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California Narrowly Upholds Key Policy For Solar Growth
2016-01-30 16:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: California delivered a narrow victory to the solar industry this week by maintaining a policy that has underpinned rooftop solar's dramatic growth while introducing fees that were smaller than utilities requested. After two years of rancorous debate, California's Public Utilities Commission upheld net metering by a vote of 3-to-2, allowing homeowners with solar panels to keep selling the excess power they generate back to their utility at the full retail rate. Homeowners with solar panels cheer...
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India coal plant developer switches to solar for site in Punjab
2016-01-30 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Bloomberg: A prominent developer of coal-fired power plants in India is seeking to switch to solar for an 800-acre (324-hectare) site in Punjab it had earmarked for another thermal plant, saying the economics of photovoltaics are more attractive. RattanIndia Power Ltd. which has 1.6 gigawatts of thermal capacity in central India, asked government permission to install solar panels at the site in Punjab instead of the coal plant it was planning, said Rajiv Rattan, chairman of RattanIndia Group. In the...
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Elon Musk: You Can Easily Power All of China With Solar
2016-01-29 18:46:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: Tesla CEO and multi-hyphenate entrepreneur Elon Musk spoke about the electric vehicle (EV) market and its role in a sustainable energy future in an interview with CNNs Kristie Lu Stout at the StartmeupHK Festival in Hong Kong this week. Electric cars are 'important to the future' of China -- @elonmusk https://t.co/G0UT7sBB2J $TSLA pic.twitter.com/ieg1t91wo7 -- CNNMoney (@CNNMoney) January 25, 2016 Global demand for EVs has rapidly grown, and Musk--who famously opened up his patents for...
The Rooftop Solar Wars Continue
2016-01-29 16:13:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The fierce counterattack by utilities against the disruptive surge of rooftop solar peaked this month on the West Coast. Californias big utilities successfully petitioned for increased exit fees for cities or counties leaving the utility to purchase electricity for their residents on the open market--typically obtaining greener power with equal or lower rates. (Marin County is offering its residents a renewables mix ranging from 50-100 percent, at an average rate $3/month lower than what PG&E,...
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California regulators: Rooftop solar customers keep credit
2016-01-29 06:32:41| Energy - Topix.net
California homeowners and businesses installing rooftop solar panels can keep offsetting their energy bills by sending surplus power back to the grid, regulators said Thursday in a decision celebrated by the solar industry. New guidelines narrowly approved by the California Public Utilities Commission add fees to future solar users, but they fall short of what utility companies sought to charge customers for their use of the grid.
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