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IRS releases final rules for solar tax credit transferability
The Dept. of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations today describing rules and definitions for the transfer of eligible credits…
California licensing board now requiring licensed electricians for energy storage retrofits and maintenance
Late last week, the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) dealt a blow to the state’s goal of rapidly growing local energy…
Lumos recalls limited run of Vision solar panel series
By | April 24, 2024 Vision Modules. Credit: Lumos Solar Solar architectural firm Lumos Solar has issued a recall on a limited…
Schneider Electric releases 7-ft and 20-ft BESS designs
Schneider Electric has unveiled an energy storage system for grid-scale applications. The company’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is the cornerstone for a…
Advocates unveil new solutions to improve clean energy interconnection
Today, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) released a comprehensive white paper on interconnection challenges in the solar and storage industry…
Ameresco installs 230-kW solar portfolio for Massachusetts public utility
Ameresco has announced the installation of a 230-kW solar portfolio for the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD) in Massachusetts. The…
Agilitas Energy Closes on Financing to Accelerate Energy Storage Platform Growth
(Credit: Agilitas Energy) Agilitas Energy has closed on $100 million in debt financing to fund its expansion and build-out of solar and…
Energy Vault, NV Energy Bring Reid Gardner BESS Project Into Operation
Reid Gardner BESS Project (Photo: Business Wire) Energy Vault and NV Energy have completed the Reid Gardner BESS in Moapa, Nev., and…
SunPower to cut nearly 25% of workforce, including direct residential sales
SunPower principal executive officer Tom Werner today released a letter to employees that announces layoffs and division closures. To achieve financial viability,…
New AD/CVD petition filed against solar cells and panels from Southeast Asia
A new antidumping/countervailing duty petition has been filed with the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the Dept. of Commerce concerning silicon…
New York car dealership installs solar + ESS to support EV charging on grid
Energy Toolbase, Socomec and Sprocket Power have deployed an energy storage system (ESS) at a New York car dealership to provide microgrid…
University of Denver to work with Pivot Energy for 23 MW of solar power
Pivot Energy and the University of Denver (DU) are partnering to construct on-campus solar facilities and off-site net-metering solar projects, totaling over…
Solar Manufacturers File Trade Duty Petitions with ITC, Commerce Department
(Credit: davidgsteadman) The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee, made up of domestic manufacturers Convalt Energy, First Solar, Meyer Burger, Mission…
Welcome to Texas: The new Solar Valley The state is opening its arms to solar manufacturers, but will they find success?
Perhaps capitalizing on the recognized technological prowess of “Silicon Valley,” an industrial area in eastern Germany dubbed itself “Solar Valley” in the…
Ohio to boost residential solar deployment in disadvantaged communities
The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (OAQDA) and Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) announced they will partner to administer a $156 million…
Chemitek solar panel cleaning agents confirmed as safe for use on floating PV
Cleaning solutions company Chemitek Solar has revealed the results of an ecotoxicity study on its Solar Wash Protect (SWP) and Water Softening…
Illinois school installs solar project between athletic fields
Standard Solar along with CQI Associates have partnered with Unity Christian School in Decatur, Illinois, a ministry of the Lutheran School Association, to bring sustainable solar power…
Terrepower opens solar panel recycling facility in Tennessee
Terrepower, the recycling division of BBB Industries and Ontility, has opened its solar panel recycling line at its facility in Sparta, Tennessee….
Survey finds majority of solar contractors expect growth over next three years
Jan Scott, a lead installer and service technician at Independent Power, works on a residential solar installation project on a roof in…
BW Solar Sells 12 New York Community Solar Projects to Catalyze
Tai Nguyen BW Solar is selling 12 upstate New York community solar projects with a combined 76.7 MW capacity to Catalyze. The…
EPC Energy Delivers 80 MWh BESS
80 MWh BESS (Credit: EPC Energy) EPC Energy has delivered an 80 MWh solar plus BESS. The project features predictive analytics and…
GameChange Solar Secures 500 MW of Southern Africa Solar Projects
Derick Botha GameChange Solar has been selected to supply its Genius Tracker solar trackers for four new solar projects totalling approximately 500…
Anker SOLIX releases residential LFP battery system in the U.S.
