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January 2017

  • What A Trump Administration Means For U.S. Solar Industry stakeholders chime in on the potential  impacts of Trump’s presidency.
    What A Trump Administration Means For U.S. Solar Industry stakeholders chime in on the potential impacts of Trump’s presidency.
  • Why Net Metering  Matters For  Commercial Solar, Too The C&I sector is often overlooked when it comes  to the battle over NEM reform.
    Why Net Metering Matters For Commercial Solar, Too The C&I sector is often overlooked when it comes to the battle over NEM reform.
  • Energy Storage In 2017: A Different Shade  Of Green The rise of  renewable energy isn’t the only good reason for more  energy storage  deployment.
    Energy Storage In 2017: A Different Shade Of Green The rise of renewable energy isn’t the only good reason for more energy storage deployment.
  • BLM Overhauls Solar And Wind Permitting Rules The Bureau of Land Management has radically changed the way it authorizes renewable energy projects.
    BLM Overhauls Solar And Wind Permitting Rules The Bureau of Land Management has radically changed the way it authorizes renewable energy projects.

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Sun Dial

Thank You
By Joseph Bebon
I am no fan of musicals, but the creators of the Broadway hit “Rent” posed an interesting question: How do you measure a year? That show mentioned a year can be measured as five-hundred twenty-five-thousand six-hundred minutes (well, a non-leap year, that is), then suggested something about love. As the editor of a monthly print [...]

Sundown

Lessons From Negotiations With The Utility
By Rebecca Cantwell
As executive director of the Colorado Solar Energy Industries Association, I spent much of my summer in corporate conference rooms at the headquarters of Xcel Energy, the utility serving about 60% of Colorado’s population. We had embarked on the most complex energy negotiations in state history and eventually reached a landmark settlement between Xcel and [...]

Department

New & Noteworthy
By Joseph Bebon
Tesla Closes Acquisition Of SolarCity Elon Musk’s “master plan” is coming to fruition, as Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity officially closed at the end of November. According to a Tesla blog post, the electric vehicle (EV) and battery maker’s  shareholders “overwhelmingly” approved the all-stock transaction: “Excluding the votes of Elon and other affiliated shareholders, more than [...]

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Policy Watch
By Joseph Bebon
Solar Market Benefits From Illinois ‘Nuclear Bailout’ Bill On the final day of its veto session, the Illinois General Assembly approved the Future Energy Jobs Bill (S.B.2814), controversial energy legislation that ultimately received support from environmental and solar advocates. Gov. Bruce Rauner, R-Ill., signed the bill on Dec. 7. The final legislation is the result [...]

Department

Products & Technology
By Joseph Bebon
NEXTracker Launches Storage-Integrated Solar Tracker California-based NEXTracker, a Flex company, has launched a solar-tracker-plus-storage solution. The new NX Fusion Plus solution integrates a tracker, battery, inverter and software. By incorporating battery storage technology into its product, NEXTracker says it will further increase the energy output and duration of solar power plants. “NX Fusion Plus is [...]

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Projects & Contracts
By Joseph Bebon
Chernobyl, Site Of Nuclear Disaster, To Get Solar Makeover Two Chinese companies plan to start constructing a massive solar PV project in Chernobyl, Ukraine – home of the infamous nuclear power plant disaster – in 2017. In a press release, GCL System Integration Technology Co. Ltd. (GCL-SI), a subsidiary of energy group GCL, says it [...]

Energy Storage

Energy Storage In 2017: A Different Shade Of Green
By Matt Roberts
The global movement toward a cleaner, more sustainable grid continues to gain momentum. In the U.S., we have seen tremendous growth in the clean energy sector, supporting millions of jobs and driving billions of dollars in economic activity. Policymakers are prioritizing clean energy, financial mechanisms are aligning with technology acceleration, and utilities and grid operators [...]

Federal Permitting

BLM Overhauls Solar And Wind Permitting Rules
BLM Overhauls Solar And Wind Permitting Rules
BLM Overhauls Solar And Wind Permitting Rules
By Andrew C. Bell
On Dec. 19, 2016, the U.S. Department of the Interior’s (DOI) Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published a final version of a rule that overhauls the agency’s regulations governing the permitting of solar and wind facilities on 245 million acres of federal public lands, most of which are located in the 12 Western states. The [...]

Federal Policy

What A Trump Administration Means For U.S. Solar
What A Trump Administration Means For U.S. Solar
What A Trump Administration Means For U.S. Solar
By Joseph Bebon
To the surprise of many, Donald Trump won the U.S. presidential election in November. Some claim a Trump presidency will be a disaster for U.S. renewables and the environment; others say it won’t be so bad, if not actually good. With President-elect Trump slated to take office toward the end of January, should the U.S. [...]

Net Metering

Why Net Metering Matters For Commercial Solar, Too
By Graham Smith
Net energy metering (NEM), a policy under which utility companies are obligated to pay solar customers a state-determined rate for excess energy produced, has become central to the solar business model in many parts of the U.S. Although NEM clearly helps drive the growth of solar, several states have undertaken reform measures in an attempt [...]
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