New sponsors/investors often ask whether a solar investment tax credit (“ITC”) can be clawed back. This is important because these investors are often asked to backstop the ITC. The short answer is that the “unvested” portion of the credit can be clawed back where the project is sold or turned off permanently. The real risk, however, is whether the ITC was miscalculated. Let us first set the stage. [...]

Post Date: January 4, 2018 Job Title: Lead PV Solar Installer Location:  Carbondale, CO To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to *protected email* Summary The overall goal of the Lead PV Installer is to achieve completion of projects with the highest levels of safety, quality and efficiency while ensuring conformance with the system plans and specifications.  Applicants with no solar experience will not be considered for this role. Qualifications: 2+ years of previous solar installation e [...]

Berkshire Hathaway subsidiary NV Energy is planning to invest $2 billion on solar power from six new projects in Nevada representing 1 GW of capacity. [...]

Post Date: January 4, 2018 Job Title: Lead PV Solar Installer Location:  Carbondale, CO To Apply: Send cover letter and resume to *protected email* Summary The Commercial Site Supervisor will work with the Project Manager and field crew(s) to achieve completion of projects with the highest levels of safety, quality, and efficiency while ensuring conformance with the project plans and specifications.  Note: Applicants with no solar PV experience will not be considered for this role. Qualific [...]

Post Date: June 1, 2018 Job Title: Commercial Solar Engineer  Location:  Denver, CO To Apply: You can apply online here Summary This position is responsible for developing high-quality and cost-effective designs of large-scale (500+ kW) solar electric (photovoltaic) systems. This includes supporting and working with project developers, project managers, construction supervisors, and operation and maintenance personnel. This position also involves interactions with outside engineering consultan [...]

Post Date: May 30, 2018 Job Title: Exectuvie Leader Location:  Denver, CO To Apply: Please submit a cover letter, résumé, and references by email to COSEIA’s Board Secretary, Kate Collardson (*protected email*), with “COSEIA Leader Application” included in the subject line. No calls please; direct applicants only, no search or placement firms. The position is open until filled. Position Overview THE ORGANIZATION Entering its 30th Anniversary in 2019, the Colorado Solar Energy Industr [...]

New private financing from the Asian Development Bank will support the development of Indonesia’s first utility-scale solar PV plants. [...]

Wind and solar energy are growing rapidly in the U.S. As these energy sources become a bigger part of the electricity mix, their growth raises new questions: How do solar and wind influence energy prices?  [...]

India and China are driving a rapid global expansion in large-scale, solar power developments as the cost of building new projects falls, according to an analysis by Institute for Energy Economics and Financial Analysis. [...]

You might expect the debate over California's new rooftop solar mandate to pit two well-defined camps against each other. But there are more than two sides. [...]

As California continues to push aggressive policies for the advancement of solar deployment in the state, options for homebuyers to finance solar also are growing to meet their needs. [...]

Post Date: May 23, 2018 Job Title: Renewables Marketing Assistant Job Location:  Denver, CO To Apply: Please email your supporting documentation including resume and portfolio to *protected email* Position Overview The position of Solar PV & Storage Intern will report to the Executive Vice President and will gather all critical project variables (solar, energy storage, financial, and development input) to size, design, and model solar, storage, and solar + storage project opportunities. T [...]

In this episode, Ron DiFelice of Energy Intelligence Partners puts the challenges and opportunities of entering the energy storage market into perspective for businesses interested in everything from energy markets to big solar plus storage pairings. [...]

Solar PV manufacturer Central Electronics Ltd. in Uttar Pradesh, India, has commissioned India’s first 1-MW microgrid featuring a CPS-1000 inverter from Burlington, Vt.-based Dynapower. [...]

A recent report by the Energy Futures Initiative (EFI), established by former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, and the National Association of State Energy Officials confirms that the energy sector as a whole grew 2 percent last year, which is .3 percent more than the national job growth percentage of 1.7 percent. [...]

A group of all-women volunteers showed up at the home of a City Heights (San Diego) family to install solar panels for free. And it couldn't have come at a better time for the family. KUSI's Elizabeth Alvarez explains why this was a win/win for both the volunteers and the homeowner. [...]

Solar*Rewards Community update The Solar*Rewards Community standard offer option will begin accepting applications for community solar gardens 10.1-100 kilowatts (kW) DC on May 15, 2018. The available capacity is 1MW DC and Renewable Energy Credit (REC) incentive price will be $0.0282/kWh. Standard offer capacity is assigned through a first-come-first-serve offering based on a 1MW carve out within the community solar garden capacity the Company is authorized to offer each year. The REC incenti [...]

Post Date: May 16, 2018 Job Title: Renewables Marketing Assistant Job Location:  Denver, CO To Apply: Apply Here Job Description Do you want to start your career at a leading energy company with lots of room to grow? If you’re ready to work hard in an environment where you’ll be challenged, respected, and encouraged to develop your skills and talents, an entry-level job at Xcel Energy is your first step. We are seeking an energetic marketing professional to assist with implementing custome [...]

Two years ago, Illinois legislators passed the Future Energy Jobs Act in an effort to transition the state from its fossil-fueled industrial past into a future where solar and wind created jobs, cleaned the environment and saved electric ratepayers money. [...]

It has almost become a foregone conclusion that China’s solar PV market will see its first year of negative growth in new installed capacity in 2018.  [...]

Republican senators from five states with big solar farms are asking the Trump administration to exempt the workhorse of industrial solar panels from tariffs imposed earlier this year. [...]

Energy efficiency building standards officially adopted by California yesterday will require new homes in the state to have solar PV systems starting in 2020. [...]

Although growth is generally a good thing for the economy, it challenges nations—particularly ones that are water-stressed—to better manage their limited water resources and invest in the right energy systems. [...]

Solar panels. Batteries. Emergency fossil fuel-fired generators. They’ve all been deployed across Puerto Rico to help get the lights back on in the months following devastating hurricanes Irma and Maria. [...]