Author: LEED Blogger
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Distributed solar and solar forecasts keeps going down, while module prices in U.S. decline
The Wood Mackenzie Energy Transition Practice team is writing a weekly update on the coronavirus and its impact on the global power and renewables industry. This week’s expresses further concern for distributed, non-utility solar and storage installations. Solar: 2020 solar installations have been revised down by 18% from pre-coronavirus levelsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar Distancing: Trying to avoid peak electricity rates at home
As more solar is added to the grid, more utilities are changing their rate structures for homeowners, implementing “time of use” rates and “peak demand charges.” How are these higher rates and extra fees structured, and is there any way to combat them? Keith Marett, president of home energy managementRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar Distancing: Trying to avoid peak electricity rates at home
As more solar is added to the grid, more utilities are changing their rate structures for homeowners, implementing “time of use” rates and “peak demand charges.” How are these higher rates and extra fees structured, and is there any way to combat them? Keith Marett, president of home energy managementRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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San Antonio’s Go Smart Solar wins award for its solar carport projects for Worth & Associates
The City of San Antonio Office of Sustainability has awarded Go Smart Solar and Worth & Associates with the SA Tomorrow Sustainability William R. Sinkin Solar Award for their work installing solar carports and electric vehicle chargers at four area Worth & Associates properties. The award recognizes local programs, projectsRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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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 for replacing retail net metering with a localized value-of-solar rate asRead More — Solar Builder magazine