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‘This Is What the Future of Energy Looks Like’
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is partnering
with 8minute Solar Energy LLC to build the Eland Solar & Storage Center –...
CPPIB Acquiring Pattern Energy Group
Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is acquiring Pattern Energy Group Inc., a large independent power company that owns a portfolio of 28 renewable...
New GE, BlackRock Solar Venture Secures $250M
Distributed Solar Development (DSD), a recently launched business backed by BlackRock Real Assets’ Global Renewable Power platform and GE Renewable Energy, has closed a...
Penn State Investigates How Solar Farms Can Increase Pollinator Populations
A new undertaking at Penn State’s College of Agricultural Sciences will look at how solar farms can contribute to healthy ecosystems and boost pollinator...
Five Tips For Avoiding Residential Solar Financing Pitfalls
How much is a happy customer worth to your business? Conversely, how much can an unhappy customer cost you? Increasingly, customer acquisition is the...
Acciona Acquires Huge U.S. Solar, Storage Portfolio From Tenaska
Spain-based Acciona, a global renewable energy and sustainable infrastructure company, has signed an agreement with Tenaska to acquire a large portfolio of greenfield solar...
Wells Fargo To Power 400 Texas Locations With Solar
Wells Fargo has announced a 10-year structured renewable energy agreement with Reliant, an NRG Energy company. The agreement will provide roughly 62,000 MWh of...
California Signs ‘Clean Power, Smart Power’ Bill Into Law
Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., has signed into law a bill designed to help California meet its electric grid reliability and climate change goals by...
A Refresher On Current Solar Tax Incentives: It’s Important To Act Fast
For several years, certain federal, state and local tax incentives have been available to promote, among other things, the importance of renewable energy, like...
Brattle Study: New England Must Accelerate Clean Energy Additions To Meet GHG Goals
New England has committed to achieving at least an 80% reduction in greenhouse-gas (GHG) emissions by 2050. A new study prepared by economists at The Brattle Group has...
Wind Solar Alliance Report Quantifies Impact Of Electricity Market Reforms
A new report from the Wind Solar Alliance (WSA) finds that electricity market reforms in the Midwest, Great Lakes and Mid-Atlantic could end up...
What California’s Solar Mandate Means For Installers, And Why Picking The Right Partners Is...
A new solar mandate in California, which requires new homes to include solar power starting on Jan. 1, 2020, presents a complex but significant...
L.A. Looks To Expand Feed-In Tariff Program
The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is planning to expand and modify its feed-in tariff (FiT) program.
LADWP’s FiT program - a...
SEIA: Steps For Reaching 20% Solar By 2030
As part of the first steps into the "Solar+ Decade," the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a roadmap that puts solar energy...
Unpacking California Solar Taxation: What To Know During Development
Development of solar projects in California has been spurred by California’s renewable portfolio standard (RPS), which requires that 60% of retail electricity sales must...
U.S. Utility Solar Pipeline Balloons To New High
The U.S.' utility-scale solar PV market saw 11.2 GW of new projects announced in the first half of 2019, bringing the utility PV pipeline...
A New Economic Reality: Renewable Energy Is Now Cost-Competitive With New Gas
The economics guiding U.S. investments in electricity generation have reached a historic tipping point: Combinations of solar, wind, storage, efficiency and demand response are...
U.S. Senators Propose Bill To Streamline Solar Permitting
U.S. Sens. Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., and Susan Collins, R-Maine, have introduced a bill that would provide state and local governments with voluntary tools to...
BLS: Solar PV Installer To Be Fastest-Growing Job In 2018-28
Solar photovoltaic installer is expected to be the fastest-growing occupation in the country from 2018 to 2028, according to a new report from the...
Wells Fargo’s Hopkins: As Renewable Tax Credits Phase Out, Industry Must Develop New Financing...
Earlier this year, Wells Fargo announced leadership changes for its renewable energy and environmental finance business. Phil Hopkins, who co-led the group with Barry...