Community Solar: Ready for the New Decade

Credit to Author: POWER| Date: Mon, 03 Feb 2020 05:29:47 +0000

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Community solar refers to local solar facilities shared by multiple subscribers who receive credit on their electricity bills for their share of the power produced. Community solar allows homeowners, renters

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Hawaiian Electric Co. Gets New CEO & Voted Utility Of The Year

Credit to Author: Andrea Bertoli| Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 23:22:21 +0000

Hawaiian Electric Company (HECO) just named a new CEO and was voted as ‘Best Utility’ in the US by Utility Dive. What policies and progress has the utility made in recent years to grab this honor, what’s the new CEO going to do going forward, and what does this really look like for residents of the islands?

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20 Utah Communities Committed To 100% Renewable Energy In 2019

Credit to Author: Guest Contributor| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 12:10:52 +0000

Utah Communities Take Advantage of New Bill to Pave the Way to a Clean Energy Future

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10 Puerto Rican Schools Receive Resilient Microgrids

Credit to Author: Rocky Mountain Institute| Date: Sun, 05 Jan 2020 04:10:47 +0000

A year after Hurricanes Irma and Maria devastated Puerto Rico and left millions without power, schools have equipped themselves to withstand future weather events and grid outages to continue providing education to their students

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Why the 2010s Were a Definitive Decade for Power

Credit to Author: Sonal Patel| Date: Thu, 02 Jan 2020 04:03:12 +0000

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Every one of the 13 decades that POWER magazine has been in print has been definitive for electric generation technology, policy, and business in some significant way, but few have been as transformative as the 2010s. The decade opened just as the global economy began to crawl toward recovery from a historically unprecedented downturn that […]

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Id Mjahdi Is Africa’s First Fully Solar-Powered Village

Credit to Author: Johnna Crider| Date: Sat, 21 Dec 2019 04:00:09 +0000

A small village in Morocco, Id Mjahdi, has become the first village on the entire continent of Africa to become completely powered by the warm rays of the sun. Africa contributes to less than 1% of global solar power capacity, according to the International Energy Agency, but solar is very competitive there

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Oregon Nears Launch Of A Solid Community Solar Program

Credit to Author: John Farrell| Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 18:25:45 +0000

Adopted by the legislature in 2016, it’s been a long wait for Oregon’s community solar program to launch. Technically, it hasn’t yet, but the program rules are final enough to show that this program scores well on the four principles for community renewable energy

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JFK Airport Gets NYC’s Largest Solar Energy Project — Progress Toward Paris Climate Commitment

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Wed, 11 Dec 2019 18:57:10 +0000

The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey announced that New York City’s single-largest solar energy project, an installation at John F. Kennedy International Airport, has been awarded to SunPower and Goldman Sachs Renewable Power Group. It is also considered the largest planned community solar project at an airport in the United States

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NY-Funded Solar One Program Empowers Vulnerable Communities With Solar + Storage, Emergency Resilience

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Mon, 09 Dec 2019 21:35:56 +0000

Images provided by Solar OneSolar One is an organization that I’ve experienced first hand. An active force in clean urban transition, in particular aiding low-income households, it deserves support. Both organizations I met with in NYC — Solar One and WE ACT — had individuals reflecting the relaxed as well as energetic personalities necessary to make something work, really work

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Solar Simplified Takes A Look Into Consumer Attitudes Around Climate Change

Credit to Author: Cynthia Shahan| Date: Fri, 06 Dec 2019 19:15:17 +0000

Solar Simplified SurveyA recent Solar Simplified survey dove into the topic of climate change and what we think we can do about it. Solar Simplified surveyed 5,000 people across the United States in order to understand their nuanced approaches, or lack of any approach, in daily life

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