REITs look for creative, cost-effective solutions to expand renewable energy. 7/17/2018 | By: Beth Mattson-Teig REITs are taking the lead in bringing renewable energy sources into real estate with both on-site and off-site solutions. These efforts are expanding and evolving as companies continue to explore creative, cost-effective solutions. Renewables represent a growing part of the U.S. power supply. [...]
Commercial developers are expanding their capabilities, which could increase installation volumes and concentrate the market beyond 2017. by Michelle Davis December 04, 2017 Commercial solar is a tough business to dominate. Compared to residential solar, commercial solar is much more fragmented -- no single company commands a massive share of the market as do some of the [...]
November 13, 2017 By Jennifer Runyon Chief Editor The Microgrid 2017 conference, which ran from November 6-8 in Boston, kicked off with a list of events that point to a desperate need for microgrids, and I bet you’ve heard of them: February: 300,000 in Pennsylvania March: 800,000 in Michigan July: 2,300 in the Outer Banks of [...]
By IVAN PENN JUN 06, 2017 California energy officials are, for the first time, rethinking plans to build expensive natural gas power plants in the face of an electricity glut and growing use of cleaner and cheaper energy alternatives. The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power announced Tuesday that it has put a hold on [...]
Solar companies need to simplify and learn cost discipline. STEPHEN LACEY MAY 19, 2017 The U.S.solarmarket nearly doubled last year. From 30,000 feet, it's a spectacular view. Along with soaring 95 percent, solar actually became the largest source of new generating capacity in 2016 -- beating gas and wind. But come down closer to earth, and [...]
Darrell Etherington @etherington / Mar 2, 2017 Amazon is looking to improve its renewable energy track record, with a new project that will see it install large solar energy gathering arrays on the rooftopsof many of its global fulfillment and sorting facilities. The plan is to start with 15 system installations in the U.S. by the end of this year, [...]
With a market this size, the total numbers are just the tip of the iceberg. Shayle Kann illustrates what’s happening in the residential, commercial and utility-scale sectors in the U.S. by Shayle Kann February 22, 2017 In 2010, the U.S. installed 852 megawatts-DC ofsolarphotovoltaics from just over 53,000 individual projects. The non-residential (aka commercial) segment [...]
The market is already large enough to justify the focus and dedicated resources that have led to the explosive growth in residential and utility solar. by Nicole Litvak and Jigar Shah December 06, 2016 As we approach the end of 2016, small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are still a “no-man’s land” for solar installers. With [...]
GTM Research’s latest U.S. PV Leaderboard shows a curious trend underway in the Golden State. by Allison Mond October 06, 2016 In June, we showed that regional installers are growing at a quicker pace than their large national competitors. A deep dive into the three major investor-owned utility (IOU) territories of California shows that the [...]
HEATH KNAKMUHS Senior Director, Policy for Institute for 21st Century Energy Today we are back with one of our most popular features – an annual update to our retail electricity price map. These prices best reflect what business, industry, and you must pay for a given unit – or kilowatt hour – of electricity. Last [...]
