SOLAR FUNDING
Biden announces $7B in federal grants
By Alexa St. John and Will Weissert
The Associated Press
TRIANGLE, Va.>> President Joe Biden marked Earth Day by announcing $7 billion in federal grants for residential solar projects serving 900,000-plus households in low- and middle-inc...
  
SOLAR INDUSTRY
Hopes of domestic boom clouded
Surge of cheap exports from China upending U.S. clean energy sector
By Alan Rappeport
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> Less than a year ago, CubicPV, which manufactures components for solar panels, annou...
Surge of cheap exports from China upending U.S. clean energy sector
By Alan Rappeport
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> Less than a year ago, CubicPV, which manufactures components for solar panels, announced that it had secured more than $100 million in financing to build a $1.4 bill...
By Ana Swanson and Jim Tankersley
The New York Times
WASHINGTON>> Six years ago, an executive from Suniva, a bankrupt solar panel manufacturer, warned a packed hearing room in Washington that competition from companies in China and Southeast Asia was causing a “bloodbath” in his industry. Mo...
  
By Olivia Doak
Daily Camera
An electric motorcycle with a 100-mile range, four-pane glass windows and a remote-controlled water recirculation pump are just a few of the latest energy- efficient technologies that were on display at the University of ...
By Isabella O’Malley and Michael Phillis
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky.>> On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few miles upst...
By Isabella O’Malley and Michael Phillis
The Associated Press
FRANKFORT, Ky.>> On a recent day under the July sun, three men heaved solar panels onto the roof of a roomy, two-story house near the banks of the Kentucky River, a few mi...
  
By J. David Goodman
The New York Times
Strafed by powerful storms and superheated by a dome of hot air, Texas has been enduring a dangerous early heat wave this week that has broken temperature records and strained the state’s independent power grid.
But t...
By Ana Swanson
© The New York Times Co.
WASHINGTON » President Joe Biden announced Friday that he would extend tariffs on imported solar products first imposed during the Trump administration but would reduce the scope of products affected by the levies, a decision aimed at balancing his g...
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
Government and financial analysts are predicting what industry representatives say they see happening on the ground: 2022 is likely to be a big year for solar energy.
The U.S. Energy Information Administration said it expects nearly half of new energy gene...
By Matthew Brown
The Associated Press
BILLINGS, MONT. » U.S. officials announced approval last week of two solar projects in California and moved to open up public lands in three other Western states to potential solar development, as part of the Biden administration’s effort to ...
With lots of sunshine, state embracing power shift
By Sue McMillin
Columnist for The Denver Post
The sun was, as usual, scorching my rooftop in southern Colorado in mid-June when I signed a contract to add solar panels.
Big Dog Solar out of Pueblo West had blitzed the neighborhood to take a...
By Sue McMillin
Columnist for The Denver Post
Electric vehicles, smart houses, solar panels, attic insulation, LED light bulbs and window caulk are all part of the energy transformation that will reduce Coloradans’ use of fossil fuels, benefit the environment and combat climate cha...
By John Flesher
The Associated Press
MINNEAPOLIS » Strolling his church’s rooftop among 630 solar panels, Bishop Richard Howell Jr. acknowledged climate change isn’t the most pressing concern for his predominantly Black congregation — even though it disproportionately harms peopl...
EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel hopes to make world’s “greenest steel”
By Judith Kohler
The Denver Post
A steel mill in Pueblo that has been powered by coal during most of its approximately 140year existence now will get most of its electricity from solar energy.
EVRAZ Rocky Mountain Steel welcomed s...
By Ivan Penn
© The New York Times Co.
The Biden administration on Wednesday released a blueprint for producing almost half of the nation’s electricity from the sun by 2050 — something that would require the country to double the amount of solar energy installed every year over the ...
By Ivan Penn
© The New York Times Co.
California regulators voted Wednesday to require solar power and battery storage in new commercial buildings and high-rise multifamily dwellings, the latest front in the state’s efforts to hasten a transition from fossil fuels to altern...
Reuters
The Biden administration on Monday said it has approved a major solar energy project in the California desert that will be capable of powering nearly 90,000 homes.
The $550 million Crimson Solar Project will be sited on 2,000 acres of federal land west of Blythe, California, the In...
By Deborah Swearingen
Boulder Daily Camera
Two new community solar gardens will bring renewable energy to lowincome customers in Boulder County.
Xcel Energy is partnering with Pivot Energy and Energy Outreach Colorado to build the combined 4-megawatt gardens at the Valmont Generating Station. The...
By Dan Mika, BizWest/Daily Camera, from The Denver Post eEdition, July 23, 2020
Real Goods Solar Inc. has begun liquidation of two of its regional installation groups and its financial arm. The three subsidiaries, Alteris Renewables Inc., RGS Financing Inc. and the company behind Sunetric, all file...
