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Raising Power GmbH Extends Services across the PV Market
Oct 16, 2015 | PR Newswire
Raising Power, a young, dynamic enterprise that strives to achieve optimal PV system performance and maximum yield for its customers, announced today that the newly founded company will offer technical management solutions and services for all PV projects. Under the management of photovoltaics (PV) experts Michele Rascher... -
Intersolar Europe 2016: Most of the exhibition space already booked
Oct 15, 2015 | PV Magazine
...The great atmosphere at Intersolar Europe 2015 is already having a positive effect on booking behavior for 2016. Large areas have already been booked by companies such as Hanwha Q Cells, JA Solar, Jinko Solar, SolarWorld and Wuxi Suntech Power from the cell and module manufacturing sectors, ABB, Fronius, Huawei... -
Intersolar Europe 2016: Most of the exhibition space already booked; New key topic “smart energy”
Oct 16, 2015 | SolarServer
...Large areas have already been booked by companies such as Hanwha Q CELLS, JA Solar, Jinko Solar, SolarWorld and Wuxi Suntech Power from the cell and module manufacturing sectors, ABB, Fronius, Huawei, Robert Bosch and SMA from the inverter sector and BayWa r.e. renewable energy, E.ON Energie Deutschland and IBC Solar ... -
Global Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market at $19.6 billion will reach $125.5 billion by 2016
Oct 15, 2015 | Net Dug Out
By Nicole Austin
...Thin film batteries fuel growth in solar markets. These markets are set to evolve even faster than anyone has thought. Sharp, First Solar, Trina Solar, Suntech, and Ascent Solar Technologies are among the companies anticipated to benefit from the build out of solar energy. These are the companies positioned to leverage solar energy market... -
Austin, Texas approves another 162 MW of solar projects
Oct 15, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Christian Roselund
Austin is on a path to become the most solar-powered city not only in Texas, but the entire United States. Today the Austin City Council approved 8-2-1 another set of contracts for approximately 162 MW of solar PV. This follows the approval of contracts for roughly 288 MW of projects on October 1. Under the city's solar goal... -
Conergy to build Indonesia’s first utility PV projects
Oct 16, 2015 | PV Tech
By Ben Willis
International downstream player Conergy is to build Indonesia’s first utility-scale PV plants and says it has closed deals for another 228MW of projects across Southeast Asia. The company today said it would build three 1MW projects with local partners PT Buana Energy Surya Persada and PT Indo Solusi Utama at separate locations... -
Californians reject roll back of solar net metering in poll
Oct 16, 2015 | PV Tech
By Tom Kenning
A new poll indicates that 80% of Californians are against proposals from utilities to roll back the state's solar net metering programme, which compensates residential rooftop owners for the surplus energy they export back into the grid. The state’s regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission..
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Raising Power GmbH Extends Services across the PV Market
Oct 16, 2015 | PR Newswire
Raising Power, a young, dynamic enterprise that strives to achieve optimal PV system performance and maximum yield for its customers, announced today that the newly founded company will offer technical management solutions and services for all PV projects. Under the management of photovoltaics (PV) experts Michele Rascher and Dirk Stahf, the company, which boasts an existing portfolio of more than 500 MWp of solar power, offers independent end-to-end technical operation management for PV systems of any size – residential to commercial to utility scale - in locations around the world. The company's suite of services also includes optimization (repowering) solutions for existing PV systems and will soon extend its reach to enhance the performance of other types of renewable energy solutions as well.
The team, supported by leading clean energy solutions provider Shunfeng International Clean Energy (SFCE), has vast resources rooted in deep expertise in remote monitoring and decades of professional experience in the technical operation and management of PV systems. Three major sites on three continents complemented by a strong partner network enable Raising Power to provide smooth operational efficiency for PV plants worldwide.
"The market's potential is ripe and burgeoning," said Dirk Stahf, managing director of Raising Power. "For years, customers and industry leaders alike believed that PV systems were completely maintenance-free, which is why even many plants today are still not monitored, PV systems are not optimized, and investors continue to lose money. Raising Power is committed to helping existing PV systems worldwide, 70 percent of which do not generate their maximum energy yields, to repower and optimize yields."
