PJM Capacity Performance: Hochi Juhotchi, or Kagamoosha?
This post was co-written by Senior Director, Project Finance Colin Murchie. From New Jersey to Northeastern North Carolina, a growing number of generators in the PJM region are connecting to the...
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Approaching the Tax Credit Horizon: Where Will Commercial Solar Succeed in 2017?
Last year, solar installations in the U.S. commercial sector fell by 6 percent. The market is expected to bounce back in 2015, but there are still many challenges in financing and aggregating...
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Why Asset Management is Critical to the Solar Industry: Part One
Given that companies spend resources on asset management without related revenue, it begs the questions, what value does asset management add to a company? As a solar company grows, it often seems like...
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Massachusetts: To Tip Your Cap or Remove it All Together?
It’s time to remove our (net metering) caps and get back to work. Etiquette dictates that a man tips his cap by raising it slightly above his head to signify recognition, greetings or a simple...
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SOURCE: The Sol Project Finance Journal, September 2015
SOURCE is a monthly solar project finance journal that our team distributes to our network of clients and solar stakeholders. Our newsletter contains solar statistics from current real-life solar...
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Hungry, Hungry Yieldcos Hit a Snag
Now that YieldCos have hit a snag, where will all of the projects go? Unless you are living under a rock, you may have seen the news that YieldCos, the most hyped financing vehicle of the past several...
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2016: Rush Over is Over, But…
Since the ITC extension passed, developers and host customers alike have stopped to ponder: “Why the rush?” Q4 is always the most intense part of the year for the solar industry, as developers and EPCs...
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SOURCE: The Sol Project Finance Journal, January 2016
SOURCE is a monthly solar project finance journal that our team distributes to our network of clients and solar stakeholders. Our newsletter contains solar statistics from current real-life solar...
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How Does the ITC Extension Affect SREC Pricing?
February SREC prices On December 18, 2015, the solar industry scored a landmark victory by winning a multi-year extension of the solar investment tax credit (ITC). The three-year 30% ITC extension –...
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Will the Clean Energy Jobs Bill Stabilize the Maryland Solar Market?
If market conditions stabilize in Maryland, solar employment will increase another 8.5% by the end of 2016 According to the latest Solar Jobs Census, Maryland ranks #12 in solar jobs nationally, with...
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The Solar Development Landscape is Shifting. Are You Ready?
Self-consumption, wholesale projects, and development outside of renewable portfolio standards are a few ways that solar development is changing. In January, we wrote about how state-level battles over...
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A Tale of Two Carolinas
North Carolina is the country’s #2 solar market, but the 35% state tax credit is no more. It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. North Carolina is the country’s #2 solar market, but the...
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New Solar Interconnection Standards Adopted in New York and Next Steps
The New York Public Service Commission issued an official update to its Standard Interconnection Requirements What? This past March, the NY Public Service Commission (PSC) issued an official update to...
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Ohio Tries to Freeze Its RPS…Again. Not Cool.
Late last month, Ohio state Senator Bill Seitz (R – Cincinnati) introduced legislation to extend the freeze on the state’s renewable and energy efficiency standards for another three years....
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SOURCE: The Sol Project Finance Journal, May 2016
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Employee Spotlight: James Machulak
“Having the opportunity to lead a new department at Sol Systems and build it from scratch has allowed me to accomplish an important life goal.” At Sol Systems, our team is the foundation of our...
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Meet the New Faces of the SREC Customer Service Team
Sol Systems is pleased to introduce two new members of the Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC) Customer Service Team: Lauren Miller and Avery Sellers. Avery Sellers and Lauren Miller help manage over...
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Procurement DE-claration, 2016: SRECDelaware Announces 2016 Procurement Results
The Delaware solar renewable energy credit (SREC) program, SRECDelaware, recently announced the results of its 2016 Procurement. This year, procurement was marked by a higher than anticipated volume of...
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Employee Spotlight: Rebecca Tilbrook
“Our responsibilities are to identify and quantify potential technical risks to projects that might exist and then, based on what we find, decide how best to mitigate them.” The unique and dedicated...
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FERC Ruling Opens Solar Market Potential to Co-ops and Munis
FERC obligated DMEA to “purchase from QFs offering available energy and capacity” Access to solar energy has significantly increased as the cost of solar installation has dropped 70 percent within the...
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