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Tag: ROOFTOP SOLAR


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Virtual Power Plant Network Supports the Grid and Compensates Customers

April 3, 2024

Via: PowerMag

Sunnova Energy International Inc., an adaptive energy services company, announced continued investments and expansion to its virtual power plant (VPP) network, providing increased reliability, reduced emissions, and lower costs. With its VPP investments, Sunnova is boosting accessibility in California, Connecticut, […]


Other Utilities, Public Utilities

Consumers as partners: The evolving utility business model

January 17, 2023

Via: Utility Dive

With the adoption of electric vehicles, rooftop solar systems, battery storage systems, and smart appliances, the role of the electricity consumer is evolving. Now capable of providing services to support local grid operations, consumers are gradually emerging as important partners […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

California utilities’ brazen plan to kill rooftop solar

February 1, 2022

Via: Utility Dive

California has been a national leader in meeting solar energy targets for fighting climate change, but that could change in the near future. A key part of solar’s success has been widespread adoption of rooftop systems by forward-thinking homeowners. Given […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Rooftop solar remains untapped yet crucial for energy transition – BNEF

September 22, 2021

Via: Power Engineering SmartGrid

The report, Realising the Potential of Customer-Sited Solar, states that there is a need for careful policy design to unlock the full potential of the market. With the right regulation and tariff design in place, the rooftop solar market has […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

California’s Interconnection Rules Open Doors to Flexible Solar-Storage, Vehicle-to-Grid Charging

September 30, 2020

Via: Greentech Media

California has more distributed energy resources (DERs) than any other state, pressuring it to find ways to integrate them into the grid. The interconnection rules that tell developers of rooftop solar, behind-the-meter batteries and electric vehicle chargers how much time […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

10 Rooftop Solar and Storage Predictions for the Next Decade

January 3, 2020

Via: Greentech Media

Predicting the future is easy; getting the exact timing is very hard — and especially with all the new technologies and requirements facing the solar and storage industry. So this year I’m giving myself a whole decade to get these […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Fast Times for the US Residential Solar Market

November 21, 2019

Via: Greentech Media

Fall earnings season brought a barrage of new data on the performance of rooftop solar installers, since all the large national players are publicly traded. For one thing, the national residential solar company is very much alive, contrary to fears […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Louisiana utilities to pay less for rooftop solar power under new net metering rules

September 13, 2019

Via: Utility Dive

Net metering continues to be a point of contention among utilities, ratepayer advocates and solar proponents. The practice is intended to incentivize solar buildouts by compensating rooftop solar owners for the excess power they supply to the grid, but opponents […]


Electric Utility, Public Utilities

Solar Roadways Prove Expensive and Inefficient

September 25, 2018

Via: Greentech Media

Solar photovoltaic technology is getting cheaper, more efficient and more resilient all the time. But it still doesn’t make a good replacement for asphalt. After years of trial projects, a handful of “solar roadway” projects around the world are revealing […]