residential solar

The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) most recent net energy metering (NEM) proposal is too extreme and will discourage homeowners from adopting residential solar, according to Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of clean energy business group the California Solar and Storage Association (CALSSA).

The Californian Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) issued a proposal yesterday to alter its Net Energy Metering (NEM) tariff to encourage domestic battery storage systems alongside distributed rooftop solar. The new proposal reversed some of the measures in the poorly-received NEM 3.0 programme.

Residential solar installer SunPower increased its new customer addition record for a single quarter with 23,100 customers added in Q3 thanks to continued strong demand for rooftop PV.

Inverter manufacturer SolarEdge has posted record revenue and inverter shipment for Q3 due to its “strong momentum” in the European market.

One third of US households who installed solar PV in 2021 had incomes between US$50,000-100,000, according to a report from LBNL.

The US residential solar market saw its fifth consecutive record for both customer additions and quarterly installations in Q2 of this year as high energy prices and inflationary pressures caused demand to spike.

US module manufacturer Toledo Solar has partnered with Turkish-based material manufacturer KordSA to expand its PV manufacturing capacity across Europe and Central Asia.

US solar installer Sunrun has completed its first successful season running a residential VPP in a New England's wholesale capacity market

India’s residential rooftop solar capacity is set to increase 60% by the end of fiscal year 2023, according to a report by the IEEFA and JMK Research.

Residential solar systems in the US continue to grow in size at the same time as battery attachment rates increase, according to LBNL.