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Aug92018

U.S. Interior Department Finds First Solar’ $1-Billion California Solar Plant Will Cause Air Impacts

August 9, 2018

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management found that First Solar Development LLC’s 450-megawatt Desert Quartzite Solar Project in eastern Riverside County, California, will result in temporary exceedances of air quality standards, temporary visual qualify impacts from dust, and potential groundwater contamination from releases of fuels and other materials, according to a draft environmental review from…

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Aug82018

Solar Panels Ranked Second-Most Installed Technology in 2016 Thanks to Maturing Technology, Economies of Scale: EIA

August 8, 2018

Solar photovoltaic cells were the second-most popular technology installed in 2016, after wind turbines, as average construction costs of the projects have dropped to $2,436 per kilowatt, a 34 percent fall from $3,705 per kilowatt in 2013, according to an Aug. 8 report from the U.S. Energy Information Administration. The agency said that crystalline silicon…

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Aug82018

Virginia Clears Sustainable Power’s 500-Megawatt Solar Farm Set to Double State’s Solar Capacity

August 8, 2018

The Virginia State Corporation Commission approved Sustainable Power Group’s application to construct the Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center, set to be Virginia’s largest solar project. The solar farm, planned for western Spotsylvania County, will sell its output to the wholesale market operated by PJM Interconnection LLC. In March, Microsoft Corp. announced a contract to buy 315…

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Aug72018

Florida Regulator Clears Vivint Solar to Offer Residential Solar Leases

August 7, 2018

The Florida Public Service Commission clarified that Vivint Solar Developer LLC can offer residential solar equipment leases in the state, according to the agency’s Aug. 7 press release. The commission agreed that the company’s 20-year, fixed-payment lease is not a retail sale of electricity. Vivint Solar proposed the lease as a financing option to homeowners…

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U.S. Interior Department Finds First Solar’ $1-Billion California Solar Plant Will Cause Air Impacts

Solar Panels Ranked Second-Most Installed Technology in 2016 Thanks to Maturing Technology, Economies of Scale: EIA

Virginia Clears Sustainable Power’s 500-Megawatt Solar Farm Set to Double State’s Solar Capacity

Florida Regulator Clears Vivint Solar to Offer Residential Solar Leases

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