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Category: Florida

  • Florida keeps solar momentum going, governor signs SB 90

    Florida Governor Rick Scott signed Senate Bill 90 (SB 90), “Renewable Energy Source Devices,” into law, which extends a property tax exemption for renewable energy installations, including solar, wind, and geothermal, on both commercial and residential properties. The legislation implements the Amendment 4 ballot initiative passed by Florida voters inRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar legislation update: Indiana kills residential solar; Florida close to tax exemptions

    First, the bad news. Indiana says goodbye to net metering Unofficially the most-talked-about bill in the solar industry, Indiana’s SB 309 was officially passed and signed into law, just before the end of the legislative session. The bill lost some of its teeth from a total “buy all; sell all”Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • 106-acre Big Bend Solar project completed in Tampa

    Burns & McDonnell met substantial completion requirements on March 1 for commercial operation of the Big Bend Solar project in Tampa, Fla. The 106-acre solar photovoltaic (PV) project is owned and operated by Tampa Electric and is the largest single source of solar power in the Tampa area with capacityRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Election postmortem: Lots of solar industry worry, but also reasons for hope

    Well, that was a fun year of not having to worry about the future prospects of the solar industry. Electing a climate change denier with zero knowledge about energy, one who made countless calls to make fossil fuels great again, to be president makes the (continued) extension of the ITCRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Orlando votes to approve PACE financing

    The Orlando City Council voted to join the Florida Development Finance Corporation’s (FDFC) residential PACE Program. “Orlando is committed to being the most sustainable city in America and to accomplish this it takes everyone, from our residents, business and government, doing all that we can to conserve, preserve and reuseRead More — Solar Builder magazine