Raising Power leverages its service portfolio to address the needs of investors, PV plant builders and operators, vendors and end customers. Raising Power's solutions are tailor-made to meet clients' specific requirements and customers have the ability to choose a specific service module from the company's vast suite of solutions or opt for a complete all-inclusive service. As an OEM service provider, Raising Power also delivers comprehensive services on behalf of, and under the branding of, contracted technical operations-management companies or organizations.
"We are the customer's partner of choice for any range of issues that arise in PV technical operations management," remarked Michele Rascher, managing director of Raising Power. "In addition to our complete and broad service offering for ongoing plant operations, we also thoroughly analyze and evaluate systems to detect performance gaps and take swift measures to resolve such issues – and we do this regardless of the components used. This is a primary advantage for investors as it prevents any conflict of interest when responding to problems or outages and customers do not forfeit any warranty rights when making claims," added Rascher.
Akin to investors, end users, and plant builders, EPC and OEM providers also reap benefits from the Raising Power portfolio. Through Raising Power's solutions, providers can still offer all the services needed for technical operations management at an international level without the burden of to maintaining their own expertise and manpower.
About Raising Power
Raising Power, with headquarters in Augsburg, Germany, and offices in Los Angeles and Shanghai, is an independent provider of technical operations management for renewable energy plants of any size. The company is a global player with more than 500 MWp of solar power under contract worldwide. Raising Power is also a specialist when it comes to repowering existing energy plants. The end-to-end service portfolio addresses the needs of investors, PV plant builders and operators as well as vendors and end customers. Raising Power GmbH is a member company of SFCE Shunfeng International Clean Energy Limited. Further information: www.raising-power.com
PR Newswire (English): http://www.prnewswire.co.uk/news-releases/raising-power-gmbh-extends-services-across-the-pv-market-533136601.html
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Der Tagesspiegel: http://www.tagesspiegel.de/advertorials/ots/shunfeng-international-clean-energy-raising-power-gmbh-startet-durch/12459280.html
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Intersolar Europe 2016: Most of the exhibition space already booked
Oct 15, 2015 | PV Magazine
Around 70% of the exhibition space for Intersolar Europe and ees Europe has already been booked by international exhibitors, and demand is not faltering. This means that around 46,000 square meters have already been booked.
The organizers attribute this positive development to the exhibition’s marked international orientation and consistent focus on new topics. One of the key topics of Intersolar Europe 2016 will be “smart energy”, with a dedicated area in hall B2.
In many regards, Intersolar Europe 2015 was a huge success for exhibitors, visitors and organizers alike: Almost 50% of approx. 38,000 visitors came to Munich from outside of Germany. The organizers counted 165 different countries of origin. The majority of exhibitors at Intersolar Europe came from Germany, China, Austria, France and Italy. At 96%, the share of industry professionals was as high as usual.
The high-caliber visitors are just one of the reasons why 87% of exhibitors rated Intersolar Europe 2015 extremely positively: They also valued the fact that Intersolar is a leading exhibition and covers the complete range of products and services.
The great atmosphere at Intersolar Europe 2015 is already having a positive effect on booking behavior for 2016. Large areas have already been booked by companies such as Hanwha Q Cells, JA Solar, Jinko Solar, SolarWorld and Wuxi Suntech Power from the cell and module manufacturing sectors, ABB, Fronius, Huawei, Robert Bosch and SMA from the inverter sector and BayWa r.e. renewable energy, E.ON Energie Deutschland and IBC Solar in the systems technology sector.
Both exhibitors and visitors respond positively to the topicality of areas covered at Intersolar Europe. In many markets, the focus now extends beyond achieving a reliable energy supply from renewable sources. Photovoltaics (PV) is experiencing a worldwide boom, which makes effectively using, controlling and storing solar energy more and more important. The buzz words are “smart home,” “smart building,” “smart cities” and “smart grid.” As intelligent control and storage are gaining importance, intelligent services and technologies are becoming vital for the future of energy supply.
It is becoming increasingly common for devices and energy flows to be digitally connected – not only in buildings and cities, but also in the power grids themselves. Consumption and generation are automatically analyzed and optimized, creating smart energy. This is even more important in light of the fact that both consumers and companies alike are becoming “prosumers” – energy market participants that not only consume but also generate power using photovoltaics, decentralized heat/power-generation units, wind energy and much more.
