More community solar is set to come online in New York thanks to BlueRock Solar’s joint venture with Ithaca-based Renovus Solar for a project in Millport.
This week's segment mainly focuses on career moves in the US - featuring some of the nation's biggest energy players, including SunPower, NEXTracker and the SEIA. There is also news from key energy agencies including the IEA, FERC and the New York PSC.
Canada's SunCommon partners with Sustainable Energy Developments to provide residential, commercial and community solar in New York, Silicon Ranch closes a US$55 million equity fund, and new solar projects are completed in California and Arizona.
If Trump goes ahead with his threat to scrap the Clean Power Plan, legal action will ensue, according to 15 state attorney generals who penned a letter to the President-elect.
New York utility ConEdison has proposed a pilot programme to provide rooftop solar to low-income customers, subject to approval by the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC).
Yesterday, the New York Department of Public Services commissioned a report that will aim to find the value of rooftop solar and other distributed energy resources.
Independent renewable energy project developer Invenergy has announced Long Island’s largest renewable energy project to date. The Clean Energy Link, as it is known, is comprised of four wind and two solar farms with a combined capacity exceeding 700MW.
Invenergy, North America's largest independent renewable power generation company, announced that it has received unanimous approval from the Long Island Power Authority (LIPA) for a power purchase agreement (PPA) for its proposed 24.9MW Shoreham Solar Commons facility in the town of Brookhaven in Long Island, New York.
