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Phil Murphy’s Solar Shift Blocked by Trump as “Solar for All” Federal Grants Terminated
Trenton, NJ – Governor Phil Murphy blasted the Trump Administration on Thursday for terminating the federal Solar for All (SFA) grant program, saying the move will raise energy costs for New Jersey’s…
Biden’s ‘Green’ Transition Is Already Running Out Of Prime Real Estate For Solar And Wind Projects: REPORT
Biden’s ‘Green’ Transition Is Already Running Out Of Prime Real Estate For Solar And Wind Projects: REPORT John Hugh DeMastri on April 24, 2023 President Joe Biden’s goal to transition the U.S.…
Biden Threatens To Veto Bill To Restore Tariffs On Countries Allegedly Helping Chinese Solar
Biden Threatens To Veto Bill To Restore Tariffs On Countries Allegedly Helping Chinese Solar John Hugh DeMastri on April 24, 2023 President Joe Biden threatened to veto a bipartisan bill Monday that…
Bipartisan Bill Would End Biden’s ‘Unacceptable’ Move To Block Tariffs On Chinese Solar Imports
Bipartisan Bill Would End Biden’s ‘Unacceptable’ Move To Block Tariffs On Chinese Solar Imports John Hugh DeMastri on April 19, 2023 The House Ways and Means Committee on Wednesday advanced legislation that…
Chinese spy balloon’s solar panels could power sophisticated radar -Washington Post
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – A Chinese spy balloon that was shot down by the U.S. in February carried solar panels that could generate enough electricity to power a type of radar that can…
Solar firms Sunnova and Sunrun shed light on exposure to Silicon Valley Bank
(Reuters) – Residential solar companies Sunrun Inc and Sunnova Energy on Friday disclosed their exposure to SVB Financial Group, which has been closed down by California banking regulators. Sunrun stated SVB was…
Slave Labor Clouded Plunging US Solar Market In 2022
Slave Labor Clouded Plunging US Solar Market In 2022 John Hugh DeMastri on March 9, 2023 U.S. solar panel installations plummeted in 2022 as lingering supply chain issues hindered the industry, although…
U.S. solar prices still soaring as projects stalled
(Reuters) – U.S. solar energy contract prices have soared by a third over the past year as project developers have struggled to get imported panels, according to a report published late on…
The US Crackdown On Chinese Slave Labor Is Devastating The Solar Industry
The US Crackdown On Chinese Slave Labor Is Devastating The Solar Industry Jack McEvoy on January 13, 2023 The federal government has seized thousands of Chinese solar imports that were made using…
Chinese Communist Party-Linked Solar Panel Company Could Reap ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Handouts With US Factory
Chinese Communist Party-Linked Solar Panel Company Could Reap ‘Inflation Reduction Act’ Handouts With US Factory Jack McEvoy on January 13, 2023 JA Solar, a Chinese green energy giant whose chairman is tied…
Billionaire urges overhaul of collapsed Australia-Asia solar mega project
By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) – Iron ore magnate Andrew Forrest called on Thursday for an overhaul of a $20 billion-plus project to send solar power from Australia to Singapore, which collapsed…
S. Korea’s Hanwha Qcells to invest $2.5 billion in U.S. solar supply chain
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) -South Korean solar energy company Qcells on Wednesday said it would invest $2.5 billion to expand its manufacturing capacity in the United States, creating as many as 2,500…
California Slashes Solar Panel Subsidies To Improve ‘Equity’
California Slashes Solar Panel Subsidies To Improve ‘Equity’ Jack McEvoy on December 16, 2022 The California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to heavily reduce the subsidies homeowners receive for using solar panels…
California regulators approve changes to rooftop solar policy
(Reuters) – California utility regulators on Thursday approved a proposal to reduce the rate at which households with rooftop solar panels are credited for exporting surplus power to the grid, a step…
US Solar Panel Installations Fall Following Crackdown On Chinese Slave Labor, Report Finds
US Solar Panel Installations Fall Following Crackdown On Chinese Slave Labor, Report Finds Jack McEvoy on December 13, 2022 U.S. solar installations fell in the third quarter of 2022 and are projected…
Glennmont Partners enters U.S. renewables market with solar joint venture
By Nina Chestney LONDON (Reuters) – Europe-based renewable energy investor Glennmont Partners plans to enter the U.S. renewables market for the first time via a joint venture with solar developer GreenGo Energy…
RWE plans new solar farm in Britain
LONDON (Reuters) – RWE will build a 600-megawatt solar farm in Britain as part of plans to expand its renewables activities in the country, the German utility said on Tuesday. The project,…
U.S. solar installations to fall 23% this year due to China goods ban: report
By Nichola Groom (Reuters) – New U.S. solar installations are on track to fall by nearly a quarter this year, with panel imports stalled by a ban on goods from China’s Xinjiang…
First Solar picks Alabama for new solar factory
(Reuters) – Top U.S. solar panel manufacturer First Solar Inc on Wednesday said it has chosen Alabama as the home of its fourth domestic factory, giving the state a $1.1 billion investment…
California’s new solar energy proposal removes hefty grid connection fee
By Ruhi Soni and Peter Henderson (Reuters) – California regulators on Thursday revised their proposal for rooftop solar systems credits, a contentious matter as the state tries to expand renewable energy and…
Forget fossil fuel, solar and wind, Dem now claims hydrogen is the fuel of New Jersey’s future
As Governor Phil Murphy moves forward on massive off-shore wind energy turbines in the Atlantic Ocean, one New Jersey Democrat says hydrogen is the future of energy in the Garden State. State…
Decades before ocean wind farm, government to build off-shore nuclear power plant at Jersey Shore
They say hindsight is 20-20, but looking back at a government-funded project to build a nuclear power plant just a few miles off the coast of the Jersey Shore sounds like a…
Rio Tinto sources Voltalia solar power for South Africa mine
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) – Rio Tinto’s South Africa unit will source solar power from a plant built by France’s Voltalia, the mining firm said on Thursday, the latest to seek alternative electricity supply…
Solar Panels Remain Stuck In Warehouses As European Energy Crisis Darkens
Solar Panels Remain Stuck In Warehouses As European Energy Crisis Darkens Jack McEvoy on September 27, 2022 Large quantities of unused solar panels are stuck in European warehouses because there aren’t…
Column-Next solar expansion drive needs to hit higher potential markets: Maguire
By Gavin Maguire LITTLETON, Colo. (Reuters) – Solar power has outpaced wind power over the last five years in terms of global capacity additions, notching up a more than 200% increase in…
Mercedes-Benz to build wind farm in northwestern Germany, examining solar options
BERLIN (Reuters) – Mercedes-Benz is planning to build a wind farm in the northwestern German state of Lower Saxony, by 2025 that is able to produce a hundred megawatts of electricity, equivalent…
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