During the summer and fall of 2020, Washington-based solar installer Western Solar will be installing solar panels for five low income and transitional housing organizations in Whatcom and Skagit Counties as part of Puget Sound Energy’s Green Power Grants. PSE has made $580,000 available for...
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U.S. utility group Dominion Energy agreed Sunday to sell most of its natural gas business and abandon its multi-billion dollar Atlantic Coast Pipeline project with Duke Energy meant to supply its home-state market of Virginia.
The announcement marks a major shift for Dominion away from competitive natural gas markets...
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California installer Citadel Roofing & Solar is now selling and installing home generators for residential power outage protection. Generators can be mixed and matched with other Citadel energy products to provide backup electricity during a utility power outage: Generators can be installed on a standalone...
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There’s more political momentum than ever around achieving net-zero emissions by 2050, especially following the release of House Democrats’ new Congressional Action Plan for a Clean Energy Economy.
But where do we currently stand on that trajectory? And is the path to zero as inclusive as...
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Big solar plants are getting cheaper to run and expectations for their useful operational lives keep getting longer, according to a new survey of U.S. solar industry professionals.
By the end of 2019, a cumulative total of 76 gigawatts of solar had been installed in the United...
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The Chinese manufacturer has debuted two models in the new bifacial, double-glass series to join the scramble for a slice of the 500 W-plus market and to stake its claim to have the 182mm, M10 wafer adopted as the industry standard.Chinese solar wafer and panel...
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The country—aiming for a renewable power target of 450 GW by 2030—has emerged as the world’s largest and most competitive clean energy auction market. A new report by Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BNEF) shows India can serve as a model country for others looking to leverage...
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The Indian government's levy on modules could almost double to 40% within a year. Cells will see a similar rise, from an initial rate of 15%.From pv magazine India
The Economic Times has reported that the Indian government is considering a basic customs duty of 20-25%...
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A massive solar+storage project near Uralla, New South Wales, has locked in a grid-connection agreement with Transgrid.From pv magazine Australia
Plans to develop a 720 MW solar farm coupled with up to 400 MWh of battery storage have passed an important milestone now that a grid-connection...
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Some states and utilities are driving the growth, while others lag.From pv magazine USA
The southeastern United States will reach nearly 25 GW of solar by 2023, up from about 10 GW now, according to a new report from the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE)....
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