Rooftop solar customers cost non-solar ratepayers in Nevada US$36 million a year, according to the results of a cost-benefit study on solar by Energy + Environmental Economics (E3).
Masdar surpasses 50% of 16MW Mauritania solar project, BHEL bags EPC order for 30MW of PV plants in West Bengal, Trina partners Cirque du Soleil, Argentina expects US$4 billion solar investment in five years, Consumers Energy completes 1MW Michigan community solar plant.
NV Energy has requested regulators for permission to retire a utility-owned coal plant 10 months early, as well as for approval of a new 100MW solar plant.
A member of the Alabama Public Service Commission (PSC) has sought a lease for a community solar plant on his land, that would pay US$5.6 million over a 25-year lease, despite previously voting against net metering for the state, said reports.
In this week's Movers & Shakers, PV Tech centres in on employment news in the US, as we examine career shifts in storage, manufacturing, non-profit and integrated energy companies.
Both the TerraForm yieldcos have delayed their Q2 2016 results. It is the third successive quarter without financial filings by both TerraForm Power and TerraForm Global.
Bankrupt renewables firm SunEdison is seeking bankruptcy court approval to sell a number of its North American assets as part of its restructuring plan.
The Arizona Corporation Commission has said that the rate structuring process for net metering in the state is subject to “undue influences”, and has hired out an attorney to investigate the issue, according to reports.
