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| Apr 8, 2024 | Climate-First Americans Are Less Likely to Vote | Sign up for the weekly Climate on the Ballot newsletter.
Every Monday, in “Climate on the Ballot,” we pass along a topic to help you integrate climate into your newsroom’s campaign reporting. Consider sharing this newsletter with your colle... |
| Jan 18, 2024 | IRA offers lucrative incentives for low-income community solar, but also creates new challenges | IRA offers lucrative incentives for low-income community solar, but also creates new challenges
By Kari Lydersen January 18, 2024 " class="author-button">View Profile
Community solar is inherently a way to expand equity in... |
| Jan 11, 2024 | Hydrogen is back. At least, CES 2024 suggests it is. | Hydrogen has always been presented by automakers and politicians as an alternate clean-energy option for electric vehicles, but it’s never really caught on. Don’t tell anyone at CES 2024, though, as this year’s show floor was littered with ... |
| Aug 21, 2023 | Virginia county cuts red tape to revive solar installations. Will it work? | Virginia county cuts red tape to revive solar installations. Will it work?
By Elizabeth McGowan August 21, 2023 " class="author-button">View Profile
Via Energy News Network — One by one, tiny solar companies abandoned thei... |
| Apr 14, 2023 | GAF solar shingles overcome HOA objections in Virginia | GAF solar shingles overcome HOA objections in Virginia
By Elizabeth McGowan April 14, 2023 " class="author-button">View Profile
Roofers install solar shingles atop Jonathan Lockwood’s roof in Reston, Virginia. Credit: Eliz... |
| Feb 28, 2023 | Where renewable energy policies are working in 2023 | Each year, the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) tracks and scores states based on how their policies help or hinder local clean energy action. ILSR gives the states a letter grade of A, B, C, D or F based on whether its energy polic... |
| Oct 19, 2022 | Agrivoltaics is the future of farming, but more solar PV + plant research is needed | Agrivoltaics is the future of farming, but more solar PV + plant research is needed
By Kari Lydersen October 19, 2022 " class="author-button">View Profile
Via Energy News Network: A recent analysis reveals the daunting num... |
| Sep 13, 2022 | Agrivoltaics research: Solar panels prove to be good for saffron plants in Vermont | Agrivoltaics research: Solar panels prove to be good for saffron plants in Vermont
By Lisa Prevost September 13, 2022 " class="author-button">View Profile
Courtesy of Energy News Network: As the growing season winds down a... |
| May 5, 2022 | These batteries work from home | It seems as though everyone is talking about electric vehicle batteries lately. Automakers are racing to make these batteries more powerful so they can convince more people to buy EVs, and the Biden administration is spending billions to ma... |
| Apr 4, 2022 | North Carolina court to rule whether HOAs can block rooftop solar | Solar access laws are commonplace in the United States, especially in communities managed by homeowner’s associations (HOA). Often, solar-hopeful customers can be blocked from exercising their choice to purchase and own locally generated cl... |
| Nov 5, 2021 | Ko-Solar is Planning to Put Solar Panels on Sound Barriers | Enough to Supply Power to Nearly 100 US Households | Joseph Henry, Tech Times 05 November 2021, 02:11 am
Ko-Solar, a transportation-based solar energy provider in Massachusetts, is planning to place solar panels in unnoticeable places along the highway. This includes parking lots, sound barri... |
| Oct 25, 2021 | Koch-owned refinery joins Minnesota SEIA, plans to build a solar plant | Koch-owned refinery joins Minnesota SEIA, plans to build a solar plant
By Frank Jossi October 25, 2021 View Profile
The Pine Bend Refinery near Rosemount, Minnesota. Credit: Tony Webster / Creative Commons
Via Energy News Network: The lates... |
| Oct 21, 2021 | Policy will determine if Biden’s community solar push succeeds | The Biden administration and its Department of Energy (DOE) has set a target to power 5 million homes by 2025 with community solar, with goals explicitly targeting moderate to low income households and those who don’t own homes.
