The growth of the Los Angeles solar energy sector is being hampered by unnecessary delays in the application and installation stages, potentially interfering with the achievement of its goal to be coal-free by 2025, according to new research commissioned by the Los Angeles Business Council Institute. These delays and roadblocks … [continued]
The Los Angeles Dept. of Water & Power is set to accept a second round of applications to its pioneering solar feed-in tariff program. With the first round hugely oversubscribed, LADWP anticipates another strong public response.
Here’s some more solar news and commentary from around the interwebs from the past week or so: New “Smart” Solar Modules Unveiled by Upsolar: “Upsolar yesterday unveiled that it has created new “smart modules” with the help of Tigo Energy. Reportedly, these are the first smart modules to be certified by … [continued]
Applications to install rooftop solar PV systems continue to pour in to LA Water & Power. Some 22 megawatts worth and counting of rooftop solar power capacity have been added in the last fiscal year. The country’s largest publicly owned utility has also been signing long-term power purchase agreements with utility-scale solar power project developers. […]
On the same day that the catastrophic 9.0 earthquake hit Japan, March 11, UCLA’s Luskin Center for Innovation announced the publication of its “Los Angeles Solar Atlas.” Needless to say, it didn’t get much attention at that time. But it is a very useful and interesting publication, so I thought I’d share some of its key aspects and findings with you.
