rooftop solar News
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PLP featured in Solar Speaks podcast produced by Solar Power World
Preformed Line Products (PLP) has an extensive portfolio of mounting products for the solar industry, but we have also carved out a specific niche within long-span commercial rooftop projects. The questions often asked are: what are some of the challenges of spanning rooftops? And, how do installers tackle rooftop solar projects that require longer spans? In this Solar Speaks podcast produced by ...
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PowerFlex doubles rooftop solar array for athletic apparel brand
PowerFlex announced the completion of the second rooftop solar project for athletic wear brand ASICS at its Byhalia Distribution Center in Mississippi. The completion of the 1-MW solar rooftop brings the total solar generated power at the distribution center to 2 MW that will power the building load and directly offset utility costs. The system is the largest solar PV rooftop in Byhalia and ...
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Study Finds Net Metering Imposes Significant Costs on Non-Solar Customers
The Electric Markets Research Foundation has released a white paper that says preliminary research reveals the value of solar diminishes as more rooftop solar is added to the grid and the costs of net metering to customers without rooftop solar become so significant over time that it is not a sustainable policy. "A uniform net metering tariff is generally unlikely to be appropriate at high PV ...
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Arizona Public Service, solar companies reach settlement on solar rates
Solar companies and Arizona’s largest utility have reached a long-sought rate design settlement that could hopefully bring an end to years of contentious policy debates. The settlement between Arizona Public Service (APS) and solar installation companies includes a smaller net metering rate cut for rooftop solar customers than originally proposed, and includes rate design options for ...
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Hawaiian Electric Companies Submit Plan To Modernize Island Grids
The Hawaiian Electric Companies filed their Grid Modernization Strategy with the Hawai?i Public Utilities Commission (PUC) earlier this week, providing a roadmap for building more resilient and renewable-ready island grids. Today's filing follows the submission of the companies' draft report in late June. The draft was posted online and presented at four public meetings on Maui, Hawai?i Island ...
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Top 30 Large-scale Solar Portfolios in Vietnam
Vietnam has experienced two major photovoltaic energy explosions in the past three years, which occurred during the implementation of the FiT project in 2019 and the development of rooftop solar energy in 2020. This has made Vietnam one of the fastest-growing countries/regions in the photovoltaic market and attracted the attention of countless domestic and foreign investors. By the end of 2020, ...
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Entergy New Orleans Pilots Residential Rooftop Solar Program
Entergy New Orleans is piloting a new program that puts solar panels on the rooftops of low-income customers’ homes and gives them a $30 credit on their energy bills every month, rain or shine. The Residential Rooftop Solar Program is a simple and straightforward way for New Orleans customers in need to participate in the benefits of distributed renewable energy by allowing the company to ...
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Spruce Finance Acquires 31.3 MW of Residential Solar Assets
Spruce Finance has completed its most significant solar portfolio acquisition to date. Spruce’s purchase of 5,864 rooftop solar assets totaling 31.3 MW from funds managed by Atalaya Capital Management not only provides meaningful growth to its portfolio but also expands the assets serviced by its independent subsidiary, Energy Service Experts. The acquisition expands Spruce’s solar ...
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New transfer rules for rooftop solar
A new consultation launched by the government today seeks views on removing a barrier for building-mounted solar PV by allowing medium and large installations to be moved between buildings without loss of Feed-in-Tariff payments. These proposed changes will enable businesses and factories to take solar panels (with a capacity of greater than 50kW) with them when they relocate, allowing them to ...
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Petronas acquires Amplus Energy, forays into clean energy space
The acquisition is the first international solar venture of Petronas It marks the foray of Malaysian oil giant into the global clean energy industry Malaysian state-owned oil and gas company Petronas has reportedly announced that it has acquired one of India’s largest rooftop solar power manufacturers, Amplus Energy Solutions Pvt. Ltd. As per trusted sources, the acquisition is the ...