In making i... |
| Oct 11, 2021 | Philly’s first ‘green bank’ wants to boost access to clean energy and fight climate change | Climate change affects poorer communities differently. Its effects can be found in less shaded — and less invested in — neighborhoods like the mostly Black and Latinx-populated Hunting Park, for instance, which counts a difference in temper... |
| Sep 7, 2021 | Floating solar a good fit for space-constrained Massachusetts | Floating solar a good fit for space-constrained Massachusetts
By Sarah Shemkus September 7, 2021 View Profile
Photo via Laketricity and BlueWave Solar
Via Energy News Network: A new joint venture between Boston-based BlueWave Solar and Euro... |
| Jun 29, 2021 | Is it community solar if the utility — not community — owns the panels? | Via Energy News Network: Critics say a recently announced low-income solar program by DTE Energy stretches the definition of “community solar” and will shortchange participants. The program is a result of a settlement signed by DTE Energy a... |
| Jun 22, 2021 | Massachusetts STAR program secures 3-MW of solar for affordable housing | Credit: Dennis Schroeder / NREL
Via Energy News Network: A Massachusetts program announced this month that it has secured $10 million to invest in up to 3 megawatts of solar projects on affordable housing buildings. The Solar Technical Assi... |
| May 20, 2021 | Tech leaders: Prepare your organization for a new power grid | Image: pan demin/Shutterstock
Electricity has largely been taken for granted by people who are several generations removed from the novelty of replacing candles and oil lamps with the magic of electric light bulbs. Instead, we plug our devi... |
| May 13, 2021 | A solar showcase is coming to the coalfields of Central Appalachia via Sun Tribe | Credit: Brad Kreps / The Nature Conservancy / Courtesy
Via Energy News Network: When Danny Van Clief chose a career in solar energy, he wasn’t seeking a turbulence-free glide path. Instead, the CEO of Sun Tribe Development wanted the freedo... |
| Apr 16, 2021 | Again, SDG&E turns in only bids for San Diego electric and gas franchise agreement | A second round of bids for the right to deliver gas and electric services within the city limits of San Diego were unsealed Friday and the result was the same as the first round, with San Diego Gas & Electric turning in the only offer —... |
| Apr 5, 2021 | New England needs grid upgrades and solar developers are footing the bill | From Energy News Network: Solar developers in Rhode Island and Massachusetts say soaring charges to interconnect with the electric grid are threatening the viability of projects. As more large-scale solar projects line up for connections, d... |
| Mar 31, 2021 | Solar energy ready to take over Ohio if lawmakers would let it | From Energy News Network: Solar energy is poised to challenge nuclear power as the third-largest source of electricity generation in Ohio, according to a new analysis. The Buckeye state is in the midst of a solar boom, with dozens of large ... |
| Mar 19, 2021 | SolStar program brings solar power, job training and equity to North Minneapolis | Community organizer Kristel Porter and solar assessor Blaine Williams are part of a project to bring solar to North Minneapolis residents. Credit: Kristel Porter / Courtesy
Via Energy News Network: A pioneer in Minnesota’s solar industry is... |
| Mar 9, 2021 | North Carolina case shows the challenge of building smaller solar projects under current law | Courtesy of Energy News Network: A solar project in the heart of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains has united climate activists, clean energy advocates and community leaders together with Duke Energy, their frequent nemesis. But to win ... |
| Feb 10, 2021 | Reclaiming Its Place As America’s Clean Energy North Star Could Add $11 Billion To Minnesota’s Economy | When Minnesota first adopted a 25% renewable energy standard and passed the Next Generation Energy Act to reduce statewide emissions in 2007, it moved to the head of the pack for United States climate policy. But plummeting solar and wind p... |
| Dec 16, 2020 | Energy Blockchain Can Boost Smart Energy Communities | getty |
| Dec 13, 2020 | Don’t Count Out The U.S. Oil & Gas Industry Just Yet | An American Airlines Boeing 737 MAX airplane takes off on a test flight from Dallas-Fort Worth ... [+] International Airport in Dallas, Texas, on December 2, 2020. - The Boeing 737 MAX is taking another key step in its comeback to commercia... |
| Dec 3, 2020 | Morning Brief: Solar roadway in Georgia, Oakland bans natural gas in new buildings, DC gets solar to the people | DC spreads solar energy benefits through ‘Solar for All’: Unlike most people, Sam Buggs actually looks forward to getting his electricity bill. That’s because his monthly statement from Pepco regularly includes a credit of $40 to $50. It’s ... |
| Nov 2, 2020 | Job moves at RWE Renewables, Pine Gate, Eos, Summit Ridge Energy, Standard Solar, Sonnedix and more | Nathanael Esposito was promoted to president and global head of solar and storage engineering at RWE Renewables.
