Top Solar News: Inside the Super-Small, High-Efficiency Solar Inverters of Google’s Little Box Challenge; National Grid to Launch a First-of-Its-Kind Solar Marketplace; And more
Solar Newsletter | March 14, 2016
TOP SOLAR NEWS FROM GTM
03.11.16 | Eric Wesoff
Sources: Storage Project Firms Able to Game California’s SGIP Program
The continuing misadventures of the SGIP incentive, now both crappily structured and administered.
03.11.16 | Stephen Lacey
Republicans Dodge Climate Questions During Presidential Debate
Here are some of the stories we’re reading this morning.
03.10.16 | Julia Pyper
National Grid to Launch a First-of-Its-Kind Solar Marketplace →
The Rhode Island program offers a new way for utilities to think about distributed energy resources.
03.10.16 | Mike Munsell
Solar Module Prices Reached 57 Cents per Watt in 2015, Will Continue to Fall Through 2020
GTM Research provides a solar-module price analysis in the latest PV Pulse.
03.10.16 | Stephen Lacey
The CEO of Canada’s Largest Railway Shipping Coal and Oil Says Fossil Fuels Are ‘Probably Dead’
Here are some of the stories we’re reading this morning.
03.09.16 | Jason Kaminsky
Can Data Rescue Solar Stocks? Google Is Leading the Way →
Opening up solar data sets is the key to unlocking capital, argues Jason Kaminsky of kWh Analytics.
03.09.16 | Eric Wesoff
SunEdison: A Timeline of the Biggest Corporate Implosion in US Solar History
Breaking: Vivint Solar pulls out of the SunEdison merger, citing a ‘willful breach’ of the agreement.
03.09.16 | Eric Wesoff
Vital Stats on the Biggest Solar Project in Hawaii
REC Solar is ready to back lots more solar in Hawaii—including the canceled SunEdison projects.
MORE SOLAR NEWS FROM GTM
03.09.16 | Tam Hunt
The Perils of Wholesale Distributed Generation: Can California Live Up to Its Promise?
Tam Hunt argues that America’s leading solar market needs to move beyond its failed experiments.
03.09.16 | Mike Munsell
US Solar Market Set to Grow 119% in 2016, Installations to Reach 16GW
GTM Research forecasts the U.S. solar market to surpass 100 cumulative gigawatts by 2021.
03.09.16 | Stephen Lacey
There Are Now 88 Congressional Districts With a Utility-Scale Solar Project
Here are some of the stories we’re reading this morning.
03.08.16 | Julia Pyper
Arizona Study Claims Solar Leasing Companies Can Afford to Make Net Metering Changes
The findings could influence a precedent-setting rate case currently under consideration.
03.08.16 | Julia Pyper
Exelon and Pepco Propose an Eleventh-Hour Deal to Advance Merger Agreement
Utilities have attempted to win back support from city officials by restoring ratepayer protections.
03.08.16 | Stephen Lacey
Vivint Solar Pulls Out of the SunEdison Merger, Citing a ‘Willful Breach’ of the Agreement
It’s the latest development in the SunEdison saga. Will it ultimately be a good thing for both companies?
03.08.16 | Jeff St. John
Inside the Super-Small, High-Efficiency Solar Inverters of Google’s Little Box Challenge
GaN and SiC semiconductors and novel designs pack a game-changing power density. Can they compete on cost and at scale?