Individual customers have signed up to lease each panel for 25 years for a one-time fee of $470 per solar panel. A rebate of up to $150 will be given the customer to account for energy optimization credits. ...more
5/3/2013
- Solar Energy Solar Panels
The Province of Ontario has imposed a requirement that in order to participate in its feed in tariff program (FIT) for solar energy a project much source at least 60% of the solar project content from within the Province....more
3/5/2013
- Protectionism Renewable Energy Solar Energy Tariffs WTO
Contractors Building Supply of Copemish has signed an agreement to produce solar panel in its facility. The joint venture agreement is with Sonali Energees USA LLC, the New Jersey based subsidiary of India-based Sonali...more
2/12/2013
- Solar Energy Solar Panels
One of the potential options for lowering the cost of solar energy would be the development of more efficient plastic solar cells. However, to increase the current low energy conversion efficiencies of plastics requires...more
2/4/2013
- Plastic Solar Cells Solar Energy
In December the Michigan Tax Tribunal ruled that a ground-mounded solar array is personal property and not real property for local taxing purposes. The 147 kW photovoltaic electric generating facility in question, built by...more
1/31/2013
- Property Tax Solar Energy State Taxes
Dow Solar has announced an expansion of the availability of its Powerhouse Solar Shingles to areas that include Michigan. The product is manufactured at Dow’s Midland facility and has a 20 year performance warranty, both as a...more
1/3/2013
- Manufacturers Solar Energy
The Michigan Public Service Commission (MPSC) has approved a 2 MW Phase II for Detroit Edison’s customer-owned SolarCurrents Program. Fifty percent of the renewable energy credit credits (RECs) will be purchased “up-front”...more
12/17/2012
- Renewable Energy Solar Energy
Dow Chemical of Midland is marketing a new way to minimize delamination in solar panels. Using polyolefin technology, Dow has created its ENLIGHT™ product which combines the encapsulate and backsheet as one unit for solar...more
12/13/2012
- Solar Energy
Albion-based Patriot Solar has completed a number of solar projects in the 4th quarter of 2012. Having supplied the racking systems for a 3 MW array as Phase I of a 62 MW project in Rockford, Illinois, it has been the lead...more
12/13/2012
- Solar Energy
Yesterday evening I was one-half of the program for the IEEE West Michigan Consultant’s Network. The meeting was held at DornerWorks in Grand Rapids and was well attended. It is always interesting when lawyer meets...more
12/4/2012
- Solar Energy
