SPI & ACE To Develop 50 MW Floating PV In US
Shanghai headquartered, Chinese PV developer Solar Power Inc recently announced a partnership with startup Aqua Clean Energy to develop floating PV … [continued]
Sonoma County
Movers in the Spread of California’s PACE programs
The origins and growth of property tax assessed clean energy – PACE programs – within California and the first company to start-up in another state.
Rooftop Solar = 4% of Sonoma County’s Power!
This is staggering. In just over six months; Sonoma County’s Energy Independence Program has received 375 applications for more than $17 million worth of solar loans. Since Sonoma County went live with its PACE model of solar funding in March; applications have been pouring in daily, and the county intends to make loans indefinitely by packaging them as bonds.
“There is no end in sight,” said Amy Bolten, a county spokeswoman. “We think our program is just getting going.” And this is in addition to the county’s already very high solar adoption:
Sonoma County Municipal Solar Financing
Sonoma County at this point has the largest municipal financing program for solar and energy efficiency, modeled after the Berkeley … [continued]
