At 16.4 MW, largest U.S. rooftop solar array will utilize LA muni's feed-in-tariff

The project, planned by developer PermaCity, is slated for four warehouses in the San Pedro community.

By Herman K. Trabish • May 3, 2016

Maine lawmakers fail to override LePage veto of solar incentive bill

House lawmakers voted 96-52 for the bill on Friday morning, falling two short of the necessary margin to overrule the governor. 

By Herman K. Trabish • May 2, 2016

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Sustainability

Companies are pursuing increasingly ambitous sustainability goals around clean energy, but integrating rising amounts of renewables, minimizing environmental impacts, and achieving carbon reduction targets can be challenging.

By Utility Dive staff

Report: Massachusetts' solar fight spiked renewable lobbying efforts

Nearly two dozen renewable companies spent $1.5 million last year lobbying for policy changes, according to the Associated Press.

By Robert Walton • May 2, 2016

Iowa electric co-op looks to buy RECs to go '100% carbon-free'

The Raccoon Valley Electric Cooperative in Iowa plans to reduce its carbon footprint to zero.

By Peter Maloney • April 29, 2016

Aquion installs storage for microgrid at California winery and farm

Aquion Energy is supplying its aqueous hybrid ion batteries for the project, which will use Ideal Power's 30-kW multi-port power conversion system to help make the California winery and farm more self-sufficient. 

By Peter Maloney • April 29, 2016

Solar advocates, lawmakers drop dueling Arizona ballot initiatives in cease-fire

The cease-fire will allow for settlement talks in the hopes of reaching a compromise that will boost solar while addressing utility concerns.

By Robert Walton, Krysti Shallenberger • April 29, 2016

Duke Energy plans 8,000 MW of renewables by 2020

The new goals laid out in the company's sustainability report represent a 33% jump over a 2013 plan calling for 6,000 MW by 2020.

By Robert Walton • April 29, 2016

Florida muni delays net metering decision until November election cycle

Staff on Jacksonville's public utility is looking to reduce net metering, but agreed to delay a decision until a utility-backed solar ballot initiative makes its way through the election cycle. 

By Herman K. Trabish • April 29, 2016

Duke University backs push for third-party renewables sales in North Carolina

Duke's vice president of public affairs Michael Schoenfeld penned an open letter endorsing legislation aimed at legalizing third party financling for renewables systems, saying it will help the university meet its carbon goals. 

By Herman K. Trabish • April 29, 2016

Top 10 solar utilities see growth through declining prices, favorable policies

SCE, PG&E and Duke took home top honors from SEPA for the most solar capacity deployed by utilities in 2015.

By Herman K. Trabish • April 28, 2016

Sunverge unveils inverters to help Hawaii Electric solar+storage technology

Sunverge has introduced inverters designed to meet Hawaii Electric's strict solar installation standards and serve the state's solar + storage market driven in part by Hawaii's 100%-by-2045 renewables mandate. 

By Peter Maloney • April 27, 2016

Texas co-op signs deal for 15 MW of distributed community solar

 Pedernales Electric Cooperative will contract for power from 998 kW customer sited-arrays and sell to individual solar buyers.

By Herman K. Trabish • April 27, 2016

New York City launches Solarize program targeting 350 MW of new distributed solar by 2025

Solarize campaigns, started in Portland in 2009, help communities leverage group buying power to go solar.

By Herman K. Trabish • April 27, 2016

Oregon regulators set ambitious timeline for clean energy programs

An Oregon Public Utility Commission timeline for tackling an array of energy issues all but guarantees a hectic couple of years for state regulators.

By Robert Walton • April 27, 2016

Renewables in China & India: How two Asian giants struggle with inflexible power system operations

The "merit order" that ranks available generation resources according to marginal cost is largely absent in both countries, RAP analysts write, leading to higher emissions and lower renewable energy utilization.

By Max Dupuy and Ranjit Bharvirkar • April 26, 2016

Sierra Club files to stop retrofit of Arizona Public Service gas plant

The environmental group says the way the utility plans to use the new generators would produce about as much carbon dioxide pollution as a coal plant. 

By Herman K. Trabish • April 26, 2016

Tesla's 2016 storage sales to SolarCity could dwarf entire US behind-meter market for 2015

A filing from Tesla indicates it expects to sell substantially more behind-the-meter storage capacity to SolarCity in 2016 than the entire U.S. market deployed last year, GTM Research reports.  

By Peter Maloney • April 26, 2016

What the Hughes v. Talen Supreme Court decision means for state power incentives

A narrow ruling means big questions still remain for renewable energy and recent power subsidies approved in Ohio.

By Robert Walton • April 25, 2016

Biomass amendments in energy legislation spark debate over 'carbon-neutrality'

Dozens of environmental groups say they cannot support the Energy Policy Modernization Act of 2016 because of how it treats carbon emissions from biomass generation.

By Robert Walton • April 25, 2016

Arizona utilities back initiative to counter SolarCity-supported ballot proposal

Days after solar advocates announced a ballot proposal to protect net metering in Arizona, a state lawmaker has a competing proposal she says has the support of the state's regulated utilities. 

By Herman K. Trabish • April 25, 2016

ComEd touts new solar incentives in Illinois legislative push

The utility has a slate of proposals in front of state lawmakers and on Friday, announced new rebates for solar customers to accompany proposed rate changes.

By Herman K. Trabish • April 25, 2016

As utilities build toward RPS standards, costs, carve-outs raise concerns

An LBNL report shows utilities are largely meeting their renewable energy targets, but new challenges are emerging.

By Herman K. Trabish • April 25, 2016

On Earth Day, natural gas is the power sector's biggest environmental problem

Gas played a big role in stabilizing U.S. emissions, but the world will need to look beyond the fuel if it wants to hit the goals laid out in the Paris Climate Accord.

By Gavin Bade • April 22, 2016

Weaker winds slowed wind energy output growth in 2015

The 5.1% increase in wind energy output last year was the smallest since 1999, EIA reports, thanks to slow wind speeds in the West.

By Herman K. Trabish • April 22, 2016

The US used less energy in 2015 with less waste, new report shows

Overall, Americans last year used 0.8 quadrillion BTU of energy less than in 2014, according to new data from Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory.

By Robert Walton • April 22, 2016