Kristina Lund is now CEO of Dayton Power & Light Company, a subsidiary of The AES Corporation that serves approximately 527... |
| Oct 8, 2020 | Morning Brief: Role of gas as a bridge fuel in US ‘just got shorter and narrower’ | Role of gas as a bridge fuel in U.S. ‘just got shorter and narrower’: The natural gas revolution that has led to a power plant building boom and kept electricity prices low may be nearing its end, as the coronavirus pandemic has reduced dem... |
| Sep 16, 2020 | Morning Brief: Utilities across the US battle equitable net metering and value-of-solar | SMUD, the Sacramento Municipal Utility District, commissioned a study that found the net energy metering (NEM) credit should be reduced to 3 to 7 cents/kWh. CalSSA finds that the study was flawed and designed to discredit the value of custo... |
| Sep 16, 2020 | How Purple Politics Cost North Carolina’s Energy Consumers | U.S. President Donald Trump and Roy Cooper, governor of North Carolina, left, listen during a ... [+] briefing at Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point in Havelock, No Photographer: Alex Wroblewski/Bloomberg© 2018 Bloomberg Finance LP |
| Aug 24, 2020 | This commercial solar project blends public art, on-site generation in Minneapolis’ Uptown | Wavy ribbons of tilted panels run the length of the MoZaic East building in Minneapolis’ Uptown neighborhood. Photo by Katherine Jossi
From Energy News Network: MoZaic East’s developers worked with artists, engineers, designers and architec... |
| Aug 5, 2020 | Morning Brief: SolAmerica and Safari Energy commission 43 MW of solar in Georgia, HVDC solicitation | SolAmerica Energy and Safari Energy have successfully completed development, construction, and commissioning of thirteen solar projects in Georgia totaling 43 MW of generation capacity. SolAmerica developed, engineered, and constructed the ... |
| Jul 17, 2020 | A Unanimous FERC Decision Saves Net Metering, But Its Future Remains Uncertain | FILE - In this May 8, 2009 file photo, Len Bicknell walks from his house to his garage where his ... [+] solar energy panels are mounted on the roof in Marshfield, Mass.ASSOCIATED PRESS |
| Jul 1, 2020 | Free solar installs finally hit Chicago’s South Side as part of Illinois Solar for All program | Debra and Greg Earl in front of their Chicago home with one of the solar panels to be installed on their roof.
From Energy News Network: The Illinois Solar for All program was slow to start in part because of its complexity and consumer saf... |
| Jun 17, 2020 | Community solar often blocked by utilities lobbying uninformed policymakers | From Energy News Network: Utility lobbying has blocked community solar expansion, but a recent study suggests it’s been effective in part because many policymakers don’t understand the concept and its potential benefits.
Community solar pro... |
| Jun 16, 2020 | A Nebraska utility’s solar project plans suddenly clash with new zoning rules | A Nebraska utility’s solar project plans suddenly clash with new zoning rules
By Karen Uhlenhuth June 16, 2020 View Profile
From the Energy News Network: A Nebraska utility’s ambitious solar power plans have collided with a suburban county’... |
| May 20, 2020 | Morning Brief: the North Carolina solar industry has weathered Covid well, Vistra announces battery expansion | N.C. solar industry weathering the pandemic better than most states: The solar industry is weathering the pandemic better in North Carolina than in most states, data released today by SEIA show. The Tar Heel State will see 19% fewer solar w... |
| May 5, 2020 | Illinois sparked a solar residential boom, but COVID-19 and stalled legislation could end it | From the Energy News Network: Illinois’s solar industry, which until recently had been booming, could be decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to experts and developers who are scrambling to prepare for the uncertain future.
