Solar Residential News

Sunrun upsizes loan facility to US$ 425m to show higher evaluation
Leading US solar installer Sunrun has actually upsized its loan facility to US$ 425 million from US$ 250 million at "boosted terms and longer tenor", to mirror the firm's higher evaluation as well as strong performance.
Jan 27, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, Sunrun, vivint solar, North America, Tom vonReichbauer
ADT Solar aiming to come to be 'biggest residential solar installer in the US' as it advances into clever home business
Home safety titan ADT is progressing from a security company to a smart home firm, with around 80% of its income coming from its smart home based business, stated its president as well as chief executive officer John DeVries throughout a ROTH Capital webinar held recently (19 January).
Jan 27, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Rooftop PV, USA, North America, ADT, sunpro
Mississippi updates PV net metering rules in increase for low-income households
Mississippi authorities have broadened the state's net metering programme to enhance complete payment rates for solar consumers and prioritise the fostering of distributed PV for low- to moderate-income (LMI) households.
Jan 21, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, USA, SEIA, Mississippi, North America, distributed solar, net metering
Distributed PV led the way to China setting up 53GW of PV in 2021
Distributed PV setups in China covered 29GW last year, contributing over half of total solar installments in the country for the very first time.
Jan 21, 2022 // Plants, Residential, Markets & Finance News, NEA, China, CPIA, Asia, installations, distributed solar
Net metering expert slams California's 'regressive' rooftop solar policy proposals
Proposed net metering (NEM) rules in California that would certainly add a US$ 8/kW per month grid access fee for domestic solar systems have actually been described as "regressive as well as inaccessible with reality" by a NEM policy expert.
Jan 14, 2022 // Residential, Storage, Policy, Rooftop PV, California, USA, Elon Musk, NEM, CPUC, California Public Utilities Commission, North America, electric vehicles, Gavin Newsom
NREL partners International Code Council to streamline property solar permitting in the United States
A new partnership in between the United States Department of Energy's (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and the International Code Council (ICC) will certainly aim to enhance the adoption of software that instantly authorizes permits for rooftop solar systems.
Jan 13, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, USA, NREL, National Renewable Energy Laboratory, North America, software, SolarAPP+, The International Code Council
United States installer PosiGen lands US$ 100m in funding to grow low-income household offering
PosiGen, a United States carrier of household solar as well as performance services for low- to moderate-income (LMI) households, has actually secured US$ 100 million in favored equity financing.
Jan 12, 2022 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, North America, tom neyhart, PosiGen
New EU buildings proposal would certainly accelerate on-site solar installs, trade body claims
Trade organization SolarPower Europe has invited a proposal from the European Union's executive branch that would certainly see all brand-new buildings in the bloc be powered by renewables "as for possible" as well as produce no on-site carbon exhausts from fossil fuels from 2030.
Dec 17, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Policy, Rooftop PV, SolarPower Europe, European Union, european commission, European Green Deal, EnergyStorageEU
European Energy powers up Italian solar park
18.4 MW project near Bari now providing energy to the nation's grid
Dec 15, 2021 // Plants, Residential, Grids, Italy, Europe, european energy, PV Power Plant
German energy provider MVV acquires roof PV provider and also sister firm
German energy distributor MVV Energie AG has gotten all the shares of AVANTAG Energy S.à r.l as well as its sister business Philipp Rass Energy GmbH for an undisclosed amount.
Dec 15, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Germany, Europe, m&a, AVANTAG, MVV Energie
Manufacturing tax credits for inverters, trackers consisted of in upgraded Build Back Better draft
The US Senate Finance Committee has actually consisted of producing incentives for residential manufacturers of solar trackers and also inverters in its draft version of the country's Build Back Better (BBB) budget reconciliation bill.
Dec 14, 2021 // Manufacturing News, Residential, Markets & Finance News, Inverters, Policy, USA, trackers, North America, policy, budget reconciliation
SUSI Partners purchases 50% risk in Australian residential solar-storage supplier
Swiss fund supervisor SUSI Partners has actually obtained a 50% interest in Starling Energy Group, an Australian installer of incorporated solar PV as well as energy storage space systems for the domestic field.
Dec 13, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, Australia, Oceania, VPP, virtual power plant, acquisition, SUSI Partners, Starling Energy Group
SunPower bids to ease PV affordability hurdles via brand-new financial solutions launch
United States property solar installer SunPower has introduced a new financial services product aimed at making residential renewables more affordable.
Dec 10, 2021 // Residential, Markets & Finance News, USA, SunPower, North America
US SEC Initiates Investigation Against Tesla Over Disclosures Linked To Solar Tiles
The problem of fire security has been an increasing issue. Since 2015 the Fire Administration has recorded 155 fires triggered by solar setups in the United States, with 84 being property systems as well as 71 being non-residential. The majority of concerns can be mapped to faulty setups.
Dec 7, 2021 // Residential, Rooftop PV, USA, TESLA, Amazon, Walmart, North America, Steven Henkes complaint, Tesla-SEC
Solar backup generator vs LiFePo4 portable station- what you know about?
Dec 6, 2021 // Residential, Storage, Press releases, LiFePO4, Maxworld