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Spruce Finance Acquires 27.6 MW of Residential Solar Assets, Expanding Portfolio to More Than 200 MW
Spruce Finance, the largest private owner and operator of distributed generation solar and residential energy assets in the U.S., has completed its second-largest acquisition to date. The purchase of 3,668 rooftop solar assets totaling 27.6 megawatts (MW) from Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. expands Spruce’s solar portfolio to more than 200 MW, further solidifying the company as a leader ...
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How Customer And Retail Electric Choices Are Changing Role Of Investor-Owned Utilities and Regulation in California
The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and the California Energy Commission have published a staff white paper assessing how impact of technology driven consumer electricity choices are changing California's retail electric market. The white paper is a pre-cursor to the CPUC and California Energy Commission's En Banc on Consumer and Retail Energy Choice, scheduled for May 19, 2017, in ...
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HB750: Creating More Freedom for Solar Installations
Representatives John Szoka (R- Cumberland), Wayne Sasser (R- Cabarrus, Stanly), and Bobby Hanig (R- Currituck, Dare, Hyde, Pamlico) filed House Bill 750, which will create more freedom for the placement of residential solar installations. Currently, deed restrictions, covenants, and binding agreements, such as those made with a homeowner’s association (HOA), can prohibit residential solar ...
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Hawaiian Electric Develops Plan to Ramp Up Rooftop Solar, Other Customer Resources to Meet 100% Clean Energy Goals
Hawaiian Electric is seeking public input on its strategy to increase rooftop solar and similar customer energy resources to the scale needed to reach the state's clean energy benchmarks. The company has filed "Customer Energy Resources for Hawaii; A Customer-First CER Strategy for a 100% Clean Energy Future" with the Public Utilities Commission. The document is available for review at Customer ...
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Zero Carbon Corporation and NYCEEC Develop Innovative Solar Loan Model for Co-ops and Condos
Zero Carbon Corporation and the New York City Energy Efficiency Corporation (NYCEEC) recently announced a successful effort to structure and deploy a new solar loan product for housing co-ops and condominiums. This new financing model is designed to allow co-ops and condos to install rooftop solar PV systems with no cash out of pocket, expanding opportunities for these buildings to power ...
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ProLogis renewable energy starts second tranche of 100-MW solar project with Southern California edison
ProLogis (NYSE: PLD), a leading global provider of distribution facilities, announced today the second phase of its 100-megawatt (MW) solar project with Southern California Edison (SCE), the largest electric utility in California, after signing new leases for roof space totaling 4.8 million square feet and a system totaling approximately 25 MW. As announced in May 2010, ProLogis signed a master ...
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Oltmans solar completes construction of largest rooftop solar installation in North America
Oltmans Construction Co., a leading U.S. industrial and commercial general contractor, announced today it has completed construction of the largest rooftop solar installation in North America, totaling 8.6 megawatts (MW). "With the completion of this project, Oltmans has constructed a total of 13 solar installations totaling 26 MW and covering 5.5 million square feet with a value of more than ...
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Amazon Launches Latest Rooftop Solar System on 813,000 Square Foot Fulfillment Center in North Las Vegas
Amazon recently announced the launch of a 1.1 megawatt solar rooftop installation on its North Las Vegas fulfillment center, which brings the company one step closer to its long-term goal of powering its global operations footprint with 100% renewable energy. The project is Amazon’s second in the state of Nevada, and its 17th rooftop solar installation over the past 14 months in the U.S. The ...
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The world`s first audience 1 km solar panel road Wattway opened
Energy and transportation in the rapid development of the past few years, in addition to changing the driving style of the car, the traditional road can be transformed. This point, France in the lead. Earlier this year, the French government announced plans to lay a 1,000-kilometer long solar road in five years, enough to supply the five million people with the required electricity. France ...
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Tesla officially acquires SolarCity
After shareholders voted to approve a merger between Tesla Motors and SolarCity by a wide margin, Tesla announced this week it has officially closed the SolarCity acquisition. The company announced the merger with a brief statement on Monday. “We’re pleased to announce that Tesla’s acquisition of SolarCity closed this morning,” the statement said. The merger positions ...
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