Lifting U.S. import tariffs would knock 30% off solar system prices, according to new study
- Greentech Media – February 4 -
Solar system prices dropped 90 percent over the last nine years, but the decline was...more
2/11/2020
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BLM announces plans to roll back desert protections in bid to boost geothermal energy -
Los Angeles Times – January 23 -
The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) this Thursday announced plans to transform 22,000...more
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BLM approves First Solar’s 450-MW project in Riverside County -
SFGate – January 15 -
The U.S. Department of the Interior this Wednesday announced the authorization of a roughly 3,000-acre solar farm near...more
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BLM says it will approve largest U.S. solar farm -
Los Angeles Times – January 1 -
Federal officials plan to approve a massive solar farm with energy storage in the desert outside Las Vegas, paving the way...more
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Congress overlooks solar, wind obtains modest victory in tax deal -
Greentech Media – December 17 -
The clean energy industry secured minimal tax credit extensions in the $1.37 trillion end-of-year spending...more
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New San Diego regional energy program to file with state regulators -
The San Diego Union-Tribune – December 9 -
The San Diego Community Power (SDCP) board voted this Monday to adopt an implementation plan...more
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U.S. storage market rebounds as California promises big 2020 growth -
Greentech Media – December 3 -
The U.S. energy storage market bounced back in the third quarter of 2019. Front-of-meter storage...more
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Utility-scale solar set to eclipse onsite installations in U.S. corporate market -
Greentech Media – November 20 -
Starting in 2020, offsite corporate deals are expected to become the largest source of...more
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California demands 3.3 gigawatts of new resources as grid shortfall looms -
Greentech Media – November 8 -
California regulators have approved a 3.3-gigawatt "all-source" procurement that will pit new...more
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Saving water with solar and wind -
PV Magazine – November 6 -
Scientists at Princeton University have found that solar and wind energy offer the added environmental benefit of reducing water usage, by...more
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Clean Power Alliance is looking for renewables, at all scales -
PV Magazine – October 23 -
Community choice aggregators (CCAs), entities formed by local governments to take over the procurement of energy in...more
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Renewable energy to expand by 50% in next five years -
The Guardian – October 21 -
Global supplies of renewable electricity are growing faster than expected and could expand by 50 percent in the next five years,...more
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Governor Newsom signs ‘clean power, smart power’ bill into law -
Solar Industry Magazine – October 15 -
Governor Gavin Newsom has signed into law a bill designed to help California meet its electric grid...more
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PacifiCorp to add 7 GW of renewables and storage, close 20 of 24 coal plants -
Utility Dive – October 3 -
PacifiCorp plans to add nearly 7 gigawatts of renewable generation and storage capacity by 2025 and will...more
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CAISO to develop regional day-ahead market for renewables after participant push -
Utility Dive – September 23 -
The California ISO (CAISO) will move ahead with the development of a stakeholder process to create a...more
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Landmark law that spurred growth of U.S. renewable energy market set for overhaul -
Transmission & Distribution World – September 25 -
A 40-year-old law that has been key to the growth of renewable energy in the...more
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San Diego City Council takes the leap into community choice energy -
The San Diego Union-Tribune – September 17 -
The city of San Diego is about to enter the power-purchasing business. On a 7-2 vote this Tuesday...more
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Bipartisan Senate bill allocates $100M to ease residential solar and storage permitting -
Utility Dive – September 10 -
Senators Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, and Susan Collins, R-Maine, introduced a bill this...more
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California lawmaker aims to stop closure of Diablo Canyon nuclear plant -
San Francisco Chronicle – September 4 -
A Central Coast lawmaker has a new plan to keep California’s last operational nuclear power...more
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Los Angeles has lined up record-cheap solar power. But there’s a problem -
Los Angeles Times – August 27 -
Los Angeles has been sitting on a contract for record-cheap solar power for more than a month, but the...more
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California proposes $100M in energy storage incentives to boost wildfire resiliency -
Greentech Media – August 21 -
California regulators want to direct $100 million in state energy storage incentives to a...more
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Could offshore wind turbines help power Vandenberg? A French company wants to find out -
The Tribune – August 12 -
Prospects for floating wind projects off California have been stalled for several years, largely...more
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U.S. energy storage market grew by nearly 45 percent in 2018 -
Utility Dive – August 6 -
The U.S. energy storage market interconnected a total of 760.3 megawatts-per-hour last year, an increase of 44.9 percent over...more
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California farmers are planting solar panels as water supplies dry up -
Los Angeles Times – July 31 -
In the San Joaquin Valley alone, farmers may need to take more than half a million acres out of production to...more
8/5/2019
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Expiring U.S. solar subsidy spurs rush for panels -
Reuters – July 18 -
The country’s biggest solar power developers are stockpiling panels to lock in a 30 percent federal tax credit set to start phasing out...more