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Verogy covers Maine warehouse with 1.1-MW solar project
By | November 25, 2024 Verogy, a solar project developer, completed a 1.1-MWDC rooftop solar installation at real estate investment firm Plymouth…
New software aims to cut residential solar contract cancellations
By | November 25, 2024 In an industry where half of all signed contracts never make it to installation, a new technology…
Toyo to establish 2.5-GW solar panel factory outside Houston
By | November 25, 2024 Toyo announced it has leased a 567,140 ft2 facility in the metro-area of Houston, Texas, to establish…
TOYO to Acquire Texas Solar Module Manufacturing Facility
(Credit: Christian Ferrer) TOYO has agreed, via its subsidiary TOYO Solar, to acquire 100% interest in Solar Plus Technology Texas, located in…
PNM Files Application for New Solar Resources in 2028
(Credit: G. Lamar) PNM has filed an application with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) for new energy resources to be…
SEC Charges Senior Executives Alleging Bribery Involving Adani Green, Azure Power
Sanjay Wadhwa The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani, executives of Adani Green Energy, as well…
Orsted Commences Mockingbird Solar Center, Donates Land to The Nature Conservancy
(Source: Ørsted) Ørsted has commenced operations at its 488 MW Mockingbird Solar Center in Lamar County, Texas, the company’s largest solar project…
SolarCycle finds domestic soda ash supply for solar glass production
By | November 22, 2024 SolarCycle has entered into a multi-year agreement with Genesis Alkali to purchase Ecosoda, a low-carbon natural soda ash…
Dimension Energy completes first community solar project in California’s Central Valley
By | November 22, 2024 On November 18, a group of bipartisan California elected officials joined Dimension Energy to celebrate the launch…
Scout Clean Energy celebrates its first completed solar project
By | November 22, 2024 Markum Solar Groundbreaking. Photo Courtesy: Scout Clean Energy Scout Clean Energy and project stakeholders gathered at the…
Freedom Forever’s electrical apprenticeship program receives federal approval It’s the first residential solar company to achieve Dept. of Labor certification for this type of program.
By | November 22, 2024 Freedom Forever announced approval of its National Guidelines for Apprenticeship Standards (NGS) by the U.S. Department of…
Durability is more important than record-breaking solar cell efficiencies
The race for higher efficiencies in solar cells has captured the imagination of researchers, investors and the general public alike. Record-breaking efficiencies…
Solar eWaste Solutions opens recycling facility in Arizona
By | November 21, 2024 A new solar panel recycling outfit is starting up in Yuma, Arizona. Solar eWaste Solutions has opened…
Lighting manufacturer to offset 100% of electricity with new solar install
By | November 21, 2024 Rendering of the planned solar project. Amerlux, a Delta Group company and performance-grade lighting manufacturer, announced that…
Renewable America gets go-ahead for new 2.48-MW California solar project
By | November 21, 2024 Renewable America announced a major milestone for its Ranch Sereno Clean Power (RASE) project. After a two-year…
ProScore launches IRA compliance software
By | November 21, 2024 Technology company ProScore has launched a software platform to support taxpayers, solar developers, EPCs and contractors in…
Enphase portable IQ battery now available for pre-order
By | November 21, 2024 The Enphase portable battery with accessories sold separately. Enphase Energy has announced the availability of its new…
Public Power NY pushes leaders for 15 GW of new renewable energy
By | November 21, 2024 Over 200 New Yorkers called on Governor Kathy Hochul and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) to…
GameChange Solar releases software for designing tracker projects on uneven land
By | November 21, 2024 Solar structures manufacturer GameChange Solar is releasing TopoSmart+, a project analysis tool designed to minimize topography costs…
National Grid Renewables Signs PPA with IMEA
Blake Nixon National Grid Renewables has executed a PPA with the Illinois Municipal Electric Agency (IMEA) for its Bee Hollow Solar Project,…
Southern Power to Further Expand Millers Branch Solar Facility in Texas
(Courtesy of Southern Power) Southern Power is intending to expand its 29th solar project, the Millers Branch Solar Facility in Haskell County,…
Arevon Announces Commercial Operations at Vikings Solar+Storage Project
Kevin Smith Arevon Energy has begun operations at its Vikings Solar+Storage Project in Imperial County, Calif., near Holtville. The $529 million project…
RWE, Peabody Partner to Develop Renewable Projects on Repurposed Mine Lands
Andrew Flanagan RWE and Peabody are partnering on developing renewable energy projects by repurposing reclaimed land previously used for mining. RWE is…
Pivot Energy Secures $450M in Financing of Distributed Generation Portfolios
Bret Labadie Pivot Energy has secured a $450 million debt warehouse facility, led by First Citizens Bank, which includes new strategic partner…
Altus Power Acquires Maryland Community Solar Project from Chaberton Energy