The ... |
| Apr 29, 2020 | Morning Brief: Solar and wind are the cheapest new sources of electricity, Appalachian Power halts distributed projects | Solar and wind are the cheapest new sources of electricity in at least two-thirds of the world’s population, according to a new BloombergNEF report. The report finds that the levelized cost of electricity for onshore wind projects has falle... |
| Apr 28, 2020 | How utility contracts are halting Virginia’s solar expansion in some rural areas | From Energy News Network: By now, Denechia Edwards figured the rooftop of Ridgeview High School in southwest Virginia would be the highlight of a lesson about solar ingenuity deep in the heart of coal country. But the 700-kilowatt system pr... |
| Apr 21, 2020 | Solar installers in Minnesota are deemed essential and continue to find work | From the Energy News Network: Minnesota solar installers say they have been able to continue work on rooftops with only limited disruptions so far from the coronavirus pandemic.
Gov. Tim Walz’s emergency executive order requiring Minnesota ... |
| Apr 15, 2020 | As Illinois nears the end of net metering, solar installers make the case that it’s too soon | From the Energy News Network: Solar installers in Ameren Illinois’ territory have hit a key milestone, prompting a regulatory process with high stakes for the future of rooftop solar in the state. Illinois’ 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act calls... |
| Mar 26, 2020 | COVID-19 response: Minnesota solar industry pushing for incentive extensions | Via ENN: An industry group had already been pushing for an extension of a popular solar incentive program set to end in 2021. Faced with a potential economic catastrophe from the coronavirus pandemic, Minnesota’s solar industry wants lawmak... |
| Mar 11, 2020 | Michigan’s utility-scale solar is about to boom — is the state ready for it? | From ENN: Thousands of megawatts of utility-scale solar power are expected in Michigan over the next decade, but most municipalities don’t have regulations to govern the land-use impacts.
State officials and university researchers last week... |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Solar advocates in Iowa may have reached a net metering compromise with local utility | Solar advocates in Iowa may have reached a net metering compromise with local utility
By Contributing Author March 5, 2020 View Profile
A proposal in Iowa, which still needs to pass in the legislature, would preserve net metering and let ut... |
| Mar 5, 2020 | Morning Brief: Longroad acquires 160 MW of First Solar projects, Glidepath Ventures sells 887.5 MW PV portfolio | Longroad acquired 160 MW of First Solar projects: The Little Bear Solar portfolio of projects is changing hands, as First Solar reports that the four projects have been acquired by Longroad Energy. The portfolio, located entirely in Fresno ... |
| Feb 6, 2020 | Morning Brief: Rhode Island utilities collaborate on solar contract, Utah battery incentive program proposed | Three Rhode Island utilities collaborate on solar contract: For the first time ever, all three of Rhode Island’s electric utilities, National Grid, Pascoag Utility District and Block Island Utility District have agreed to split the generati... |
| Oct 31, 2019 | Empower Energies partners with Hannon Armstrong, solar in an oil field: Halloween pbMB | Empower Energies partners with Hannon Armstrong on C&I expansion – “Empower Energies and Hannon Armstrong will jointly invest in renewable energy projects in the commercial & industrial market across the United States. The collabora... |
| Aug 14, 2019 | It’s always sunny in Philly, so go get some solar panels | Philadelphia wants to make 2019 the year of solar power.
As part of the city’s inaugural Solar Week, Mayor Jim Kenney signed two bills this morning to encourage Philadelphians to install residential and commercial solar panels.