As a result, we are seeing changes in the role of municipal utilities and municipalities, who are teaming up with large energy suppliers and developing new business models for generating, billing and transporting electricity. Companies offering products, services and solutions for intelligent energy supply will be assembled in hall B2 at Intersolar Europe 2016.
Extensive events surrounding Intersolar Europe
A whole range of events will be accompanying and complementing Intersolar Europe at Messe München next year. For the first time, the EU PVSEC, the world’s largest conference for photovoltaics, will take place at the same time as the Intersolar Europe Conference from June 21–22. And once again, Intersolar Europe will be accompanied by ees Europe, the continent’s largest exhibition for battery and energy storage systems, taking place from June 22–24, 2016.
Together, both exhibitions offer a comprehensive range of products in the areas of solar energy generation and electrical energy storage. In 2016, the world’s leading exhibitions and conferences will join forces to cover the entire spectrum of energy storage and solar energy.
Furthermore, Messe München will be hosting AUTOMATICA, the 7th international exhibition for automation and mechatronics from June 21–24. Intersolar Europe’s visitors will thus be given the opportunity to learn about automation solutions for PV production in particular.
Intersolar Europe 2016 takes place from June 22–24, 2016 at Messe München.
Link: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/intersolar-europe-2016--most-of-the-exhibition-space-already-booked_100021565/#axzz3oizi8haz
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Intersolar Europe 2016: Most of the exhibition space already booked; New key topic “smart energy”
Oct 16, 2015 | SolarServer
With still eight months to go until the start of Intersolar Europe 2016, the world’s leading exhibition for the solar industry and its partners is already showing a promising development.
Around 70% of the exhibition space for Intersolar Europe and ees Europe has already been booked by international exhibitors, and demand is not faltering, the organizes note.
This means that around 46,000 square meters have already been booked. The organizers attribute this positive development to the exhibition’s marked international orientation and consistent focus on new topics. One of the key topics of Intersolar Europe 2016 will be “smart energy,” with a dedicated area in hall B2.
In many regards, Intersolar Europe 2015 was a huge success for exhibitors, visitors and organizers alike: Almost 50% of approx. 38,000 visitors came to Munich from outside of Germany. The organizers counted 165 different countries of origin. The majority of exhibitors at Intersolar Europe came from Germany, China, Austria, France and Italy.
At 96%, the share of industry professionals was as high as usual. The high-caliber visitors are just one of the reasons why 87% of exhibitors rated Intersolar Europe 2015 extremely positively: They also valued the fact that Intersolar is a leading exhibition and covers the complete range of products and services. The great atmosphere at Intersolar Europe 2015 is already having a positive effect on booking behavior for 2016.
Large areas have already been booked by companies such as Hanwha Q CELLS, JA Solar, Jinko Solar, SolarWorld and Wuxi Suntech Power from the cell and module manufacturing sectors, ABB, Fronius, Huawei, Robert Bosch and SMA from the inverter sector and BayWa r.e. renewable energy, E.ON Energie Deutschland and IBC Solar in the systems technology sector.
Smart Energy: Intersolar Europe’s recipe for success
Both exhibitors and visitors respond positively to the topicality of areas covered at Intersolar Europe. In many markets, the focus now extends beyond achieving a reliable energy supply from renewable sources. Photovoltaics (PV) is experiencing a worldwide boom, which makes effectively using, controlling and storing solar energy more and more important.
The buzz words are “smart home,” “smart building,” “smart cities” and “smart grid.” As intelligent control and storage are gaining importance, intelligent services and technologies are becoming vital for the future of energy supply.
It is becoming increasingly common for devices and energy flows to be digitally connected – not only in buildings and cities, but also in the power grids themselves. Consumption and generation are automatically analyzed and optimized, creating smart energy. This is even more important in light of the fact that both consumers and companies alike are becoming “prosumers” – energy market participants that not only consume but also generate power using photovoltaics, decentralized heat/power-generation units, wind energy and much more.
As a result, we are seeing changes in the role of municipal utilities and municipalities, who are teaming up with large energy suppliers and developing new business models for generating, billing and transporting electricity.
Companies offering products, services and solutions for intelligent energy supply will be assembled in hall B2 at Intersolar Europe 2016.
Extensive events surrounding Intersolar Europe
A whole range of events will be accompanying and complementing Intersolar Europe at Messe Munich next year. For the first time, the EU PVSEC, the world’s largest conference for photovoltaics, will take place at the same time as the Intersolar Europe Conference from June 21–22.
