Source: Midwest Energy News On the property of Cherryland Electric Cooperative in northern Michigan’s Grand Traverse County, a model for bringing solar power to those who may not have the location for it recently celebrated its first birthday. Cherryland’s Solar Up North (SUN) Alliance Community Solar Project, the first such project in the state when it...

Source: Solar Industry Magazine Vermont Gov. Peter Shumlin has signed self-generation and net-energy metering (NEM) legislation (H.702) into law. The new law raises the 4% cap utilities had been using as the limit on their NEM programs to 15% of peak load. The law applies to grid-connected renewable energy generation systems smaller than 500 kW that are intended...

Source: LaCrosse Tribune Vernon Electric Cooperative (VEC) is bringing community-owned solar to Wisconsin. In partnership with national community solar developer Clean Energy Collective (CEC), VEC will provide any member in its service territory the opportunity to own individual panels in a new locally-sited, utility-scale solar PV array. This is the first community-owned solar facility under construction...

The Energy Department’s SunShot Initiative has just announced two new opportunities for solar energy stakeholders to get involved in SunShot’s work.

For solar advocates who live in apartments or have shady roofs, or those who don't have the means to install their own array but want to be part of the solar movement, there's community solar. But not so much in Pennsylvania.

Choose any of the following that may apply. A) Do you have a shaded roof or one that is not structurally designed to bear load? B) Do you rent or share your roof with other households or businesses? C) Is your home or business in an historic district or one with strict aesthetic building codes? D) Do...

The Interstate Renewable Energy Council, Inc. (IREC) announces the release of its Community Renewable Power Proposal, which incorporates “best practices” in facilitating co-investment in local renewable power facilities. IREC’s Proposal builds upon the best elements of community solar and renewables programs that have been adopted by a number of municipal utilities and by policy makers...