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  • Solar installs grow 43 percent in Q2 2016, but long-term questions emerge in each segment

    Growing 43 percent year-over-year, the U.S. saw 2,051 MW of solar photovoltaics installed in Q2 2016. According to GTM Research and the Solar Energy Industries Association’s latest U.S. Solar Market Insight report, this marks the eleventh consecutive quarter in which more than 1 GW of PV was installed, driven largelyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Highlights from SEPA’s 2015 Solar Market Snapshot (residential rooftop up 50%)

    The Smart Electric Power Alliance (SEPA) announces the release of its 2015 Solar Market Snapshot, which tracks key trends and market insights in the U.S. market for solar and other distributed energy resources. Based on SEPA’s annual Solar Market Survey of hundreds of utilities across the country, the report providesRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • How to design rates for a distributed grid? This paper has some answers

    As electric industry regulators prepare for their summer meeting in Nashville, a group of solar and tech organizations and companies, including TechNet, Sierra Club, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), Vote Solar, The Alliance for Solar Choice, CalSEIA, and SolarCity released a paper on designing electricity rates in the eraRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • EnergySage Report: Consumers value solar install price transparency

    EnergySage published its second semi-annual Solar Marketplace Intel Report, providing further visibility into the residential solar market in the United States. By aggregating, analyzing, and publishing research based on millions of transaction-level data points, EnergySage looks at how the solar industry will evolve as it becomes more efficient and transparent,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • What’s it cost to install solar in California

    As residential solar continues its explosive growth in California, homeowners considering solar confront a persistent question: How much does solar actually cost? To help homeowners navigate the confusing home solar market, Solar to the People, a solar information website, has released a study detailing the average cost of solar in regions across California. AccordingRead More — Solar Builder magazine