california

The top five US states for solar installation added over 18GW of new PV generation capacity in 2023 between them, in a year which saw solar account for 53% of all US electricity capacity additions.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has released a Proposed Decision (PD) for the US state’s community solar programme that will expand existing programmes and authorise a new one yet falls short of expectations.

The Eland 2 solar-plus-storage project is under early-stage construction and is expected to come online in the first quarter of 2025.

The legislation Assembly Bill 2619 aims to restore incentives for residents who generate clean power for the grid.

Small-scale solar generation grew rapidly from 5,959GWh in 2012 to 61,281GWh in 2022, driven by the rapid uptake of installations on homes.

VNEM incentivises builders to adopt rooftop solar and share the benefits – both financial and environmental – back to renters.

Sunrun has published the results of its Peak Power Rewards system that saw residential systems send power to the California grid for 90 days.

The US solar industry has registered its best third quarter with 6.5GW of PV installed in Q3 2023, however residential started to show a slowdown in certain states.

The solar industry in California “has experienced devastating results in the form of business closures and depression-level layoffs”.

Small-scale utility and community solar developer Renewable Properties has secured a US$25 million development capital investment to continue developing its 1GW US community solar project pipeline.