The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) is launching a new solar incentive program.
This program will serve as a transition from the state’s current Solar Renewable Energy Certificate (SREC) Program. This transition program will serve as a bridge between the SREC program and a successo... Read More »
Entergy New Orleans (ENO) and the University of New Orleans (UNO) recently finalized plans to install a 600-kilowatt (KW) solar installation atop two buildings at the university.
“We are committed to finding innovative ways to increase renewable energy for the benefit of our customers and the c... Read More »
An annual report from the Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) shows that distributed energy generation continues to grow in the state, with a 57 percent growth of installations producing power tracked throughout 2018.
That growth represented 1,952 renewable energy installations supplying 13... Read More »
The Cross Winds Energy Park Phase III, owned and operated by Consumers Energy, began producing power in Tuscola County, Mich., this week, bringing 76 megawatts of renewable power capacity to the region.
Phase III brought in 33 turbines as the final phase of the wind park project, which brought to... Read More »
House Democrats continued their efforts towards a carbon tax bill during a Thursday hearing on decarbonization despite continued opposition from their Republican counterparts and few signs their efforts will be taken up by the Republican-controlled Senate.
Democrats on the House Energy and Commer... Read More »
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) recently released a new market impact analysis exploring the impact of Section 201 tariffs on the U.S. solar industry.
The analysis finds that tariffs on imported solar cells and modules have led to the loss of more than 62,000 U.S. jobs and $19 bill... Read More »
EDF Renewables North America and Shell Energy North America agreed to a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for solar energy.
The 132 megawatts of solar energy will come from Palen Solar’s Maverick 7 Solar Project in Riverside County, California. The agreement is through 2021. The site is lo... Read More »
The U.S. energy storage sector came on strong over the last few months, reporting its strongest third quarter on record with 100.7 megawatts and 264.6 megawatt-hours of storage deployed.
“We are encouraged to see the continued strong growth of the energy storage industry,” Kelly Speakes-Backm... Read More »
South Carolina voted in November to lower Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) rates for utilities while also shortening solar contracts in the state. Six out of seven of the South Carolina Public Service Commission (PSC) commissioners voted in favor of the changes.
The vote came after ... Read More »
NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas have teamed up to build the largest utility-scale solar energy project in Arkansas – the Chicot Solar Energy Center.
“We are pleased that Entergy Arkansas and NextEra Energy Resources have partnered together to bring more solar power to the state... Read More »