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Hawaiian Co-Op Hits 90% Renewable Energy Milestone
Kaua‘i Island Utility Cooperative (KIUC) used a combination of renewable resources, including a lot of solar and some biomass and hydropower, to generate 90%...
CAISO Plans Upgrades To Boost Renewable Energy Management
With a continued goal of operating a cleaner energy grid, the California Independent System Operator Corp.'s (CAISO) board of governors has approved several proposals...
DTE Energy Completes Trio Of Solar Projects
Detroit-based DTE Energy has completed three new solar projects in Avoca, Brownstown and Romulus, Mich., bringing the company's total number of utility-owned solar arrays...
Entergy New Orleans Breaks Ground On 1 MW Solar/Storage Pilot
Entergy New Orleans Inc. recently hosted elected officials, community leaders and other dignitaries at existing company property to break ground on what the utility...
Ygrene And Solar Roof Dynamics Partner On PACE Financing In California
Ygrene Energy Fund Inc., a multi-state provider of property-assessed clean energy (PACE) financing, has announced a strategic partnership with Solar Roof Dynamics LLC, a...
Solar Will Help Power The Super Bowl
As sports enthusiasts around the U.S. get ready for Super Bowl 50, Rhone Resch, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA),...
Report: Renewables Contributed 3,500 Times More New U.S. Capacity Than Coal Did Last Year
Renewable sources, including solar, wind, biomass, geothermal and hydropower, accounted for almost two-thirds (63.85%) of the 16,485 MW of new electrical generation placed in...
PSE&G Completes Its Largest Solar Project To Date
New Jersey-based utility Public Service Electric and Gas Co. (PSE&G) has announced that its L&D Solar Farm is online. The 12.93 MW installation represents...
Massachusetts Backs Early-Stage Clean Energy Companies
Massachusetts Clean Energy Center’s (MassCEC) interim CEO, Stephen Pike, has announced $250,000 in funding for five early-stage cleantech companies.
Under its new AccelerateMass program, MassCEC...
WGL Energy Systems To Supply Solar To 18 Federal Buildings
WGL Energy Systems, a WGL company, was recently awarded the Capital Solar Challenge contract by the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA) to provide solar...
King-Reid Amendment Would Protect Against Retroactive Solar Net-Metering Changes
Two lawmakers have teamed up and brought the issue of net metering and rate hikes to the Senate floor.
PG&E Launches Program To Let All Customers Go 100% Solar
Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) has officially launched its previously announced program to extend the option for 100% solar power to all customers,...
Greenskies Building 2.7 MW Solar Project For Lewis County, N.Y.
Connecticut-based Greenskies Renewable Energy has announced it will build a 2.7 MW municipal solar array in Lewis County, N.Y., the company’s first municipal project...
Moody’s: Momentum From COP21 Will Boost Green Bond Market
Moody's Investors Service, a provider of credit ratings, research and risk analysis, forecasts global issuance of green bonds could surpass $50 billion in 2016,...
Utility-Scale Renewables To Make Up 14% Of U.S. Electricity This Year
U.S. electricity generated from utility-scale renewable energy projects is expected to grow by 9% this year, based on projections in the U.S. Energy Information...
Locus Energy Monitors More Than 2 GW Of U.S. Solar Capacity
Locus Energy, a New Jersey-based performance monitoring and data analytics platform provider for the solar photovoltaic (PV) market in the residential, commercial and utility...
SEPA Names Kenneth Doyle Chief Operating Officer
The Solar Electric Power Association (SEPA) has appointed Kenneth A. Doyle, an association executive with more than four decades of experience, as the group’s...
Partners Announce Financing Of Southgate Solar Project In Ontario
Samsung Renewable Energy Inc. and Connor, Clark & Lunn Infrastructure have completed a $190 million debt financing for the 50 MW AC Southgate Solar...
Landmark Announces Land Acquisitions Underlying 238 MW Of Renewables Projects
Landmark Dividend, a California-based real estate investor focused on infrastructure, has finalized the acquisition of approximately 3,500 acres of real estate interests underlying 12...
Is NV Energy’s Grandfathering Proposal A ‘Bait And Switch’ For Solar Customers?
As promised, NV Energy submitted its proposal on Feb. 1 to grandfather in existing solar customers under previous net-metering rates in Nevada; however, critics...