https://solarfactor.com Solar power information and news Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:04:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 https://solarfactor.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/11/cropped-New-Project-32x32.png https://solarfactor.com 32 32 https://solarfactor.com/will-electric-utilities-embrace-the-paradigm-shift/ Sat, 19 Nov 2016 00:04:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/11/will-electric-utilities-embrace-the-paradigm-shift.html The electric utility industry is currently in the midst of a major paradigm shift that could arguably be classified as one of the most important industry transitions of the 21st century.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/spicon-panel-community-solar-offers-alternative-that-utilities-like/ Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/09/community-solar-offers-alternative-that-utilities-like.html If rooftop solar is the clean-energy threat to utilities, then community solar farms are the middle ground traditional power companies can live with.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/spicon-panel-community-solar-offers-alternative-that-utilities-like/ Thu, 15 Sep 2016 16:05:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/09/community-solar-offers-alternative-that-utilities-like.html If rooftop solar is the clean-energy threat to utilities, then community solar farms are the middle ground traditional power companies can live with.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/utilities-harnessing-bitcoin-technology-for-electricity-revolution/ Thu, 15 Sep 2016 15:51:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/09/utilities-harnessing-bitcoin-technology-for-electricity-revolution.html Bitcoin technology is starting to seep into the electricity business, shaking up the way payments are managed every time a light switch is flipped.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/how-medium-and-small-firms-can-join-the-renewable-energy-rush/ Mon, 29 Aug 2016 16:27:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/08/how-medium-and-small-firms-can-join-the-renewable-energy-rush.html Renewable energy purchasing has evolved into a sophisticated combination of savings calculations incorporating demand charge savings, multiple energy pricing options, and increasingly flexible generation siting. Large corporations have embraced this trend, by buying more renewable energy than ever — a recent PwC survey showed 72 percent of surveyed firms are actively pursuing clean energy procurement.

]]> Renewable energy purchasing has evolved into a sophisticated combination of savings calculations incorporating demand charge savings, multiple energy pricing options, and increasingly flexible generation siting. Large corporations have embraced this trend, by buying more renewable energy than ever — a recent PwC survey showed 72 percent of surveyed firms are actively pursuing clean energy procurement.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/the-minnesota-solar-experiment-community-solar-part-ii/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/07/the-minnesota-solar-experiment-part-ii-community-solar.html Minnesota’s 2013 solar legislation started two new consumer-oriented solar experiments, both of which gained national attention. Three years later, these two programs have taken markedly different paths.

]]> Minnesota’s 2013 solar legislation started two new consumer-oriented solar experiments, both of which gained national attention. Three years later, these two programs have taken markedly different paths.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/the-minnesota-solar-experiment-community-solar-part-ii/ Thu, 07 Jul 2016 14:27:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/07/the-minnesota-solar-experiment-part-ii-community-solar.html Minnesota’s 2013 solar legislation started two new consumer-oriented solar experiments, both of which gained national attention. Three years later, these two programs have taken markedly different paths.

]]> Minnesota’s 2013 solar legislation started two new consumer-oriented solar experiments, both of which gained national attention. Three years later, these two programs have taken markedly different paths.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/san-franciscos-community-choice-aggregation-program-for-clean-energy-goes-online/ Wed, 18 May 2016 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/05/san-francisco-s-community-choice-aggregation-program-for-clean-energy-goes-online.html San Francisco’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program for clean energy — CleanPowerSF — has arrived. First proposed in 1998, the program has been mired in conflicting agendas for almost two decades, mirroring the erratic evolution of the CCA movement as a whole over that same period of time. Now, finally, the program is online and serving 7,800 locations with a load of 40 MW. At full capacity, CleanPowerSF plans to deliver 400 MW of power to over 300,000 accounts.

]]> San Francisco’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program for clean energy — CleanPowerSF — has arrived. First proposed in 1998, the program has been mired in conflicting agendas for almost two decades, mirroring the erratic evolution of the CCA movement as a whole over that same period of time. Now, finally, the program is online and serving 7,800 locations with a load of 40 MW. At full capacity, CleanPowerSF plans to deliver 400 MW of power to over 300,000 accounts.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/san-franciscos-community-choice-aggregation-program-for-clean-energy-goes-online-2/ Wed, 18 May 2016 12:12:00 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/2016/05/san-francisco-s-community-choice-aggregation-program-for-clean-energy-goes-online.html San Francisco’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program for clean energy — CleanPowerSF — has arrived. First proposed in 1998, the program has been mired in conflicting agendas for almost two decades, mirroring the erratic evolution of the CCA movement as a whole over that same period of time. Now, finally, the program is online and serving 7,800 locations with a load of 40 MW. At full capacity, CleanPowerSF plans to deliver 400 MW of power to over 300,000 accounts.

]]> San Francisco’s Community Choice Aggregation (CCA) program for clean energy — CleanPowerSF — has arrived. First proposed in 1998, the program has been mired in conflicting agendas for almost two decades, mirroring the erratic evolution of the CCA movement as a whole over that same period of time. Now, finally, the program is online and serving 7,800 locations with a load of 40 MW. At full capacity, CleanPowerSF plans to deliver 400 MW of power to over 300,000 accounts.

]]> https://solarfactor.com/ladwp-pursues-energy-storage-with-150m-rate-increase/ Fri, 13 May 2016 19:48:20 +0000 http://www.renewableenergyworld.com/articles/pt/2016/05/ladwp-pursues-energy-storage-with-150m-rate-increase.html When electricity rates went up last month for 1.4 million customers of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power customers, about $150 million of the rate increase was earmarked for a novel energy supply that officials hope will become more commonplace.

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