Category: Solar Power & Energy

  • Texas rate case settled, should be good for future solar customers

    The solar industry in Texas is growing, and an unopposed settlement agreement filed by the El Paso Electric Co. for its rate case pending before the Public Utility Commission of Texas (the PUCT) should help clear future hurdles for distributed generation. If approved by the PUCT, the Unopposed Settlement wouldRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • How to design rates for a distributed grid? This paper has some answers

    As electric industry regulators prepare for their summer meeting in Nashville, a group of solar and tech organizations and companies, including TechNet, Sierra Club, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Vote Solar, The Alliance for Solar Choice, CalSEIA, and SolarCity released a paper on designing electricity rates in the eraRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Locus Energy solutions now available to Ten K Solar customers

    Locus Energy, a solar data and analytics platform provider, and Ten K Solar, the company maximizing value in commercial rooftop solar, announced a partnership that makes Locus’ broad and scalable solar fleet management solutions and Virtual Irradiance available to current and future Ten K customers. The partnership enables Ten KRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Sungrow, Samsung launch energy storage partnership

    Sungrow, one of the largest PV inverter manufacturers, announced the official start of operations of Sungrow-Samsung SDI Energy Storage Power Supply Co., Ltd at a ceremony in Hefei, China. The $170 million joint venture between Sungrow and Samsung is able to provide complete Energy Storage System (ESS) solutions incorporating lithium batteries,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Solar Alliance to launch Commercial Solar Division in San Diego

    Canada-based Solar Alliance Energy sent word that it is launching a Commercial Solar Division that will be based in San Diego and will target commercial and industrial customers throughout the United States. “The launch of a Commercial Solar Division marks the next stage of our company’s development in solar energyRead More — Solar Builder magazine