The initiati... |
| Aug 7, 2019 | Massachusetts’ (proposed) solar home mandate, Capital Dynamics acquires 180 MW: pvMB 8/7/19 | Capital Dynamics acquires 180 MW – “Capital Dynamics today announced that its Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business has acquired the Townsite Solar Project, a 180MWac / 231MWdc solar project located in Boulder City, Nevada, through the... |
| Jun 4, 2019 | 9% of Michigan’s land area just opened up for solar | Solar and farms have a complicated relationship. Conservation groups and at times authorities in a number of states have expressed concern about the use of farmland to host large-scale solar, with Oregon recently further limiting solar depl... |
| May 2, 2019 | A free solar future, drones patrolling the skies above solar farms: pvMB 5/2/19 | Solar will be nearly free in the future says 8minutenergy CEO – Talk about a Nostradamus-esque prediction. In a recent article with Forbes, Thomas Buttgenbach, CEO of 8minutenergy shared that in his visions of the industry in 10-20 years, “... |
| Apr 29, 2019 | A big day for Massachusetts community solar, Generac acquires PIKA Energy: pvMB 4/29/19 | Generac acquires PIKA Energy – Generac Holdings has acquired battery storage manufacturer Pika energy, marking the company’s first soiree into the energy storage industry. The acquisition closed on the 26th of April and details of the acqui... |
| Apr 25, 2019 | South Carolina to get its biggest solar plant yet, pig farmers for solar: pvMB 04/25/19 | South Carolina may get its largest solar plant to date- Utility Santee Cooper has announced that it will buy the power from a 75 MW solar plant that North Carolina Renewable Energy LLC is building in Centerfield. Our take: We cross-referenc... |
| Apr 18, 2019 | Big solar coming (back) to Montana, banks feeling the heat over alleged DC Solar ponzi scheme: pvMB 4/18/19 | 160 MW proposed in Montana – Well would you look at that, you reinstate PURPA and the projects start rolling in. This is true in Montana, as Clenera LLC has submitted a bid to develop a 160-megawatt solar project between Apex and Dillion in... |
| Mar 11, 2019 | pvMB 3/11/19: Wisconsin’s big development, Vistra’s energy retail business… and more! | Massive plant planned in Wisconsin – It seems that in the last couple of months, every underdeveloped state has kicked things up a notch. Today, Wisconsin joins that list. New York developer Ranger Power is closing in on securing the land f... |
| Feb 18, 2019 | Milwaukee pushes back against We Energies’ monopoly | Like many utilities these days, We Energies does not seem to mind large-scale renewable energy, which allows it to continue to invest in transmission and distribution infrastructure. But when we get to distributed solar – particularly behin... |
| Feb 4, 2019 | pvMB 2/4/19: Massive solar projects in Nebraska and Wyoming, GAF energy adding to its R&D leadership…and more! | NextEra aims to bring the largest solar project in the Midwest to Nebraska – While still awaiting an interconnection agreement, NextEra is in the early stages of developing a 423 MW solar plant just outside of Norfolk, Nebraska. NextEra has... |
| May 31, 2018 | Michigan integrated resource plans pivotal to hold utilities accountable after clean energy compromise | By Matt Kasper, Energy and Policy Institute
Over the past several months, customers of DTE Energy and Consumers Energy have heard their investor-owned utilities make big promises to close coal plants and invest in more renewable energy. DTE... |
| EGEB: Clean Energy for America Act, North Dakota and Vermont solar, and more | In today’s EGEB:
New legislation would streamline the tax code to boost clean energy.
North Dakota is last in American solar capacity, but the state is looking to make progress.
A Vermont policy designed to spur solar development on landfil... |
| House Republicans’ big climate-change ‘plan’: Carbon capture and trees | US House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) (pictured, with Donald Trump) and House Energy and Commerce Committee Republican Greg Walden (R-OR) introduced climate-change legislative proposals today in an attempt to shift the Republican p... |
| The only Republican who won in Georgia’s latest election is a huge solar supporter | One of the big news stories of the day — which has now been massively eclipsed by the US Capitol being stormed by domestic terrorists — are the Senate race results in Georgia. Democrat Raphael Warnock has been declared the winner of one Sen... |
| EGEB: California offshore wind, Trump panel climate change denier, Spanish wind | Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news.
