Connecticut Green Guide March 1, 2016 The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is attempting to get a stalled “shared-solar” pilot program back on track. A legislative committee on Tuesday accepted public testimony on a bill that would allow Eversource and Avangrid to recover the cost of administering the program, which was signed into law […]
Green Guide, SolarConnecticut Green Guide February 16, 2016 Connecticut had 1,951 solar industry jobs in 2015, the 18th highest in the country per capita, according to a new survey conducted by an industry group. More than half of those jobs were installers, while 29 percent were sales and distribution positions, according to the Solar Foundation. Manufacturing accounted […]
Green Guide, SolarThe CT Mirror by Jan Ellen Spiegel February 1, 2016 Shared solar – a way to make solar power available to homes that are unsuited for solar panels or renters who can’t have them – is having a balky go in Connecticut. After a two-session legislative battle that began in 2014 and resulted in approval of only a […]
SolarWall Street Journal By Cassandra Sweet Dec. 16, 2015 Solar and wind companies scored a major victory when U.S. lawmakers voted to extend lucrative federal subsidies for renewable energy late Tuesday night. The tax credits for new power projects fueled by wind turbines and solar panels have been key to the rapid expansion of renewable […]
Solar, WindInternational Business Times By Maria Gallucci on July 09 2015 Americans are putting more solar panels on their roofs than ever before. Yet only a small group of people — homeowners, mostly well-to-do — are driving the boom. Apartment dwellers, cash-strapped families, renters and others are largely shut out of the solar movement, sidelined by […]
Community Solar, Renewable Energy, SolarUtility Dive By Robert Walton | August 10, 2015 Dive Brief: Massachusetts Gov. Charlie Baker has filed a bill that would raise the state’s private and public net metering caps by 2% each, up to 6% and 7%, respectively. The bill would also provide for the development of a program to support solar development beyond the state’s current […]
net metering, SolarGreenTech Solar Adam James – August 5, 2015 This morning, SolarCity announced a $10 million acquisition (and up to $20 million with earn-outs) of ILIOSS, a top 20 EPC firm in Mexico according to the Q2 Latin America PV Playbook. This marks a significant milestone for SolarCity, which joins Sungevity and SunEdison in the international […]
Solar, Solar CityGreenTechSolar Stephen Lacey July 20, 2015 With yet another multi-billion-dollar acquisition in the works, SunEdison isn’t just strengthening its position as one of the world’s top renewable energy developers — it is on a mission to become one of the largest energy companies in any sector. This morning, SunEdison announced plans to acquire Vivint Solar, […]
SolarGreenBiz Barbara Grady Wednesday, July 15, 2015 When solar panels first started appearing on rooftops, the buildings beneath those roofs were uniformly wealthy. The up-front investment required to install solar, at $10,000 or more, was usually just too big a barrier for most U.S. households, not to mention those living paycheck to paycheck. The same […]
SolarHartfordBusiness.com By: Brad Kane Connecticut’s attempts to create a self-sustaining clean energy industry that no longer needs government subsidies are being undercut by the state’s own laws, stifling millions of dollars in potential projects. The latest snag has to do with virtual net metering (VNM), a subsidy-free program created in 2013 that allows certain utility […]
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