By | April 23, 2024 Anker SOLIX has announced the commercial launch of the Anker SOLIX X1 Home Energy Storage System across…
US solar industry leans on contract manufacturers to boost domestic output of inverters, trackers
Domestic solar manufacturing is seeing an unprecedented boom as the industry reaps the tax benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act. To meet…
Nextracker releases new “low-carbon” tracker using recycled steel
Nextracker has announced the availability of its flagship NX Horizon solar tracker system with up to 35% lower carbon footprint. Marking a…
Freedom Solar Power completes 1.97-MW rooftop array for steel company
Freedom Solar Power announced the largest commercial solar installation in the greater Houston, Texas area in partnership with Stainless Structurals, a supplier…
New survey finds neighbors of large-scale solar arrays want more input in planning
As solar energy development accelerates, how do Americans actually feel about those large scale solar, or LSS, farms they see along the…
New Colorado bill examines best practices for siting utility-scale renewable energy projects
Bighorn Solar in Colorado. Credit: McCarthy Building Cos. The Colorado Renewable Energy Siting Coalition, comprised of six conservation and environmental groups, have…
Verogy completes rooftop solar project for Maine courthouse
Verogy, a West Hartford, Connecticut-based solar energy developer dedicated to delivering industry-leading renewable energy solutions and services announced the completion of a…
TotalEnergies breaks ground on 12-MW solar + storage system at JFK Airport
The groundbreaking celebration. TotalEnergies Governor Kathy Hochul announced that the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York…
Hecate Energy approved for 150-MW solar project in Virginia
Hecate Energy announced approval of the Siting Agreement and Conditional Use Permit application for the planned 150-MW Cumberland Solar Facility in Virginia….
TGC, Qcells Partner to Install 450 MW of Solar Across U.S.
Panos Ninios True Green Capital Management (TGC) has signed a partnership agreement with Qcells to install up to 450 MW across commercial,…
Cumberland County Approves Hecate Energy’s 150 MW Virginia Solar Facility
(Credit: Cumberland Solar Farm) Hecate Energy has had its Siting Agreement and Conditional Use Permit application both approved for the planned 150…
TERREPOWER Launches Panel Recycling Line at Tennessee Facility
Maria Caballero TERREPOWER, a division of BBB Industries, has launched a solar panel recycling line at its facility in Sparta, Tenn., offering…
PG&E Customer Electricity Greenhouse Gas-Free Last Year
Patti Poppe Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) retail customers received completely greenhouse gas-free electricity in 2023, with 34% of total electricity…
New York to Install Solar Carport, BESS at JFK Airport
Gov. Kathy Hochul The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) began construction of…
Monarch Private Capital, Elawan Energy Complete Two Texas Solar Projects
Dileo Project (Source: Monarch Private Capital) Monarch Private Capital and Elawan Energy announced the substantial completion of two utility-scale solar projects in…
Enphase Energy Partners with Octopus Energy Group in the U.K.
Marco Krapels Enphase Energy has formed a strategic partnership with Octopus Energy Group which expects to focus on deploying Enphase’s IQ8 Microinverters…
Maxeon sues REC and Hanwha for alleged TOPCon patent infringement
By | April 22, 2024 Solar panel assembly at Maxeon’s facility in Mexico. Maxeon Solar Technologies announced on April 19 that it…
EPA announces recipients of $7 billion in residential Solar for All grants
GRID Alternatives On April 22, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced 60 selectees that will…
EPA Earmarks $7 Billion Toward Solar for All Grants
Michael S. Regan The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected 60 recipients to receive $7 billion in awards through the Solar…
CI Renewables to add solar carports to Maryland hospital system
Taking another step toward increasing its renewable energy portfolio and being a ‘greener’ company, the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) announced…
Midwest green bank partners with IBEW for low-income solar grant projects
Growth Opportunity Partners, a community financial institution and Green Bank, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announced a groundbreaking agreement…
Biden Administration announces first manufacturers to qualify for 48C tax credits
Laminate pulled from a solar panel before recycling at SolarCycle’s Odessa, Texas facility. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on April 19…
Fronius hosts firefighter solar safety training in Indiana
By | April 19, 2024 On April 16-18, Fronius USA opened its US headquarters’ solar panel roof and solar inverter lab to…
Bernhard, Hackensack Meridian Health Sign Energy-as-a-Service Agreement
(Credit: Bernhard) Bernhard has signed a 30-year Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health, which the company says includes $134 million set…
Entergy Texas Contracts with Umbriel Solar Facility
Umbriel Solar Facility (Credit: Entergy) Entergy Texas has contracted its first solar resource, the 150 MW Umbriel Solar facility located in Polk…
Stormwater controls for ground-mount solar projects
Installing solar at a large scale requires increasingly bigger plots of land to host acres and even miles of PV arrays on…
Solar installer donates $50k to community still recovering from Hawaii wildfire
Desta Rudolph, president of solar energy company Independent Energy, has donated $50,000 to Project Empower, a non-profit that has focused on helping…
Catalyze adds solar, storage and EV charging to Massachusetts life science building
Catalyze Catalyze, a clean energy transition company that finances, builds, owns and operates solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging systems for…