Category: Solar Power & Energy
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This report looks at the status of net metering and alternative rate designs across the U.S.
The National Regulatory Research Institute released a new study of actions by U.S. states to change distributed energy resources rate designs for the customer side of the meter. Review of State Net Energy Metering and Successor Rate Designs is a summary of the activity among state public utility commissions in findingRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Microsoft Corp. signs 15-year PPA for this 75-MW solar project in North Carolina
Microsoft Corp. and Invenergy are moving ahead with a 74-megawatt solar project in North Carolina, the Wilkinson Solar Energy Center, which will be constructed, owned and operated by Invenergy. Via the 15-year power purchase agreement, Microsoft will become the sole offtaker of the energy generated at the Wilkinson Solar EnergyRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Cypress Creek Renewables adds PV plant drone inspection services from Raptor Maps
Raptor Maps, a Boston-based software company focused on helping enterprise solar companies adopt drone technology to reduce asset management costs and increase plant production, reached an agreement with Cypress Creek Renewables to support their internal UAS team with data analytics and reports from PV plant inspections. Raptor Maps software willRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Details on Massachusetts’ largest community solar + storage farm (just completed)
Massachusetts’ largest community solar + storage farm has completed construction and is nearing subscriber completion. The 7.1-MW Happy Hollow Community Solar + Storage Farm is built on a gravel pit in Winchendon, Mass., and includes a 3.3-MW energy storage system. The project is owned by SunRaise Investments, developed and constructedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Intersolar North America canceled this year after acquisition (moving to San Diego in Feb. 2020)
Solar Promotion International GmbH and FMMI GmbH announced that three of the company’s North American events – Intersolar, ees (electrical energy storage) and Power2Drive North America – will be acquired by Maine-based international media company Diversified Communications. Solar Promotion International and FMMI also announced that the next Intersolar, ees andRead More — Solar Builder magazine