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Pairing community solar project development with a software platform helps standardize digital operations, and plan for long-term growth and change.
By: Pivot Energy
June 15 2020
June 3, 2020 — Arcadia announced the expansion of its community solar program into Colorado. Now, both homeowners and renters within Xcel Energy territory can become community solar subscribers. Currently, as many as 66% of American households are not candidates for rooftop solar for reasons including they are multi-family homes, are located in shaded areas, are structurally…
By: Pivot Energy
June 3 2020
Author: Jon Sullivan SVP of Project Development More and more co-op utilities in Colorado are finding ways to add solar to their generation mix. Solar is an excellent way to add local, clean, and money-saving energy to balance out the energy purchased from fossil fuel energy sources provided by their wholesale provider. However, it…
By: Pivot Energy
May 19 2020
When we first launched SunCentral, the concept was simple: create an elegant cloud platform service designed to simplify realizing the value of community solar for all stakeholders: project developers, customers, and utilities alike. Since then, our offering has evolved into more than just a community solar management service helping project operators attract and retain subscribers,…
By: Pivot Energy
April 21 2020
DENVER, Colorado (March 10, 2020) — The Town of Breckenridge achieves its 100% renewable electricity for municipal facilities goal with a 3.6 MW community solar subscription with Pivot Energy. This partnership allows the town to achieve its municipal renewable electricity goal five years ahead of schedule, raising the expectation and urgency for climate action for…
By: Pivot Energy
March 10 2020
PUEBLO, Colorado (March 1, 2020) Black Hills Energy has announced the partners it has selected to supply an additional 2.5 megawatts of new community solar garden capacity in Southern Colorado. The new projects include a 2 megawatt facility and a separate 500-kilowatt garden dedicated entirely to serving low-income customers, according to Black Hills. The winning,…
By: Pivot Energy
March 3 2020
DENVER, Colorado (February 24, 2020) — Pivot Energy, Colorado’s largest community solar developer, today announced the completed transaction of a three-megawatt (MW) commercial and utility solar portfolio with Onyx Renewable Partners L.P. Completion of the portfolio represents the ongoing partnership and commitment between the two companies to provide nonprofits, school districts, government municipalities, and local utilities with clean and affordable…
By: Pivot Energy
February 24 2020
The physical development of a community solar project is an essential factor, a link between the community solar project and the subscribers
By: Pivot Energy
February 20 2020
As we enter the 2020s, there are no signs of slowing the growth of shared solar. Here are five reasons that the segment will not just thrive, but will also dominate the distributed generation space.
By: Pivot Energy
January 16 2020
Community Solar is the fastest-growing segment of the solar industry, growing from a few scattered projects in 2007 to 1 GW of installed capacity in 2019. The industry’s explosion can be traced from the first pioneering projects, through innovative legislation, and the creation of dynamic programs that helped to evolve the product from a niche premium product to a sustainable market segment.
By: Pivot Energy
January 7 2020
