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Itron Enters into Solar Market with Extended Product Portfolio
Itron, Inc. (NASDAQ:ITRI) announced today it has expanded its capabilities with a dedicated meter for the solar market. The revenue-grade solar meter, which utilizes an Itron cellular communication module, is ideal for monitoring the energy production of residential and commercial solar photovoltaic (PV) systems. The availability of third-party-owned residential solar ...
By Itron Inc
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Florida coalition defeat controversial utility-backed solar amendment
Florida voters rejected a utility-backed ballot measure Tuesday aimed at blocking third-party competition in the state’s rooftop solar market. The measure, Amendment 1, would have embedded new language into the Florida Constitution that would have affirmed the right of customers to own and lease solar panels, a right consumers already have. In actuality, the measure would have protected ...
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The rooftop power station that’s saving £16,500 a month!
It’s been dubbed “The ultimate rooftop power station”, producing enough electricity to look after the needs of 60 houses. This huge installation, with its latest phase completed Friday May 3rd, is one of the largest factory solar panel projects in the UK, saving Great Barr, West Midlands extrusions company Selecta Systems, £16,500 a month in electricity bills. It ...
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Instruments to measure solar radiation in the field of renewable energy
In recent years, we have seen a marked increase in the demand for the construction of plants for the production of energy from renewable sources. Many efforts have been undertaken for the production of energy from sunlight, solar photovoltaic and solar thermal Energy. An accurate measurement of solar radiation is essential for the proper choice of the PV module orientation and placement. In ...
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World Bioenergy + World Solar Challenge = True
The World Solar Challenge is an open international competition that aims to promote the development of renewable energy. The mission is to construct and build a vehicle that is run solely by solar energy and that can manage to drive some 3,000 km through Australia from Darwin to Adelaide in shortest possible time. Elmia and World Bioenergy have decided to sponsor the JU Solar Team in its mission ...
By Elmia AB
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The 50 States of Solar: 42 States and D.C. Took Action on Distributed Solar Policy and Rate Design During Q2 2019
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q2 2019 edition of The 50 States of Solar. The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges, third-party ownership and ...
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Illinois Energy Bill Passes Without Anti-Solar, Anti-Consumer Provisions
December 2, 2016 -- Illinois legislators voted to pass energy legislation (S.B. 2814) without anti-consumer, anti-solar proposals like mandatory demand charges and ending net metering, and will revise the state's Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS). The removal of demand charges and reinstatement of net metering in SB 2814 happened in the wake of a backlash from the public and consumer advocates, ...
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California Exceeds 2018 Solar Goal by Over 200 Percent
In January 2007, California launched a $3.3 billion ratepayer-funded effort to install 3,000 megawatts (MW) of new distributed solar over the next decade and transform the market for solar energy by reducing the cost of solar generating equipment. The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) portion of the solar effort is known as the California Solar Initiative (CSI) program. The CSI ...
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NYISO Announces New Renewable Energy Generation Records
The New York Independent System Operator this week (March 25) reported that New York recently set new records for hourly wind and solar generation.Wind power facilities generated 2,176 megawatts during the 1p.m. hour on Saturday, March 9 and served 12 percent of system load.Behind-the-meter and front-of-the-meter solar resources generated 3,832 megawatts during the 12 p.m. hour on Tuesday, March ...
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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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California PUC Issues Draft Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan
The California Public Utilities Commission on July 23 issued a Draft Distributed Energy Resources Action Plan 2.0, intended to coordinate development and implementation of policy, and will host a public workshop to discuss the draft and solicit comments.Distributed energy resources include rooftop solar and other distributed renewable generation resources, energy storage, electric vehicles, time ...
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A new Saskatoon neighbourhood gets car powered by the sun
On April 30, 2018, the Renewable Rides team launched the second 100% solar-powered electric vehicle (EV) in a public car-share—the first in the Nutana neighbourhood, in the parking lot behind the Arrand Block apartment building (520/522/524–11th Street East). Renewable Rides is an innovative program in which the Saskatchewan Environmental Society (SES) is bringing solar-powered ...
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Illinois Commerce Commission Initiates NextGrid Utility of the Future Study
The Illinois Commerce Commission (ICC) has launched its consideration of the utility of the future, announcing NextGrid -- a statewide collaborative to transform Illinois' energy landscape and economy. Convened by the Commission and led by an outside, expert facilitator, NextGrid is an approximately eighteen-month consumer-focused and collaborative study. In addition to identifying and exploring ...
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Law allows New Yorkers to sell more green power to utilities
New York Governor David Paterson has announced an agreement with the Legislature on energy legislation that will authorize increased development of renewable energy with a process called net metering. Net metering allows electricity customers with qualified renewable energy systems to sell excess electricity back to their local utility. The bill will expand the state's net metering law and lead ...
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Offgrid-specialists Phaesun GmbH install solar power plants in Liberia and train electricians
Phaesun GmbH of Memmingen / Germany have installed off-grid solar power plants for police barracks in Liberia in West Africa and trained Liberian electricians on site. The last of five complete 12 volt systems went into service last week. The solar plants installed in the Lofa region in the northernmost part of the country generate one, or two kilowatts peak depending on their respective design. ...
By Phaesun GmbH
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New educational website offers one-stop solar power resource
SMA America, Inc., the United States division of global solar technology giant SMA Solar Technology AG, has launched www.Solar-is-Future.com. This user-friendly, educational Web site explains how solar energy can be harvested and utilized via animation, illustrations and descriptions in easy-to-understand language. At Solar-is-Future.com, visitors can research the benefits of solar power and how ...
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How California Created a New System for Determining the Costs of Grid Connection
Interconnecting to the grid is one of the key hurdles for renewable energy project development. The process can be lengthy, expensive and irksome. Some projects take three or more years to get interconnected, with a price tag of millions of dollars, and it is because of these difficulties that there has been a renewed focus around the country on reforming the interconnection process. California ...
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Schott closes CSP deal with Rioglass Solar; Abengoa sells more assets
Schott sells CSP business to Rioglass Solar SCHOTT has closed the sale of its CSP business to Rioglass Solar, the company announced in a statement April 14. The buyer, Spanish Rioglass Solar, has acquired the production facility in Aznalcollar near Seville and also a large part of SCHOTT’s CSP assets located in Mitterteich, Germany. SCHOTT will continue to offer after sales support and ...
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New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) Approves 3,750 MW Successor Solar Incentive Program
The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) this week voted unanimously to implement a new solar incentive program that will pave the way for up to 3,750 megawatts of new solar generation by 2026, doubling the state’s solar capacity. The Successor Solar Incentive Program (or “SuSI” Program) is the culmination of a nearly three-year Solar Transition process mandated by the Clean Energy Act of ...
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New Oracle Utilities Opower Cloud Service Enables Utilities to Engage Customers at the Grid Edge
As emerging energy sources—such as solar—compel customers to become more active participants in the grid, their energy management needs are getting more complex. Oracle is equipping utilities to serve as trusted advisors to these increasingly active customers with its new Oracle Utilities Opower Distributed Energy Resources Customer Engagement Cloud Service.Available today, the offering initially ...
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