The utility-scale solar sector has led the overall U.S. solar market in terms of installed capacity since 2012. In 2018, the utility-scale sector accounted for nearly 60% of all new solar capacity, and is expected to maintain its market-leading position for at least another six years.
The cost of developing large-scale solar farms in Australia will fall to as low as $70-75/MWh for projects starting construction in 2018, the chief financial officer of the Australian Renewable Energy Agency says.
Originally published on Cost of Solar. According to a new report from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL), solar energy prices are at an all-time low, with the average price of solar energy in the United States having dropped down to 5¢/kWh, representing a 70% decline in power purchase agreement (PPA) … [continued]
Potential clean energy customers now have a few more options for paying for their residential solar energy system, thanks to the launch of several new solar financing programs from Sunrun. One of the hurdles to home solar adoption continues to be the relatively high upfront costs of the solar PV … [continued]
Woodsy Owl — that is, the National Forest Service — could spark a solar PPA revolution in 500,000 federally owned buildings across the US.
By Jamie Evans There’s no question about it, studies have proven most Americans agree that renewable energy is crucial to our future. In addition, while electricity rates across the country continue to increase, solar panels become more affordable and viable than ever. Yet, at a time when green technology is gaining popularity and … [continued]
Last time I wrote on the popularity of going solar through a service (i.e. solar leasing or going solar through a PPA), someone from Sunrun (a leading solar service company) got in touch with me and we had a nice back-and-forth about more of the details of going solar through … [continued]
Georgia has about 12 laws on the books to make it difficult for solar power to compete head to head with fossil power. All twelve were lobbied for successfully by Georgia Power, and its parent Southern Company. But the most effective of the twelve anti-competitive laws is the Territorial Electric … [continued]
First Solar seems to have an ability to get solar projects past the environmental reviews and actually built. Over Christmas, it got its first 21MW Blythe pilot project solar thin film project up and running in California and this month it will break ground on another 30MW plant courtesy of … [continued]
