Army Of Butterflies To Win Solar Farm Wars, Despite Opposition
With solar farms, the US agriculture industry once again demonstrates its ability to embrace new technologies and practices.
With solar farms, the US agriculture industry once again demonstrates its ability to embrace new technologies and practices.
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 United States solar industry now boasts the largest pipeline of utility-scale solar projects in history with a record 37.9 gigawatts (GW) of contracted solar, according to the latest figures from Wood Mackenzie Power & Renewables and the Solar Energy Industries Association.
Here’s how renewable energy contracts work to protect ratepayers, utilities, and renewable energy developers through the power purchase agreement (PPA):
A new report has found that more than half of all new US utility-scale solar installations in 2016 will be built above obligations set in states’ Renewable Portfolio Standards. According to new figures published in a new report, The Next Wave of US Utility Power: Procurement beyond the RPS, GTM Research … [continued]