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  • Solar stats of the week, including 50,000 California homes adding storage

    With our Terminator vision turned on, we scoured the internet for solar market stats this week. Here’s what caught our eye. Loans outpace leases in 2019 The numbers are in and loans accounted for 54 percent of the U.S. solar financing market in 2019, according to WoodMackenzie’s new report — aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Six takeaways from LevelTen’s Q2 2020 North American PPA Price Index

    The LevelTen Energy PPA Price Index shows how the global pandemic has impacted the renewable energy industry and tracks solar and wind prices, contracts and project size across the North American market. What’s new in Q2? • Quarter-over-quarter, across markets, an evenly weighted index of P25 wind and solar pricesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • GlobalData: Proposed ITC extension could bump solar, wind over 25% share of installs

    The proposed Investment Tax Credit (ITC) extension is greatly welcomed by power industry associations and developers. Cost-effectiveness is better observed in these large-scale utility projects, as they achieve break-even faster – as the generation is bartered for the long term. Hence, GlobalData expects that rejection of the extension would greatyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Renewable energy now provides a quarter of all U.S. electricity

    Renewable energy sources (biomass, geothermal, hydropower, solar, wind) produced significantly more electricity than either coal or nuclear power during the first five months of 2020, according to a SUN DAY Campaign analysis of just-released data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). In May alone, renewable sources accounted for moreRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • 2019 saw a record number of microgrids installed in the United States

    Five hundred and forty-six microgrids were installed in the United States during 2019, more than any previous year, according to new research from Wood Mackenzie. Three organizations – PowerSecure, Enchanted Rock and The American Red Cross – installed a combined 67% of these projects. While 2019 saw a record numberRead More — Solar Builder magazine