Solar advocates say a “program-killing” monthly fee proposed for participants in a Dominion Energy shared solar program would prevent Virginia apartment residents from receiving the financial benefits of solar power. Monthly fee would withhold solar’s financial benefits from Virginia renters
In The News: Coal Mine Reinvented As A Solar Field
A company announces it will develop a 250 MW solar farm on 3,000 acres of a former West Virginia coal mine, which organizers say will be the largest solar project in the state. https://www.wvnews.com/news/wvnews/a-new-light-shining-over-west-virginia-seva-wv-will-develop-former-hobet-mine-site/article_a459e4de-b284-11ec-bb5d...
In The News: Waiting in Queue
More than 800 utility-scale, commercial rooftop, community solar, and solar storage projects in Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania are waiting in queue with transmission organization PJM Interconnection. https://www.bayjournal.com/news/climate_change/more-than-800-solar-projects-in-bay-states-stuck-waiting-for-review/article_71a4375a-af6a...
In the News: Ohio Solar Development
An Ohio manufacturer plans a $9 million expansion to produce steel back rails used in solar modules for First Solar, which also plans a large-scale development in Ohio. https://www.crescent-news.com/business/solar-company-announces-new-ohio-facility/article_3ec1e118-b161-11ec-8c14-0f2ce122ff55.html
In The News: Disney Going Solar
Walt Disney World Resort to be powered up to 40% by the sun The Walt Disney World Resort is adding two 75-megawatt solar arrays to its renewable energy portfolio that, combined with existing infrastructure, will provide 40% of the park’s electricity. https://www.goodmorningamerica.com/travel/story/walt-disney-world-resort-powered-4...