And once again, Intersolar Europe will be accompanied by ees Europe, the continent’s largest exhibition for battery and energy storage systems, taking place from June 22–24, 2016.
Together, both exhibitions offer a comprehensive range of products in the areas of solar energy generation and electrical energy storage. In 2016, the world’s leading exhibitions and conferences will join forces to cover the entire spectrum of energy storage and solar energy.
Furthermore, Messe Munich will be hosting AUTOMATICA, the 7th international exhibition for automation and mechatronics from June 21–24. Intersolar Europe’s visitors will thus be given the opportunity to learn about automation solutions for PV production in particular.
Intersolar Europe 2016 takes place from June 22–24, 2016 at Messe Munich.
SolarServer (English): http://www.solarserver.com/solar-magazine/solar-news/current/2015/kw42/intersolar-europe-2016-most-of-the-exhibition-space-already-booked-new-key-topic-smart-energy.html
SolarServer (German): http://www.solarserver.de/solar-magazin/nachrichten/aktuelles/2015/kw42/intersolar-europe-2016-schon-jetzt-sind-grosse-teile-der-ausstellungsflaeche-belegt-smart-energy-als-neuer-schwerpunkt.html
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Global Photovoltaic Solar Panel Market at $19.6 billion will reach $125.5 billion by 2016
Oct 15, 2015 | Net Dug Out
By Nicole Austin
A new study on Photovoltaic Solar Strategies, Technologies And Opportunities: Market Shares and Forecasts, Worldwide, 2010?2016. The 2010 study has 700 pages, 306 tables and figures.
Large solar farms are more popular initially, but solar is anticipated to be built out on commercial roof tops in increased quantity. The electricity generated will be fed to local substations and distributed to homes from there. The electricity generated will be used for both stationary power and to charge electric vehicles. Photovoltaics PV market growth depends on volume production to achieve economies of scale.
Solar energy market driving forces relate to the opportunity to harness a cheap, long lasting, powerful energy source. Solar energy can be used to create electricity in huge quantity. Solar panels are mounted in a weatherproof frame, are mounted in areas with direct exposure to the sun to generate electricity from sunlight.
Solar power systems are comprised of solar modules, related power electronics, and other components. Solar panels are used in residential, commercial and industrial applications. Solar compositions of arrays that comprise electric utility grids appear to be the wave of the future.
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The demand for solar energy is dependent on a lower prices for solar and higher prices for petroleum. A combination of economies of scale being realized in the manufacturing along with increases in the current prices for petroleum will drive solar energy adoption.
The overall solar market has attained enough critical mass to boost competitive technologies of thin film and monocrystalline, polycrystalline, and multicrystalline silicon based systems.
First Solar, the market leader, in commercial systems is participating in the solar markets at a level of $1.9 billion of a total 2009 market of $19.6 billion for 2009. First Solar is well positioned to gain significant market share over the next five years. First Solar basically does monolithic integration on glass, making things on the module level.
First Solar PV modules are thin film PV modules. The achievement of reaching 1GW of modules in installations bodes well for the entire industry, bringing credibility to the solar energy effort. To support the growing demand, First Solar continues to push the limits on volume manufacturing. First Solar is integrating each production step.
Sharp, the market leader, has achieved remarkable penetration of residential markets. Mass production of tandem?type thin?film solar cells means two types of cells are offered—crystalline types suitable for colder temperatures at high latitudes, and thinfilm types better suited to warmer regions. Sharp is a unique manufacturer in that they offer both types.
Key market transitions are being made relative to smart grid, the increasing centrality of the local power substation, and implementation of the smart grid as a distribution center for electricity generated by solar power.
Solar energy is being adopted because the petroleum reserves are facing depletion. Solar offers plentiful, cheap energy source with panels that have a 25 year life and payback within 10 years. The payback is within 8 months if the solar electricity generated is used to charge an electric vehicle.
Thin film batteries and new utility level electricity storage are evolving. Thin film batteries are expected to power electric vehicles and sit on the ground outside homes and apartment buildings to store the electricity generated by solar. Thin film batteries provide the bridge to offer electricity when the sun it not shining.
