In this week's Movers & Shakers, PV Tech reports some recent industry mergers and acquisitions, dramatic UK solar job losses and an equally dramatic opportunity for job growth in the US with Tesla's new Gigafactory in Nevada.
Nevada’s largest utility, NV Energy, made a filing yesterday with the Nevada Public Utilities Commission to return existing rooftop solar consumers to the previous, more favourable rates for the next 20 years.
Minnesota Power tendering 300MW PV, more Brazilian states have exempted the ICMS tax on net metering, the WTO Appellate will rule on India/US solar trade case in September,
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has dismissed Fitch warnings that proposed net metering could damage the creditworthiness of utilities as “old news and bad analysis”.
Last week, Minnesota utilities regulators ruled to take a value of solar approach for determining how community solar customers will be paid – making Minnesota the first state in the country to do so.
In this week's Movers & Shakers segment, PV Tech examines new US solar employment initiatives, new up-and-coming technology and industry policy debates as well as career moves by influential individuals.
A growing regulatory burden on PV mounting manufacturers in the US has prompted some of the leading players to set up a new trade body to represent their interests. Ben Willis reports on how the new body’s members hope to turn back the rising tide of red tape.
US-based residential PV provider Vivint Solar and financing firm Renovate America are partnering on a scheme to help US homeowners get access to rooftop solar.
