In a new web conference series on solar development hosted by Kimley-Horn yesterday afternoon, representatives from community solar developer Nexamp and utility scale solar developer Invenergy met to discuss the continuing rise of the solar industry and the growing number of challenges facing developers.

The Pulehu solar project is a 40 MW, 160 MWh solar-plus-storage project located on the island of Maui and would provide about 9 percent of Maui's electricity. The project was one of two selected on the island in an RFP process from utility Hawaiian Electric subsidiary Maui Electric.

The state utility commission initially approved a replacement portfolio of 650 MW of solar resources, 300 MW of battery storage and 40 MW of demand-side management resources under third-party ownership.

The court upheld the ruling originally asserted by the district court last summer, which found that NorthWestern and the PSC broke the law when they shortened terms for qualified facilities