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ARRAY Technologies’ new Hail XP solar tracker built for extreme weather
ARRAY Technologies, a solar tracking technologies and services provider, unveiled DuraTrack Hail XP, a solar tracker designed to withstand extreme hail and…
Bechtel to EPC final 900-MW portion of Indiana’s Mammoth Solar project
Bechtel has been selected by Doral Renewables as the EPC for the final three phases of the 1.3-GW Mammoth Solar project in…
Republicans say clean energy cuts in budget bill aren’t harsh enough House Budget Committee blocked bill from going to floor vote.
Five Republicans on the House Budget Committee joined with Democrats to block the draft budget bill that included significant cuts to clean…
Sungrow’s 5-MWh ESS approved for installation in New York City
Sungrow’s PowerTitan 2.0, has received both TM-2 approval and a Certificate of Approval (COA) from the New York City Fire Department. The…
TerraForm Power completes acquisition of Sun Tribe Development
TerraForm Power, an affiliate of Brookfield Asset Management, closed on its acquisition of Sun Tribe Development, a mid-sized utility-scale solar and storage…
New Enphase battery owners in NY can now receive up to $6,250 in incentives
Enphase Energy announced that homeowners in all of New York’s major investor-owned electric utility service territories who install Enphase IQ Batteries can…
TWAICE enhances battery analytics software
Battery analytics software company TWAICE recently unveiled more than 15 major product enhancements. One development highlight is the “Penalty Risk Assessment,” which…
New Massachusetts bill could reduce non-resi solar net metering
On May 13, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey filed the Energy Affordability, Independence & Innovation Act in a stated effort to cut costs…
Climate Access Fund flips switch on community solar project at Baltimore public school
Earlier this year, the Climate Access Fund, Solar Stewards, CohnReznick and additional partners flipped the switch to activate Solar4Us @ Henderson-Hopkins, a…
Texas bill would require solar developers to pay for natural gas or energy storage backup power
New legislation in Texas would require most solar projects to back up their power with either natural gas or battery energy storage…
XL Batteries tapped to provide long-duration onsite energy storage for data center developer
XL Batteries and Prometheus Hyperscale, a developer of sustainable hyperscale data centers, has announced a multi-year agreement to deploy on-site long-duration energy…
Nextracker enters solar eBOS market by acquiring Bentek
Nextracker, a solar tracker company, has acquired U.S.-based Bentek Corporation, a manufacturer of electrical infrastructure used in all types of solar power…
Solar ticks 19th consecutive month as largest source of new electricity capacity in US
Solar and wind accounted for almost 98% of new electrical generating capacity added to the U.S. grid in the first quarter of…
Draft budget kills residential ITC, preserves large-scale and manufacturing credits
In a section titled “Working Families Over Elites,” the House Ways and Means Committee has eliminated the residential investment tax credit (ITC)…
HOMIE and Climate First Bank expand residential solar financing services to 49 states
HOMIE, a home solar and weatherization company, is partnering with Climate First Bank with the goal of expanding access to financing for…
Trina Storage’s Elementa 2 Elevate system completes UL assessments
Trina Storage’s Elementa 2 Elevate liquid cooling system has earned a 20-year full lifecycle environmental product declaration (EPD) certification from UL Solutions….
Pivot Energy developing 5.75-MW solar project for Colorado State University
Pivot Energy, a national renewable energy independent power producer, is developing a 5.75-MWDC virtual net metering solar project for Colorado State University…
RWE begins construction on nearly 100-MW Ohio solar project
RWE announced that construction is underway at the 98-MWAC Union Ridge Solar project in Licking County, Ohio, which RWE acquired from Leeward…
Silfab sells off $110 million of 45X manufacturing tax credits
Silfab Solar has announced the sale of up to $110 million Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credits. The sale of these…
Anza launches energy storage supply chain analytics platform
Supply chain platform Anza has now launched an energy storage data and analytics subscription platform called Energy Storage Pro. It provides users…
Transport company launches Solar Logistics Solutions
Keller Logistics Group has announced the launch of Solar Logistics Solutions, a dedicated logistics division focused on providing specialized transportation, warehousing and…
RWE contracts SOLARCYCLE for recycling decommissioned solar panels
SOLARCYCLE, a solar panel recycling company, has signed a recycling services agreement with RWE, an owner-operator of large-scale renewable energy projects. The…
SEG Solar starts production at cell factory in Indonesia
SEG Solar has officially started production at its cell factory in Indonesia. The site will make n-type solar cells for use in…
A look at the mobile solar tracker ideal for RVs and food trucks
While a promising step toward sustainability, vehicle-mounted solar panels face a key limitation. These fixed installations can’t follow the sun’s path, reducing…
Private equity buys Puerto Rico installer ISO Solar
Puerto Rico-based solar installer Integrated Solar Operations (ISO Solar) has been acquired by private equity firm RM Capital Partners. Founded in 2013…
Virginia governor vetoes bills that would have bolstered long-duration energy storage
On May 2, Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin vetoed two bills that would have required Virginia utilities to invest in both short- and…
Envision Energy introduces 8-MWh liquid-cooled BESS
Chinese energy storage company Envision Energy launched its next-generation EN 8 Pro 8-MWh DC liquid-cooled energy storage system at Smarter E Europe…
CATL leapfrogs competitors, releases 9-MWh BESS
CATL catapults itself into the record books after unveiling the TENER Stack, the world’s first 9-MWh ultra-large capacity energy storage system solution….
Castillo Engineering develops proprietary software for increased transparency in utility-scale solar
Castillo Engineering has invested in software designed to address a lack of qualified engineers in the solar industry and maintain accurate communication…
The solar industry has a wind problem How to protect projects from the growing frequency of sudden wind gusts.
Believe it or not, the solar industry has a wind problem. Designed to harness the sun, solar panels are increasingly at the…