In today’s clean energy and transport news roundup, a bad Matrix pun, Nevada’s grandfather dilemma, Gigafactory & solar updates from Tesla, a hotel lends Model S to guests, the Mitsubishi Outlander PHEV may never land, and more. [CleanTechnica isn’t the only Important Media site to cover clean energy & transport … [continued]
Originally published on Solar Love. Over the past several years, Nevada has become one of the leading US states for new rooftop solar installations, but it looks like things have come to a screeching halt. Rooftop solar fans in Nevada got a huge honking lump of coal in their Christmas … [continued]
Nevada has long had a love/hate relationship with the rooftop solar industry. Despite having one of the highest insolation rates in the nation, its rooftop solar segment experienced a near-death experience when the Nevada Public Utilities Commission (NPUC) decided to eviscerate net metering at a December meeting in 2015.
A trifecta of solar advocates is targeting Nevada’s closed mines for new solar projects or other renewables to help the state meet its new 50% renewable energy portfolio standard by 2030.
Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval signed a handful of new solar and energy related bills today in Carson City to help the state pivot away from the anti-consumer, anti-solar net metering regulation that forced SolarCity out of the state in late 2015.
Vivint Solar, one of the United States’ leading residential solar companies, announced on Thursday that it would be relaunching its residential services in Nevada after a two-year absence.
It seems that the CSP industry is just steamrolling right past the doubters. In the latest development, the company SolarReserve let out word that it is eyeballing the construction of a 2,000 megawatt CSP plant in Nevada, to be dubbed Sandstone.
In which we touch on Nevada’s solar boondoggle, India’s wind capacity growth, how to model small-scale hydropower, Florida utilities’ misleading solar initiative, growing solar in India’s agriculture sector, and remind you that dirty coal is still dirty (but could its ash be a resource?). All this and more in today’s … [continued]
Rooftop solar could provide $7 million in benefits annually for all Nevada utilities, according to a new report published by SolarCity and the Natural Resources Defense Council. The new peer-reviewed paper, Distributed Energy Resources in Nevada, was released this week by US solar energy provider SolarCity and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC), … [continued]
Originally published on PlanetSave. After watching two rooftop solar installers pull up stakes in the state and being named in upcoming lawsuits, Paul Thomsen, head of the Nevada PUC, has defended the regulatory agency’s recent net metering decisions, stating he sees a solid future for clean energy growth. His involvement in … [continued]
