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Top US States for Percentage of Electricity from Solar

October 5th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

This report ranks US states according to the percentage of their electricity that comes from solar

Top Solar States Per Capita 2012 vs. 2020 — CleanTechnica Report

October 4th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

After digging into an old spreadsheet to create a new report on top solar power states per capita, it crossed my mind to compare the results from the first half of 2020 with the results from 2012, which is the last time I had published such a report before today

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Top Solar Power States Per Capita — CleanTechnica Report

October 4th, 2020 | by Zachary Shahan

If you've been reading CleanTechnica long enough, you know that 8 to 10 years ago, I used to publish reports on solar power capacity per capita — for both US states and countries around the world. I'm returning to these, starting with this one on the top solar states

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1.19 Gigawatts Of Solar Power For The Land Of The Gigafactory

December 6th, 2019 | by Tina Casey

Nevada, home of the Tesla EV Gigafactory, is getting a new burst of renewable energy with 1.19 new gigawatts of solar power from the company NV Energy

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Nevada PUC Denies Apartment Dwellers Rooftop Solar Access

January 1st, 2019 | by Guest Contributor

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

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Everything I Learned About Renewable Energy Contracts By Talking To Developers

November 21st, 2016 | by Susan Kraemer

Here's how renewable energy contracts work to protect ratepayers, utilities, and renewable energy developers through the power purchase agreement (PPA)

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Xtra Solar News

March 31st, 2016 | by Zachary Shahan

Accumulating more solar news in a week this time, instead of 3 months, I’ll supplement the headlines and links with short [&hellip

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PAC Fronts Formed In Nevada Net Metering Battle

March 6th, 2016 | by Glenn Meyers

Rooftop solar and distributed energy champions have advanced a ballot initiative to restore Nevada’s retail-rate net metering policy. However, they are facing [&hellip

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US Solar PV Industry Installs Record 7.3 GW In 2015

February 22nd, 2016 | by Joshua S Hill

The US solar PV industry installed a record 7,286 MW of solar PV in 2015, according to new figures published by [&hellip

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Black Rock Solar & Open Energy Launch Lower-Income Solar Energy Pilot Program In Nevada

February 18th, 2016 | by Cynthia Shahan

Four elementary schools serving low-income communities in northern Nevada will blossom with greener classrooms. Classrooms with purer air and more [&hellip