Under the rules set by California regulators the state’s three large private utilities will put online 600 MW, with PG&E and SCE to take around 270 MW each.
Hemlock Semiconductor majority owner Dow Corning has decided to abandon the never-opened polysilicon facility in Clarksville, citing price pressures and Chinese tariffs. 50 employees will be affected.
A deal reached between solar advocates, environmentalists and utilities is set to make South Carolina the 44th U.S. state to implement the policy.
The city of Austin has ramped up the clean energy goals for its municipal utility, in an ambitious energy plan which includes procurement of energy storage and shutting down older fossil fuel plants.
Munich Re’s survey finds that Americans accept that Climate Change is occurring and support renewable energy, but are more concerned about political and economic instability.
The agency has rejected Iberdrola’s application for a 200 MW solar PV project in Southern California. This makes the first denial of a renewable energy project since 2010.
Several other organizations may join TASC in launching appeals to the ruling, which will heavily penalize rooftop PV in the U.S. state. Evidence has also surfaced that a regulator improperly advised utility We Energies in imposing the fees.
Mercom Capital’s strong 2015 outlook follows on a dismal 2014, with only 800 MW forecast by year’s end. This optimistic forecast is influenced by a variety of factors, including moves by the Modi administration.
The formation of the Mass Solar Coalition follows on the first meetings of a task force to look at the state’s solar policies. Among the coalition’s priorities will be lifting net metering caps.
The latest edition of IREC and VoteSolar’s Freeing the Grid finds no significant rollbacks to state net metering policies over the last twelve months, despite multiple attempts by utilities.
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