Today in EGEB, a new report considers the potential of California offshore wind. A climate change denier looks to head ... |
| Cities and states lead the way on new electric vehicle incentives | States, cities, and utilities from coast to coast are expanding programs to encourage EV adoption and new charging infrastructure. The pause in driving and pollution during the pandemic is urging authorities to promote electric cars. These ... |
| Massachusetts may soon host the first US solar on highway sound barriers | Massachusetts-based Ko-Solar wants to put solar panels in places no one really notices, like on industrial building roofs, in parking lots, and sound barriers on highways. It may finally get its chance, on Interstate 95 in the Boston area. ... |
| Massachusetts will host the first US solar on highway sound barriers [Update] | Massachusetts-based Ko-Solar wants to put solar panels in places no one really notices, like on industrial building roofs, in parking lots, and sound barriers on highways. It may finally get its chance, in the Boston area. And that will be ... |
| Ohio bill would let locals ban wind and solar (but not fossil fuels) | The Ohio State Senate Energy and Public Utilities Committee will consider Senate Bill 52 today, which would allow townships to designate “energy development districts” for wind and solar farms or just veto them altogether. However, locals w... |
| EGEB: Florida utilities criticized for state home solar issues, global wind power outlook, and more | In today’s EGEB:
Florida utilities draw criticism for the state’s home solar issues.
Global wind power capacity expected to grow 60% in the next five years.
A Massachusetts city mayor shuns short-term natural gas.
India adds a record amount... |
| The schools at the front lines of solar | In the early 2010s, Pat Collins, a 7th-grade life science teacher at Chisago Lakes Middle School — in Lindstrom, Minnesota, about 35 miles northeast of the Twin Cities — was having a discussion about solar panels with his students. One aske... |
| EGEB: US renewables double since 2008, self-powered streetlights, and more | In today’s EGEB:
U.S. renewable electricity generation has doubled since 2008.
Self-powered streetlights in Chicago.
The largest bifacial solar farm in the U.S. breaks ground.
A Spanish soccer team joins the UN’s Climate Neutral Now initiat... |
| EGEB: Indiana solar struggles, Google’s Taiwan solar project, NC open for wind | Electrek Green Energy Brief: A daily technical, financial, and political review/analysis of important green energy news.
Today in EGEB, a new bill designed to jumpstart Indiana’s solar industry looks to be stopped before it gets started. Go... |
| EGEB: EV supporters respond to Saudi oil refinery attack, South Africa’s $11B green energy plan, more | In today’s Electrek Green Energy Brief (EGEB):
EV supporters tweet about the Saudi oil refinery drone attack.
South Africa kicks off a US$11 billion green-energy initiative.
A South Carolinian lists the benefits of solar energy for her stat... |
| EGEB: Australia to hit 50% renewables by 2030, Colorado energy shift, bifacial solar, and more | In today’s EGEB:
Australia looks to hit 50% renewables by 2030, without government intervention.
China’s lead in the solar race, illustrated.
An energy company looks to shut down Colorado coal plants and add wind and solar.
Ethiopia runs al... |
| 30 states allow kWh pricing, but non-Tesla EV drivers mostly miss benefits | North Carolina is now the 30th state to allow public EV charging companies to offer pricing by the kilowatt-hour (kWh), instead of charging per minute. The change was thanks to bipartisan legislation — House Bill 329, Renewable Energy Amend... |
| Climate Crisis Weekly: Virginians showed they care about climate change on voting day, more | Virginia Democrats campaigned on fighting the climate crisis and won.
The official word[s] of the year for 2019? “Climate strike.”
New Zealand passes a law that sets 2050 as its net zero target year.
An offshore wind farm in Rhode Island pr... |
| Minnesota, New Mexico, and other states are poised to adopt California ZEV rules | The most effective response to the COVID pandemic has come from state leadership — not the federal government. And the same thing is happening for vehicle-emission rules. Last month, Washington State became the 12th state to adopt Californi... |
