Category: Solar Power & Energy
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SolarCity affirms: ‘We have no alternative but to cease Nevada installations’
SolarCity followed up on its claim that it would cease doing business in Nevada if the state’s Public Utilities Commission voted to approve of a new tariff that would retroactively apply to all net metered solar residents. Here is the original story for background. “This is a very difficult decision butRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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DTE Energy working on two huge (45-MW) utility-owned solar projects in Michigan
DTE Energy, in collaboration with the City of Lapeer, Mich., plans to break ground in the spring of 2016 on 45 megawatts (MW) of new solar generating capacity at two project sites. The projects will generate enough to power 9,000 average size homes with clean, zero-emission solar energy. The largerRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Dominion Virginia Power strikes deal for 110 MW of solar
Dominion Virginia Power and the Commonwealth of Virginia reached an agreement to deploy 110 MW of solar power generation. Gov. Terry McAuliffe and Dominion joined together to announce the multi-year agreement. The Commonwealth will purchase the solar-generated electricity through a long-term agreement with Dominion. “This is another positive step toward furtheringRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar CEOs say they will cease operations in Nevada if proposed tariff changes go through
Nevada is on the verge of voting on a drastic change to its rate structure that would retroactively affect anyone who has already installed solar based on the original net metering tariff. Residents and several solar CEOs are unhappy with this sudden change in direction. From the Las Vegas Review-Journal:Read More — Solar Builder magazine
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Energy storage demonstration in Oregon earns federal funds
The Oregon Department of Energy (ODOE), in a joint solicitation with the energy storage program of US DOE Office of Electricity (US DOE-OE), will award $295,000 in state and federal funds to the Eugene Water & Electric Board (EWEB) for an energy storage demonstration project that will incorporate 500 kWRead More — Solar Builder magazine