south carolina

News in Brief: Santa Barbara, California, is the 30th US city to vote in a 100% renewable energy mandate, North Carolina legislators instate a competitive bidding process and leasing programme for solar PV while South Carolina's SCE&G launches the state's largest community solar programme; there's also more community solar online in Texas, and the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources releases its final guidelines for its solar incentive SMART programme.

Leading residential solar company Blue Raven Solar is expanding to new markets in five states.

A new bill focused on spurring renewable energy within South Carolina has successfully passed through the state senate.

Mexico's energy ministry is targeting distributed generation with new guidelines to boost small-scale solar and achieve savings. Minnesota and South Carolina break solar records in 2016 and Ikea installs Washington's largest rooftop solar array, while Duke Energy is to build its third PV facility in Florida.

BlueWave, a Boston-based developer of solar projects, has launched its premier solar loan product in North Carolina and South Carolina.