Arizona a leader of installed U.S. corporate solar projects, report says
By Hayley Ringle | Phoenix Business Journal As solar investments by businesses grow across the U.S., Arizona is a leader with 148 megawatts of installed corporate solar projects, according to a recently released report. The Solar Energy Industries Association’s 2018 Solar Means Business Report, released July 25, said tech giant Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is now […]
Read More →West Valley city wants more solar, green building designs at apartment developments
Twittter By Mike Sunnucks | Rose Law Group Reporter The city of Avondale is looking at new recommended design and zoning benchmarks for new apartment developments including encouraging more solar energy use and green buildings. The Avondale City Council will hear an update today on a new draft multifamily design manual. Suggestions include orienting building […]
Read More →Arizona ranks high in residential solar in national report
By Hayley Ringle | Phoenix Business Journal As the U.S. solar market saw its best first quarter in history, Arizona remained near the top for residential solar capacity. Arizona had 52.83 total megawatts of solar capacity installed during the first quarter, and ranked third best in the country for residential solar with 41.9 megawatts, according […]
Read More →Timeline set for construction of huge Pinal County solar farm
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings It is the latest project in Arizona for the energy provider By Hayley Ringle | Phoenix Business Journal The planned 100-megawatt solar project in Coolidge — believed to be the largest solar farm in Pinal County — is expected to be operational by the end of 2020. A […]
Read More →Pinal County solar project picks up tech, retail, mining and government customers
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings By Hayley Ringle | Phoenix Business Journal A 100-megawatt planned solar project in Coolidge will steer renewable energy to several large tech, retail, mining and government customers through Salt River Project’s Sustainable Energy Offering program. Participating businesses include Albertsons Cos. Inc., the cities of Chandler, Mesa and Phoenix, […]
Read More →Huge land sale in Pinal County sets up planned 100-megawatt solar project
Disclosure: Rose Law Group represents Saint Holdings Scottsdale landowner has also sold huge chunks of property in the area to auto manufacturers By Hayley Ringle | Rose Law Group Reporter A Florida energy company paid close to $15 million for over 1,000 acres in Pinal County for a new solar power project. The 100-megawatt project […]
Read More →U.S. surpasses 2 million solar installations as industry looks to ‘dominate’ the 2020s
The market’s rapid growth has “reshaped the energy conversation in this country,” says Abigail Ross Hopper, president and CEO of the Solar Energy Industries Association./Shuttercock By Emma Foehringer | Greentech Media The number of solar installations in the United States has officially surpassed 2 million, according to the latest data from Wood Mackenzie Power & […]
Read More →Rose Law Group Co-Founder, Senior Partner, and Director of Renewable Energy, Court Rich, talks to Daily Star about utilities buying solar
By David Wichner |Arizona Daily Star Arizona regulators are looking at changing decades-old rules requiring utilities to buy power from certain renewable energy facilities, amid a simmering dispute between utilities including Tucson Electric Power Co. and some solar project developers. At least one regulator says Arizona stands to lose hundreds of millions of dollars worth […]
Read More →Solar homes sell for more
A new report published by Zillow found that homes with residential solar systems sell for 4.1% more than their non-solar counterparts. By Tim Sylvia | PV Magazine A common if disingenuous argument against the adoption of residential solar is that not only can systems be expensive, but that expense is a lost cause because solar […]
Read More →A Virtual Solar Power Plant for L.A.? ‘It Will Happen’
Pixabay By Jim Kowen | The New York Times How Californians get power has been in the news a lot lately, between Pacific Gas & Electric’s woes and Mayor Eric Garcetti’s recent announcement that the Los Angeles Department of Water and Powerwould phase out three natural gas power plants on its way toward 100 percent renewable energy sources. […]
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