New Jersey and Pennsylvania Solar Markets Facing Short Term Pain

Recently, I wrote about how the incredible success of the New Jersey solar and Pennsylvania solar markets was beginning to have adverse consequences with respect to each state’s primary solar incentive, the Solar Renewable Energy Credit (SREC). Two months later the trend is continuing to get worse but solar advocates in both states are beginning […]

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U.S. Debt Deal Kills Off Prospects of Renewable-Power Support

Via Bloomberg U.S. government support for renewable energy may plunge from record levels, setting back the use of wind and solar power before they can compete on their own with oil, gas and coal. Direct spending, tax breaks and research funding pushed federal renewable-energy subsidies to $14.7 billion in 2010, according to Alan Beamon, director […]

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Gov. Christie’s plan to emphasize natural gas, nuclear power may undercut solar energy market

TRENTON — Environmentalists this afternoon set the table for hearings on Gov. Chris Christie’s road map for New Jersey’s energy future by reiterating that the plan will jeopardize the growing strength of the state’s green economy. Christie last month unveiled his draft Energy Master Plan, which scaled back the state’s goal to bolster renewable sources […]

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New Jersey and Pennsylvania Solar Renewable Energy Credit Markets Choking to Death

The pace of solar installations in New Jersey and Pennsylvania is ironically destroying the incentives that make such installations possible. Solar Renewable Energy Credits (SRECs), existing in states that have Renewable Portfolio Standard (RPS), represent the environmental attributes from a solar facility, and are produced each time a solar system produces one megawatt-hour (MWh) of […]

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Trinity Solar Is First In NJ Solar Installer With 2000 Installations

New Jersey-based Trinity Solar, New Jersey’s largest solar energy provider and named by NJBIZ as the 26th fastest growing company in the state, has reached a major milestone with its 2,000th solar electric installation – nearly double the number of any other solar provider serving the Garden State. This is a landmark achievement not only […]

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