricity Bill
The world’s fifth-largest economy will have to eliminate carbon emissions from electricity by 2045. The California State Assembly passed [...]