If you own a small rural business or if you own a farm, you are probably eligible for a USDA Rural Energy For America Program (REAP) grant. The grant covers up to 25% of the cost of going solar! Deadlines for Grants of $20,000 or less: October 31, 2016…
The graph below shows the amount of solar installed in TVA’s residential and small commercial solar program, Green Power Providers, since 2009. You can see that solar installs have been falling since 2012 and only 1.5 MW of solar was installed in the first half of this year!…
Solar Power World magazine recently released their 2014 Top 400 Solar Contractors list which ranks companies based on megawatts of solar installed in 2013. Despite TVA’s program closure last year, LightWave Solar ranked #160 overall and #75 on the Top 100 Commercial Solar Contractors list. We are the first…
There is still time to get in the 2014 TVA Green Power Providers program which allows 4 MW of residential solar projects and 6 MW of commercial solar projects. As of June 9th, 120 kW of residential capacity is still available. TVA will maintain a 30% wait list as…
USDA’s Rural Energy for America Program (REAP) grant for agricultural producers and small rural businesses covers up to 25% of the cost of a solar installation. Applications are due July 7, 2014! “We anticipate funding levels under REAP for 2014 to be at or higher than last year, so applications…
TVA’s solar programs are now open for a limited time. Under Solar Solutions Initiative for projects 50kW-1MW, TVA will begin accepting applications on Jan 1st on a first-come, first-served basis. TVA has allocated 16MW for 2014. Under Green Power Providers for projects 50kW or less, TVA is accepting reservation forms for a…
On June 19 TVA announced that they will add 2.5MW to the Green Power Providers program on August 1st. While the industry appreciates 2.5MW, the demand for solar far exceeds this limited capacity. We expect 2.5MW to be gone in one or two days. TenneSEIA, the Tennessee Solar Energy…
Capacity has been reached in TVA’s two solar programs, Green Power Providers (GPP) and Solar Solutions Initiative (SSI). TVA is not approving new applications at this time. However, LightWave Solar will sign contingent contracts and complete utility paperwork to be ready to submit project applications as soon as TVA releases…
More than 30 GW of PV were connected to the electricity grid in 2012; global rebalancing seen as non-European markets accounted for more than 13 GW of worldwide total. Brussels, 11 February 2013 – The world’s cumulative solar photovoltaic (PV) electricity capacity surpassed 100 gigawatts (GW) in 2012,…
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