Thin film batteries fuel growth in solar markets. These markets are set to evolve even faster than anyone has thought. Sharp, First Solar, Trina Solar, Suntech, and Ascent Solar Technologies are among the companies anticipated to benefit from the build out of solar energy. These are the companies positioned to leverage solar energy market growth. These market participants continue to be very aggressive in both internal innovation commitments, as well as partnership and acquisition strategies.
According to Susan Eustis, President of WinterGreen Research, “Worldwide solar markets are poised to achieve significant growth as solar energy is widely adopted, creating economies of scale and funding new technology efficiencies. Manufacturing efficiencies are expected to create new uses and permit users to leverage existing ones. Costs of solar panels are expected to decrease rapidly in response to the continuing economies of scale. Market strategies of the leaders Sharp First Solar, and Trina are compelling in their innovation and flexibility”.
Emerging markets depend on 100 successful trials and reference accounts. Solar energy has now surpassed that magic number and is poised for rapid growth. The reference accounts are in place, the prices of the solar modules are decreasing at a faster pace than the industry had predicted, grid parity has been achieved in some places and is on track to be achieved everywhere.
Investment in solar energy is anticipated to continue. Participants will come and go, industry consolidation and high growth patterns will alternate until the nascent industry stabilizes, but solar energy is here to stay.
Solar energy is in place. It works, it is no longer a dream or a long shot, it is real. Read the study, look at the pictures of the large number of installations, this is an amazing market, emerging long after early efforts to bring these technologies to reality: Why is it here now? Solar energy is evolving because the price of gasoline in going to continue to climb.
Solar energy markets are big. At $19.6 billion in 2009 solar panels are anticipated to reach$125.5 billion by 2016. Market growth comes because the technology has caught the imagination of everyone, consumers, vendors, governments, politicians, oil producers, and the utility industry. The technology works, its benefits have a positive ROI over the useful life of the panels, even a significant payback. Solar provides the cheap, clean, dependable energy source needed to drive industrial growth, available.
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Forecasts reflect analysis of the market trends in the segment and related segments. Unit and dollar shipments are analyzed through consideration of dollar volume of each market participation in the segment. Market share analysis includes conversations with key customers of products, industry segment leaders, marketing directors, distributors, leading market participants, and companies seeking to develop measurable market share. Over 200 in-depth interviews are conducted for each report with a broad range of key participants and opinion leaders in the market segment.
Link: http://netdugout.com/2015/10/global-photovoltaic-solar-panel-market-at-19-6-billion-will-reach-125-5-billion-by-2016/
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Austin, Texas approves another 162 MW of solar projects
Oct 15, 2015 | PV Magazine
By Christian Roselund
Austin is on a path to become the most solar-powered city not only in Texas, but the entire United States. Today the Austin City Council approved 8-2-1 another set of contracts for approximately 162 MW of solar PV.
This follows the approval of contracts for roughly 288 MW of projects on October 1. Under the city's solar goal set last November, City Council had the authority to approve up to 600 MW of contracts, but has settled for 450 MW.
According to an analysis by Environment Texas, Austin is on track for solar to represent roughly 13% of of its electricity generation by 2018. However, in order to qualify for the 30% federal Investment Tax Credit these projects must come online by the end of 2017.
Austin Energy will need to build another 150 MW by the end of 2019, provided that it is available and affordable. The second criteria does not appear to be much of an issue, as the latest set of contracts were at $38-$40/MWh, a similar range to the first 288 MW.
Cyrus Reed, Conservation Director of the Sierra Club’s Lone Star Chapter, notes that in addition to low prices, there are other economic benefits. “This deal is another hedge against the volatility of prices in the fossil fuel market,” says Reed. “It is a win for the environment, a win for clean energy, and a win for Austin ratepayers.”
Were this 450 MW and another 150 MW contracted with Recurrent Energy to be added to the city's existing 30 MW Webberville plant and an estimated 40 MW of distributed solar, Austin would have roughly 670 MW of solar. But as distributed solar continues to be built, this number will doubtless by higher by 2017.
Link: http://www.pv-magazine.com/news/details/beitrag/austin--texas-approves-another-162-mw-of-solar-projects_100021571/#axzz3oizi8haz
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Conergy to build Indonesia’s first utility PV projects
Oct 16, 2015 | PV Tech
By Ben Willis
International downstream player Conergy is to build Indonesia’s first utility-scale PV plants and says it has closed deals for another 228MW of projects across Southeast Asia.
