Tag: policy
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Clean energy leaders discuss a 100 percent clean energy future at IREC Vision Summit
Just before the country fell under quarantine, national, state, and local decision makers and clean energy thought leaders were able to convene in the nation’s capitol to discuss the pathways and critical steps needed to make bold clean energy goals a reality at the second annual IREC Vision Summit hostedRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Solar crushed 2019, making up 40 percent of all new electric generating capacity (is more to come?)
Despite policy challenges and a second year of the Section 201 tariffs, the U.S. solar market grew by 23% from 2018, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2019 Year-in-Review report, released today by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie. Solar accounted for 40% of all newRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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An automated, searchable database of all U.S. electricty rates is being built by WattBuy, NREL
WattBuy, an energy intelligence service that enables consumers to make smarter choices about their electricity provider, and the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced a new project to automatically collect and make public a searchable database of all electricity rates in the U.S. NREL will publicly shareRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Michigan’s utility-scale solar is about to boom — is the state ready for it?
From ENN: Thousands of megawatts of utility-scale solar power are expected in Michigan over the next decade, but most municipalities don’t have regulations to govern the land-use impacts. State officials and university researchers last week released what they’re calling a first-in-the-nation tool that’s meant to address the issue: a databaseRead More — Solar Builder magazine
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Virginia’s solar energy industry now poised for a boom time
Virginia is poised to be a solar energy hotbed. The Virginia General Assembly approved the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA) this week and, when signed by Gov. Ralph Northam, it will establish a mandatory renewable energy program with provisions for rooftop solar power, expanded net metering provisions, protections for low-incomeRead More — Solar Builder magazine