Tag: community solar
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IRA tax credit guidance threatens community solar’s ability to serve low-income households
Solar experts fear newly released guidance on the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) tax credits will limit the industry’s ability to serve low-income communities. Under the new guidance, most households will have to prove their low-income status, which has been shown to substantially limit a household’s willingness to sign up for community solar plans that can……
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U.S. Solar Market Q3 takeaways: Good, bad and bittersweet stats in record-breaking year
Good: The U.S. solar industry expects to add a record 32 gigawatts (GW) of new capacity in 2023, a 52% increase from 2022, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q3 2023 report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. Good: Solar accounted for 45 percent of all new electricity-generating capacity……
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Green Street Power Partners, PowerMarket top 100 MW of community solar projects
PowerMarket has teamed up with Green Street Power Partners (GSPP) to surpass 100 MW of community solar contracted. PowerMarket manages 80 MW of operating distributed generation (DG) community solar projects for GSPP, with an additional 30 MW coming online by Q2 2024. Since 2018, PowerMarket and Green Street have contributed to the development of an extensive community solar……
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Ohm Analytics reports DG solar market grew 6% in Q2
The distributed generation (DG) solar market grew at 6% with just over 2 GW of installed capacity in Q2 of 2023, according to a new report by Ohm Analytics. The company provided highlights for several categories for residential and non-residential solar and storage installation. Residential solar Residential PV capacity was up 11% in Q2 with……
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Nexamp secures 1.5 GW U.S. solar module supply from Heliene
Nexamp placed what they believe is the “largest community solar module order in U.S. history,” with Heliene, Inc. This order provides Nexamp access to 1.5 GW of modules that will be produced at Heliene’s Minnesota facility. Over the next five years, these modules will support the development and construction of about 400 new community solar projects across……