Tag: policy
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SolarReviews renews SEI partnership to support U.S.-based Spanish speakers in solar
SolarReviews and Solar Energy International (SEI) renewed their awesome partnership for 2023. In 2022, SolarReviews successfully funded the SolarReviews Scholarship, which provided solar training for U.S.-based Spanish Speakers. 2023 will see an expansion of this scholarship to support native Spanish speakers through SEI’s Hispanic and Latin American program with scholarships and program management support, along……
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Federal solar tax credits explained for your business
The following piece was submitted by Robert L. Rojas, CPA, M.S. – Taxation, CExP, and J. Michael Pusey, CPA, Rojas & Associates. Accessing solar credits is an important consideration for more businesses given amendments in the latter half of 2022. Our topic has become more important to more business decision-makers while also becoming more complicated……
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Cleveland debuts low-income home solar install program
Cleveland’s first low- to moderate-income (LMI) solar program is underway and has high hopes for 2023. Solar installations are funded through a grant from the Lowenstein Foundation and the Urban Sustainability Directors Network. The program launched with a $100,000 grant to do between 5-10 installs. “We will end the year with five installs and two……
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Will California NEM 3.0 boost home energy storage?
Utilities were big winners in the California solar + storage market in mid-December, convincing the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) to slash the value of solar energy returned to the grid by 75 percent, or as little as a nickel/kWh, effective mid-April 2023. This ruling — Net Energy Metering (NEM) 3.0 — under contentious study……
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Energy storage installations top record in third quarter despite rising costs, supply issues
The U.S. energy storage market continues to grow, seemingly impervious to rising costs and supply chain challenges. The U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report from the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie showed a record 4,733 MWh of grid-scale energy storage installed in Q3 2023, surpassing the previous quarterly high of 4,598 MWh in……