Abhi Parmar Altus Power has acquired a 3.4 MW Maryland solar project from Chaberton Energy, which Altus Power will complete development of…
Silfab Solar Raises $100M to Scale Domestic Cell Manufacturing Facility
Paolo Maccario Silfab Solar has closed on $100 million of new financing to scale its solar cell manufacturing plant in Fort Mills,…
Boston, Cambridge Institutions Collaborate to Invest in Renewable Power
Ken Young Higher education institutions, healthcare systems and a group of public and nonprofit organizations in Greater Boston and the North Shore…
Renewable America Obtains Conditional Use Permit for Ranch Sereno Project
Ranch Sereno Clean Power Project land parcel (Source: PR Newswire) After a two-year permitting process, Contra Costa County has granted the Ranch…
MN8 Energy Completes Solar Project for Brown University
Dry Bridge Solar (Photo: Business Wire) MN8 Energy has completed the 40 MW Dry Bridge Solar facility, which the company says is…
PVHardware supplies Pennsylvania solar project with American-made trackers
By | November 20, 2024 PVHardware USA (PVH), a global solar tracker manufacturer with facilities in Houston, is supplying its AxoneDuo Infinity…
Brightcore Energy and Luminace partner on 6.6-MW New Jersey solar portfolio
By | November 20, 2024 Brightcore Energy and Luminace jointly announced a new 6.6-MW community solar project portfolio to be installed on…
Kinematics acquiring global solar tracker controller manufacturer P4Q
By | November 20, 2024 Kinematics, a motion control manufacturer, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire P4Q, a company specializing in…
Canadian Solar subsidiary to manufacture utility-scale BESS in Kentucky
By | November 20, 2024 SolBank 3.0 from e-STORAGE Canadian Solar subsidiary e-STORAGE announced this week its intentions to open a 3-GWh…
AMPYR Energy USA signs on for 195 MW of Southeast solar + storage
By | November 20, 2024 AMPYR Energy USA has announced the signing of long-term power purchase agreements for two projects totaling 195…
Connecticut town celebrates new 809-kW landfill solar project
By | November 20, 2024 Leaders from Middletown, Connecticut, and clean energy stakeholders gathered on November 19 to celebrate the completion of…
Renewable Properties wraps up 3.5-MW community solar project in New York
By | November 20, 2024 Renewable Properties announced it has completed the 3.5-MWDC Clemons Road community solar project in the Village of…
Castillo Engineering, Recon Corp Illinois community solar portfolio expected online in 2025
By | November 20, 2024 Castillo Engineering was selected by Recon Corporation to provide design and engineering services on two new community…
Congress begins process to block 45X advanced manufacturing tax credit
By | November 20, 2024 Just a few weeks after elections in the United States, two new congressmen have attached their names…
New name ready to make HJT solar panels in Virginia
Most of the new solar panel manufacturing outfits starting in the United States have been multinational operations with years of production experience….
APS Secures Large Renewables Supply
(Source: APS) Arizona Public Service (APS) has signed agreements in what it calls the company’s largest-ever planned addition of new power sources. …
Castillo Engineering, Recon Corporation Partner on Illinois Community Solar Projects
(Source: Castillo Engineering) Castillo Engineering has been selected by Recon Corporation to provide design and engineering services on two new community solar…
SEIA: US corporations set new solar + storage deployment records
The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is reporting that U.S. corporations are commissioning record levels of solar and energy storage, according to…
Largest Solar Project in the Upper Midwest Begins Delivering Energy
Sherco Solar (Source: Xcel Energy) Xcel Energy’s Sherco Solar, which the company says is the Upper Midwest’s largest solar project, has begun…
Developer Secures Project Financing for Shallow Basket Project
Bill Whitlock National Renewable Solutions (NRS) has closed on $145 million in project financing for its Shallow Basket Project, a 140 MW…
Genie Energy Closes on Solar Generation Project Financing
Michael Stein Energy solutions provider Genie Energy has closed on a loan financing for a portfolio of operating solar generation assets. The…
Agilitas Energy Secures Strategic Financing from 1st Source Bank
Ryan Fenstermaker Agilitas Energy has secured both a construction loan and tax equity financing from 1st Source Bank, to be used towards…
Sunnova building solar + storage microgrid for Penobscot Nation in Maine
By | November 19, 2024 The Penobscot Nation selected Sunnova Energy International to deploy a 500-kW battery energy storage system (BESS) for…
Salt River Project and Flatland Storage plan 200-MW BESS in Arizona
By | November 19, 2024 Salt River Project (SRP) and Flatland Storage, a subsidiary of EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) have…
Final IRA direct pay rules allow co-owned solar projects to collect benefits
By | November 19, 2024 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury and the IRS released final regulations for the direct pay provisions…
Fronius GEN24 hybrid software upgrade now available
By | November 19, 2024 Fronius USA announced the launch of both Fronius GEN24 Plus and UP.storage, an upgrade that transforms the…