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Tesla to close a dozen solar facilities in nine states

June 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

Electric car maker Tesla Inc’s move last week to cut 9 per cent of its workforce will sharply downsize the residential solar business it bought two years ago in a controversial $2.6 billion deal, according to three internal company documents and seven current and former Tesla solar employees. The latest cuts to the division that […]

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Forget the Duck Curve. Renewables Integration in the Midwest Is a Whole Other Animal

June 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

What is the Upper Midwest’s energy spirit animal? Fresh Energy’s Andrew Twite presents: the Smilin’ Gator Curve. In the Great Plains, wind energy is cheap. Crazy cheap. With the lowest levelized costs approaching $10 per megawatt-hour and thousands of megawatts being procured for under $20 per megawatt-hour, PPAs for new wind farms cost less than […]

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Honda Installs One of Southern California’s Largest Corporate Owned On-Site Solar Arrays in Expansion of Corporate Renewable Energy Commitment

June 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

– Solar system installed at Honda campus in Torrance, Calif. expected to generate about 3,000 megawatt hours (MWh) annually to offset 30% of purchased electricity – One of Honda’s largest on-site renewable energy installations in the world – Time-lapse video of solar system installation at https://youtu.be/2OFqnhWpN0I TORRANCE, Calif.,: Honda today flipped the switch on a new […]

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EPA considers delaying Friday biofuel announcement: sources

June 22, 2018 Anand Gupta

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is considering delaying its widely anticipated announcement on Friday on 2019 renewable fuel volumes as it re-examines plans to force larger refineries to make up for gallons exempted at smaller plants, according to two sources familiar with the process. EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue were […]

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California Tries Again With Three Landmark Clean Energy Bills. This Time things Are Different

June 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

The energy landscape has changed and last year’s obstacles may have shifted for 100 percent clean energy, grid expansion and a storage program. The road ahead looks clearer for clean energy bills that stalled in Sacramento last year. California has championed clean energy and climate change mitigation, but legislators last year failed to pass SB […]

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EDF Renewables and PGGM Sign Agreements on Wind and Solar Projects in the United States

June 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

PGGM to acquire 50% ownership in a 588 megawatt portfolio SAN DIEGO: EDF Renewables announced today the signing of Purchase and Sale Agreements (PSA) by which PGGM Infrastructure Fund will acquire a 50% ownership interest in the following projects: Red Pine Wind, Rock Falls Wind, Switch Station 1 Solar and Switch Station 2 Solar. Total capacity of the portfolio […]

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PV Cells and Components Subject to 25% Tariff Under US Section 301

June 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

Last Friday, the United States added 284 product lines to the approved list of 818 product lines under section 301. The new additions include PV cells and components under the category of 8541.40.60, meaning that if being upheld in screening, they will be subject to 25% tariff, in the names of antidumping and countervailing duties, […]

Wilbur Ross testifies on Capitol Hill in Washington

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EPA to propose reallocating waived biofuels volumes to other refiners: sources

June 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

NEW YORK: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will propose reallocating biofuel blending obligations waived under its small refinery exemption program to other refiners, in an announcement that could come as early as Friday, according to two sources familiar with the agency’s plans. The move is a nod to biofuel groups frustrated with the agency’s broad […]

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SolarStratos Aims to Reach Stratosphere More Than 80,000 Feet Above Earth Using SunPower® Solar Technology

June 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

The Two-Seater Solar Plane is Expected to Break Records with World’s First Piloted Stratospheric Solar Flight by 2020 SAN JOSE, Calif.: SunPower (NASDAQ: SPWR), one of the world’s most innovative and sustainable energy companies headquartered in California’s Silicon Valley, has joined the Mission SolarStratos expedition as the exclusive solar cell provider for its aircraft. Within […]

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ReneSola Closes North Carolina Solar Project Sale to Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company

June 21, 2018 Anand Gupta

SHANGHAI: ReneSola Ltd (“ReneSola” or the “Company”) (NYSE: SOL), a leading fully integrated solar project developer and operator, announced the closing of the sale of its utility-scale project located in North Carolina, United States to New York-based Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company, LLC (“Greenbacker”), a publicly registered, non-traded Limited Liability Company focused on investments in renewable energy power plants and energy efficiency […]