7+ hour, 37+ min ago   (382+ words) The state legislature approved California AB 1738 with a unanimous vote in the Assembly after an earlier 29 to 6 vote in the Senate. The bill now sits with Governor Gavin Newsom, who has until September 30 to sign it into law. The bill,…...

1+ day, 12+ hour ago   (474+ words) The California state Assembly has voted to pass Senate Bill 868, a bill that would allow the state’s residents to use portable solar generation devices with up to 1,200 watts of output that plug into an electrical receptacle in a home or…...

3+ day, 14+ hour ago   (371+ words) ForeFront Power, a developer and asset manager of commercial and industrial-scale renewable energy solutions, completed its first Erthos Earth Mount Solar system, part of the City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities’ (DPU) broader 27 MW solar-and-battery portfolio across three facilities:…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (422+ words) A proposed $67 billion merger between Florida-based NextEra Energy and Dominion Energy is drawing scrutiny from Virginia clean energy trade groups and state officials concerned over the future of distributed solar policy and net metering protections in the Commonwealth. According to…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (337+ words) California’s path to affordable energy bills starts in homes and driveways, according to a new report from GridLab, Kevala, and E3 that contains recommendations for how millions of customer-owned energy resources can improve electric grid operations in the Golden State. When…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (505+ words) Landowners in agricultural areas may be enticed to sell underproducing farmland to developers as vast swaths of land are needed to build massive data centers. However, agrivoltaics—pairing solar energy generation with crop production—is keeping some farmland profitable enough…...

4+ week, 13+ hour ago   (680+ words) A group of clean energy nonprofits that includes Growth Opportunity Partners, Inclusive Prosperity Capital and the Center for Rural Affairs has filed claims against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington, D.C. The lawsuits assert…...

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (633+ words) As California races to meet its mandate of 100% clean electricity by 2045, the state faces a significant hurdle: utility-scale solar deployment is currently averaging 1 to 3 GW per year — well short of the 4 to 7 GW necessary to meet the goal. While a…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (246+ words) The push to accelerate residential solar deployment across the United States has increasingly relied on automating the local permitting process. However, a growing policy debate is emerging over whether state legislatures are standardizing public outcomes or merely codifying market advantages…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (283+ words) Navigating the C&I messy middle For the Foothill Medical Center, the primary hurdles were structural and organizational. First, multiple solar-supporting roofs on the medical campus were nearing the end of their useful lives. Second, as a non-profit HOA, the…...