The company today said it would build three 1MW projects with local partners PT Buana Energy Surya Persada and PT Indo Solusi Utama at separate locations in the East Nusa Tenggara of Indonesia.
Conergy said nearly half the residents of Sumba Island in East Nusa Tenggara, one of the three sites for the plants, lack access to reliable power, while those that have electricity source it from costly diesel generators.
The three plants it will build will collectively generate 4,200MWh of power a year, according to Conergy.
Conergy will be responsible for the engineering, planning, design, equipment procurement and long-term maintenance of the three solar installations. PT Buana Energy Surya Persada and PT Indo Solusi Utama will handle on-the-ground construction. The projects are expected to be completed and be fully operational in the first half of 2016.
Meanwhile, the company said it had signed contracts for a further swathe of projects in the region, including over 200MW in the Philippines and 27MW in Thailand.
In the Philippines, the portfolio includes 62MWp in Negros Island, 50MWp in Tarlac, 13MWp in Pampanga, 18MWp in Bais Negros, 15MWp in Bulacan and 43MWp at two locations in Luzon and Visayas.
In Thailand the company will build an 8MW project in Sa Kaeo province and three others totaling 19MW in Prachinburi. The project will be owned by Symbior Solar.
“Southeast Asia is an ideal location for solar because of their year-round sunshine and abundance of space that is suitable for solar,” said Andrew de Pass, CEO of Conergy.
With its new projects, Conergy said it expected to complete 400MW of PV in Southeast Asia by the first quarter of 2016.
Link: http://www.pv-tech.org/news/conergy_to_build_indonesias_first_utility_pv_projects
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Californians reject roll back of solar net metering in poll
Oct 16, 2015 | PV Tech
By Tom Kenning
A new poll indicates that 80% of Californians are against proposals from utilities to roll back the state's solar net metering programme, which compensates residential rooftop owners for the surplus energy they export back into the grid.
The state’s regulator, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is debating whether to revise its net metering policy and is due to make a decision on the next version in December.
As a result of falling costs and the success of net metering in aiding the deployment of large volumes of rooftop solar, CPUC aksed the three major utilities, Southern California Edison, Pacific Gas & Electric and San Diego Gas & Electric, to come up with their own suggestions for successor tariffs to net metering. There are fears the utilities could seek to reduce the compensation available to solar users exporting surplus power back to the grid.
However, the state-wide poll of 1,000 Californian residents found that 83% believe utilities should not be able to impede the competition presented by rooftop solar panel owners.
In an interview with PV Tech in September, GTM Research’s senior solar analyst Cory Honeyman said that as California accounts for half of all residential installations by volume in the US, the CPUC's proposals will be “arguably one of the biggest regulatory decisions in residential solar market's history”.
He added: “Whatever outcome arises in December on net metering 2.0 is really going to dictate what the future holds for how much residential solar comes on line over the next five years.”
The CPUC proposals, which could hamper the uptake of rooftop solar has also been a cause for concern given that earlier this month California governor Jerry Brown approved “landmark” legislation that mandates the state to generate 50% of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.
The new poll found that 90% of Californians favour rooftop solar as a method of generating electricity above wind (88%), natural gas (71%), geothermal (65%), nuclear (46%) and coal (31%).
The poll also showed 92% of Californians believe consumers should have a choice to install rooftop solar panels instead of relying solely on their utility company. Meanwhile 79% said utilities should not be allowed to interfere with the transition to renewable energy to save their own profits.
Bernadette Del Chiaro, executive director of the California Solar Energy Industries Association (CALSEIA), which co-commissioned the poll along with Brightline Defense, said: “The public is strongly opposed to utilities interfering with consumer access to solar by attacking net metering. They think the state should do more to encourage rooftop solar, not make it more expensive.”
Eddie Ahn, executive director of Brightline Defense, co-commissioner of the poll, said: “Californians want the state to do more to make solar accessible to more people, particularly with our communities most in need of clean renewable energy.”
In August, hundreds of pro-solar protestors and representatives from industry and advocacy groups marched on California’s state capital, intent on defending the net metering policies and lobbying for extension of the investment tax credit (ITC).
Solar industry members and advocates will now also hold a rally outside the CPUC in Los Angeles on 21 October.
Link: http://www.pv-tech.org/news/majority_of_californians_reject_roll_back_of_net_metering_scheme
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