Featured in A look beneath the surface – 02-2011

Chances and hurdles

Utility PV projects: Utilities are poised to be the largest solar opportunity in the United States as state based retail level incentives dry up and Renewable Portfolio Standards drive large wholesale transactions with load serving entities. Brian von Moos and TJ Morton of Borrego Solar explain the factors that need to be taken into account.

Although in the U.S. there were only 107 megawatts of utility PV projects in operation in May of 2010, at the same point in time there was estimated to be over twelve gigawatts of solar projects in development according to Solar Energy Industries Association. The explosion of utility market development is driven by the increased …

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