Solar Speedster SunPower Isn’t Pulling Plug In Nevada (Yet)
Leading solar company SunPower has just announced a speedy installation breakthrough that leaves others in the dust — but it’s not leaving Nevada (yet).
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Black Rock Solar & Open Energy Launch Lower-Income Solar Energy Pilot Program In Nevada
Four elementary schools serving low-income communities in northern Nevada will blossom with greener classrooms. Classrooms with purer air and more direct exposure to solar panels and solar careers in the 21st-century studies. A recent press release shares that Nevada-based Black Rock Solar, a non-profit organization, is working with Open Energy, a commercial … [continued]
Nevadans Fight For The Right To “Bring Back Solar”
We have been covering the decision made by the Public Utilities Commission (PUC) of Nevada for several weeks, talking about how 17,000 Nevadans who installed solar have had the rug pulled out from under them when the PUC killed net metering in the state. Solar companies, solar installers, activists, and average, everyday … [continued]
Black Hole Forms On Solar Net Metering In Nevada
Nevada’s Public Utility Commission (PUCN) has effectively created a solar black hole for the statue’s growing distributed energy movement, voting unanimously on Wednesday against requests to delay implementation of controversial changes to metering rates. One of the sunniest states in the country with a black hole? Absolutely, if you happen … [continued]
Clinton, Others Challenge Nevada PUC Solar Policy Changes
Nevada’s December PUC decision to cut net metering rates and increase the residential PV owner rate payable to the state utility, NV Energy, has brought reaction from many, including Democratic presidential challenger Hillary Clinton. According to pv-magazine, she joins an outspoken group concerned with the fight to save solar in the … [continued]
Nevada Rooftop Solar Exodus Grows
Add Sunrun to the list of solar companies ending their Nevada operations in response to a net metering ruling by the Nevada Public Utilities Commission. The San Francisco-based company today said it has ceased all operations in Nevada, a move resulting in hundreds of job losses. In a press announcement, the company … [continued]
Rooftop Solar Slides Downward In Nevada; SolarCity To Cut 550 Jobs
Nevada may be considered an excellent location for producing solar electricity, but only if you happen to be this state’s solo power utility, Nevada Energy. The once-popular idea of placing solar panels on rooftops in order to feed the grid as a distributed energy producer in order to receive compensation from … [continued]
Nevada Ratepayer Advocate: Reject NV Energy Solar Plan
By Bryan Miller, co-chairman of The Alliance for Solar Choice The solar job losses have started in Nevada. Last Thursday, the solar market ground to a halt when NV Energy, a subsidiary of Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Energy, claimed the state’s solar net metering cap was hit — despite NV Energy’s … [continued]
SunPower To Build 100 MW Solar Power Plant In Nevada
US solar manufacturer SunPower has revealed that it will build a 100 MW solar PV power plant for NV Energy in Nevada. SunPower made the announcement on Thursday, revealing that it had signed a 20-year Power Purchase Agreement (PPA) with NV Energy in Nevada to build a 100 MW solar PV … [continued]
ABB Solar Power Plant With Solar Trackers In Nevada (VIDEOS)
A little more than one year ago, I got to visit an ABB/Southern Company solar power plant in Nevada that uses solar trackers. I’m proud to say that I have finally edited and published most of the video footage I took at the power plant. Pablo Astorga, Solar Business Development Manager … [continued]
