Today, the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) report containing it’s recommendations for imposing tariff’s on the import of crystalline silicon solar PV cells and modules goes to President Trump.  He will then have 60 days to take action, with wide-ranging latitude on what that action might be. The report itself has not been publicly released, […]

The City of Tallahassee’s 20 MW solar PV farm near the Tallahassee Airport is now 100% subscribed, with more than 2000 residential customers and many businesses signing up to have some or all of their energy needs allocated from the solar plant at a fixed rate of 5 cents/kWh. See press release at, http://talgov.com/Main/News/Tallahassee_Solar_Reaches_Maximum_Capacity_3954.aspx And, […]

JEA’s Board of Directors has approved a plan to significantly expand utility-scale solar, provide incentives for customer-owned energy storage, and reduce the net energy metering rate. Adding 250 MW of new solar to the JEA system will result in JEA having among the highest penetration levels of solar PV in the nation. More information is […]

The first of the 234,000 panels were installed Tuesday at the 120-acre farm near the Tallahassee International Airport with the help of city officials. The $33.2 million project is expected to generate 20 megawatts of electricity – enough to power 3,400 homes or 2 percent of the city’s current capacity.   Origis Energy, the private solar […]

During Hurricane Irma, on Sept. 11th, Apollo Elementary School in Brevard County lost power from the electric grid and had no traditional backup generator, however, thanks to 10 kW of solar coupled with battery energy storage installed with grant funding through the Florida Solar Energy Center several years ago, one building had lights and outlets […]

In conjunction with Solar Power International, the Dept. of Energy has formally announced today that the SunShot 2020 goal of 6 cents/kwh for the average price of electricity from utility scale solar PV has been achieved, mostly through reduction in costs of PV hardware.  With 3 years to go, residential and commercial solar PV systems […]

The great folks at Redeye Coffee are graciously serving their awesome coffee to first responders, 6 pm today at Florida A&M University, and 6 am tomorrow, at Talquin Electric Cooperative. More info available on Facebook

Hurricane Irma made landfall on Cudjoe Key in Florida early yesterday (Sunday) morning with Category 4 winds reaching 130 miles per hour and made landfall again yesterday afternoon South of Naples, on Marco Island, as a Category 3 hurricane with winds around 120 miles per hour.  More than 2.1 million customers lost power. Florida utilities […]

A presentation on FAASSTeR was made the Renewable Energy Systems and Sustainability Conference, organized by the Florida Energy Systems Consortium and Florida Polytechnic University, and hosted at Florida Polytechnic University, 7/31 – 8/1/2017.   The conference agenda and presentations are available at, http://floridaenergy.ufl.edu/fesc-conferences/2017-fescpolytech-conference/