Is this sunny state trying to kill solar power?

Claudia Assis for MarketWatch:  Nevada has turned into a sunny battleground for the future of solar in the U.S., with regulators there moving to make solar power less attractive to homeowners and businesses and pitching utilities against solar-power companies. SunRun Inc. on Thursday said it was pulling out of Nevada, which the company said will result in “hundreds” of job losses. A day earlier, SolarCity Corp. announced the same move, saying that about 550 jobs would be lost. The Solar Energy Industries Association estimates that nearly 6,000 people in Nevada are employed in the solar industry. Besides affecting jobs, the new rules cut down on the savings that many homeowners count on from going solar.   Cont'd...

Total Corporate Funding in Solar Sector Comes in at $25.3 Billion in 2015, Reports Mercom Capital Group

Record $5.5 Billion Raised by Residential and Commercial Solar Funds, VC Funding Tops $1 Billion

Low-Earth Orbit Constellation Satellites Powered by Saft Batteries Take Flight

Saft, the worlds leading designer and manufacturer of advanced technology batteries for industry, announces its lithium-ion (Li-ion) batteries were on board the eleven new-generation satellites, built by Sierra Nevada Corporation (SNC), launched on December 21st 2015 by a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Florida for the ORBCOMM (Nasdaq: ORBC) Generation 2 (OG2) constellation, a telecommunication network.

The Three Top Portable Solar Generator Companies

Off grid living will become more common place as energy storage & solar generation become more ubiquitous.

Siemens secures 53MW Scotland wind order

Siemens to supply 23 SWT-2.3-93 onshore wind turbines 20-year service agreement included

Executives of Johns Manville, Johnson Controls, Microsoft, Recurrent Energy, Schneider Electric, Veolia and Vestas Join Board of Advanced Energy Economy to Spur Growth of Secure, Clean, Affordable U.S. Energy

Today Advanced Energy Economy [AEE, https://www.aee.net/] announced that executives of seven market-leading companies have joined its board of directors to support the business group's efforts to spur the growth of secure, clean, affordable energy in the United States.

Swinerton Renewable Energy Selects Applied Energy Technologies' (AET) Rayport™-G ECO Ground Mount System for 30 MW-DC Solar Project in North Carolina

AETs engineering team designs system for unique site characteristics, on flood plain

GE to Provide 1GW Wind Converters and Become Key Technology Partner to Sewind, One Of China's Largest Offshore Turbine Suppliers

• GE 's LV3 wind converters to become one of the key components of Sewinds offshore wind turbines, with a total installed capacity of 1GW • The LV3 converters will be manufactured in China for China, deepening GEs commitment to the region • GEs strong local presence and technological know-how in the renewables space makes it the ideal partner of choice for Chinese industry

SMA Reinvents Iconic Residential Inverter Line with Sunny Boy 5.0-US/6.0-US

New Models Offer Simplified Installation, Expanded Features and Secure Power Supply

Solar tracker helping to power, educate Middle School of the Kennebunks

An innovative Vermont-made solar tracker is now helping to power the Middle School of the Kennebunks in southern Maine.

Forum Equity Partners and United Wind Announce $200M Investment for Distributed Wind Projects

Investment in first of its kind wind turbine leasing program raises record amount of project capital towards development of over 1,000 distributed wind projects

Solar Power PV Expo - Sensata Technologies to Introduce Magnum Energy Microinverter at Solar Power PV Conference & Expo in February 2016

Sensata Technologies Holding N.V. (NYSE: ST) ("Sensata"), is proud to introduce the Magnum Energy MicroGT 500 inverter, an optimized microinverter. Designed with energy storage in mind, the MicroGT 500 works with or without battery based inverters, and communicates seamlessly with Magnum Energy battery-based inverters when in AC-coupled mode to taper the battery charge based on battery condition.

Solar3D Operating Divisions Open 2016 By Announcing Approximately $12 Million in Secured Solar Agreements

Company subsidiaries carry momentum from record-setting 2015 into the New Year by finalizing solar programs for a number of agricultural and commercial customers

MiaSol Completes Solar Carport Installation at Oakley Executive RV and Boat Storage using flexible thin film FLEX Series Solar Modules

MiaSol recently installed its FLEX-02 solar modules over an existing carport, built by Baja Construction, at the Oakley Executive RV and Boat Storage facility. This project was designed to highlight the efficacy of MiaSol FLEX solar modules for retrofitting existing carports built with industry standard 7.2 trapezoid corrugated metal panels without adding additional racking or reinforcing the carport steel structure to support the new solar array.

Businesses Bank on Fuel Cell Reliability to Achieve Sustainability Goals

As the business case becomes more apparent - with fuel cells delivering both economic and environmental value - the list of corporate customers continues to grow.

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