From an evolving market structure to technology innovation, the community solar landscape is transforming quickly. What does this mean for 2018? Clean Energy Collective (CEC), the nation’s leading community solar developer and solutions provider, forecast what is on the horizon for community solar. CEC’s experts offer the following 10 predictionsRead More

CleanChoice Energy is expanding its community solar division and bringing even more solar expertise in house, hiring Tim Ahrens as Managing Director of Renewable Energy Development. Ahrens will lead CleanChoice’s development team with the goal of providing this additional service to existing projects and partners as well as sourcing newRead More

Noted in our top feature this week, community solar is a growing opportunity in various markets across the country. One big effort in its expansion, the Community Solar Value Project (CSVP), an effort co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, has launched a new Solutions Toolbox for utilitiesRead More

Clean Energy Collective (CEC), the nation’s leading community solar developer and solutions provider, has broken ground on three new community solar facilities in Massachusetts, adding a combined 4 MW of new generation to the Commonwealth’s mounting shared renewables portfolio. Located in the communities of Millis, Rochester, and Wendell, the projectsRead More

The Community Solar Value Project (CSVP), an effort co-funded by the U.S. Department of Energy SunShot Initiative, has released a guide that provides practical answers to questions about why and how to use energy storage in combination with community-scale solar developments. Solar Plus Storage Companion Measures for High-Value Community Solar:Read More

Construction has begun at two of the three solar facilities to be completed for one of the nation’s largest utility-sponsored community solar programs, says South Carolina Electric & Gas Company (SCE&G). The 16-MW Community Solar Program was first unveiled in September 2016, and since then SCE&G has worked closely withRead More

Nautilus Solar Energy, a national solar project development, acquisition and asset management company, acquired a 5.4 MW community solar portfolio from Clean Energy Collective (CEC). The fully-constructed and subscribed community solar portfolio is in the rapidly expanding Massachusetts community solar market and is expected to be online by the endRead More

ReneSola Ltd  and Nautilus Solar Energy sent word that Nautilus acquired an approximately 13.3 MW community solar portfolio previously developed by ReneSola. The community solar portfolio, qualified under Xcel Energy’s burgeoning community solar program, is located in the rapidly expanding Minnesota solar marketplace. The portfolio is expected to be builtRead More

The New York State Public Service Commission (Commission) approved a large-scale solar project in New York City that will generate clean energy dedicated exclusively to saving low-income customers money on their utility bills while also protecting the environment. This is one of the first “shared solar” systems for low-income residentsRead More

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has developed a Solar PILOT Toolkit to assist the state’s municipalities in understanding and negotiating payment-in-lieu-of taxes (PILOT) agreements for solar projects larger than 1 MW, including community solar projects. Based on feedback from local government officials and solar industryRead More