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  • COVID-19 response: Massachusetts doubles its SMART program, but solar industry reaction is mixed

    The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources (DOER) released emergency regulations that expand and update the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program (SMART), the state’s main incentive program for solar. The expansion will help drive enough solar to power the equivalent of more than 250,000 homes. “Amidst the COVID-19 crisis, the Baker-PolitoRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Dynamic Energy finishes phase 2 in Bartlett’s Farm solar site construction

    Bartlett’s Farm is widely known as the oldest and largest family-owned farm on Nantucket Island in Massachusetts. Seven generations of Bartlett’s have been farming the same land since William Bartlett arrived on Nantucket in the early 1800’s. Bartlett’s Farm Market is synonymous with quality and variety in all that isRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • CVE North America ready to construct six solar plants in Massachusetts

    CVE North America and AVANA Capital closed construction financing totaling $57 million for a 31.3 MW portfolio of six solar PV plants in Massachusetts, which qualified for the state’s SMART program. Principals of the NextPower Capital team served as Financial Advisor to CVE on the transaction. CVE North America isRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Massachusetts DPU (finally) issues SMART program order

    During Solar Power International last week, the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) issued an Order approving compensation for owners of new solar projects under the Commonwealth’s Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) program. The approval is the final regulatory step in launching the program that is required by bi-partisan legislationRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Massachusetts bill passes to stop Eversource demand charge but doesn’t address net metering

    Massachusetts lawmakers passed An Act to Advance Clean Energy yesterday that will pretty much do what it says, with one really important victory for the solar industry, and one potential setback. The victory was a call for Eversource to revise the demand charge it tried to impose (this was theRead More — Solar Builder magazine