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New York includes renewable energy project permitting act in state budget
By | April 18, 2024 Credit: Standard Solar New York legislators approved the inclusion of the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and…
Enstall Joins Agile Electrification Project
Joris Tinbergen Enstall has joined the Agile Electrification Project, a partnership with the University of California-San Diego and industry players that aims…
ZSW, First Solar Partner on Thin Film PV Research
(Credit: ZSW) Stuttgart-based Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and First Solar have formed a strategic research partnership focused on advancing…
GRS Adds 125 MW to Australia Solar Project Portfolio
Wandoan Solar Farm (Credit: Gransolar Group) GRS, Gransolar Group’s solar EPC contractor, has announced commercial operation of the first stage of the…
Burns & McDonnell Contracted to Build 200 MW of Solar in Southern Iowa
Jami Stone Burns & McDonnell has been named EPC contractor for two Alliant Energy solar projects in Iowa: the 150 MW Wever…
Sunlight Storage II Battery System Fully Operational
(Credit: BLM) The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says the Sunlight Storage II BESS project is now fully operational, adding an…
DOE Releases Roadmap to Speed Up Connecting Clean Projects to Grid
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new roadmap outlining solutions toward speeding up the interconnection of…
Infinigen, FlexGen Partner on Puerto Rico Solar+BESS Project
Leslie Hufstetler ArcLight Capital Partners subsidiary Infinigen Renewables is partnering with FlexGen Power Systems to bring a 32 MW solar and 15…
Avangrid Receives Final Panel Shipment at True North Solar Project
Pedro Azagra Avangrid has received its final shipment of solar panels to the True North project site, a 238 MW solar farm…
Reducing extreme weather damage risk for solar trackers
As the global temperature continues to rise, so does the severity of weather events occurring annually. Hail, high winds, snow and floods…
Phoenix teenager battles climate change and food scarcity with dual-use solar projects
The 4.8-kW solar project at Spaces of Opportunity. Photo: Titan Solar Power Effects of a changing climate can be felt all across…
200 solar + storage companies ask Congress for siting, permitting reform before election
Credit: Amazon On April 16, nearly 200 solar and storage companies sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve…
Report finds 43 states took solar policy action in Q1 this year
The NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) has released its Q1 2024 edition of “The 50 States of Solar.” The quarterly series…
Infinigen and ArcLight plan 32-MW solar + storage project in Puerto Rico
Infinigen Renewables and ArcLight Capital Partners announced a milestone power and battery infrastructure project — a ~15 MW storage project paired with…
UGE to complete seventh community solar project in NYC with Wildflower this summer
Solar developer UGE and commercial real estate developer Wildflower, both based in New York City, completed their first solar project together in…
Bipartisan Colorado legislators introduce bill to revamp community solar program
Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL A bipartisan group of Colorado legislators introduced a bill to greatly expand access to the clean…
DOE releases new solutions to speed clean energy interconnection and clear backlog
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) released a new roadmap outlining solutions to speed up the interconnection of clean energy onto the…
Clearway completes massive solar + storage complex in Riverside, California
Clearway Energy Clearway Energy Group announced on April 17 that the Victory Pass and Arica solar and storage projects in Riverside County,…
Clean Energy Companies Urge Congress to Pass Reform Before Election
Abigail Ross Hopper Nearly 200 solar and storage companies have sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting,…
Arevon Inks Offtake Agreement with MCE for 250 MW BESS Project
Kevin Smith Arevon Energy has signed a long-term tolling agreement with MCE for 188 MW of the Cormorant Energy Storage Project, a…
MCE, Renewable America Bring Marin County Solar Project Online
(Credit: Renewable America) MCE and partner Renewable America (RNA) recently celebrated the 4.5-acre Fallon Two Rock solar farm, a 1 MW project…
SolaREIT, NineDot Energy Close on BESS Portfolio Financing
Laura Pagliarulo SolaREIT has closed $13 million in real estate financing for a portfolio of NineDot Energy’s New York City area-based BESS…
Origis Energy, MUFG Close on Financing for Florida Municipal Solar Project
Rice Creek Solar (Credit: Origis Energy) Origis Energy has closed on a $136 million construction financing facility and conversion to term loan…
The importance of accurate survey data in solar development
The solar industry is innovating and moving fast. It’s also young and still acquiring best practices. Today’s renewables developers sometimes rush through…
Sol Systems enters into solar panel recycling agreement with SolarCycle
Sol Systems has agreed to recycle any end-of-life or damaged solar panels through SolarCycle. The solar contractor safely recycled panels from a…
Madison Energy Infrastructure acquires Sun Tribe Solar’s commercial business
Clean energy developer Sun Tribe announced it has has divested its commercial assets, pipeline and development team to long-time partner Madison Energy…
OMCO Solar starts operations at 2nd factory in Alabama
OMCO Solar, a racking manufacturer based in Phoenix, Arizona, invested $10 million into its second factory in Alabama, which opened last month….
PCL to build 48-MW Great Bend Solar project in Southern Ohio
PCL Construction will be the EPC for Great Bend Solar, a 48-MWAC solar project being developed by Doral Renewables in Meigs County,…
Harvest can continue on solar project built at California farm
MCE has partnered with Renewable America (RNA) to power on another 1 MW solar project in Marin County, California. The 4.5-acre Fallon…
Burns & McDonnell to EPC two solar projects in Iowa for Alliant Energy
Burns & McDonnell is the EPC contractor and will be self-performing construction for two Alliant Energy solar projects in Iowa: the 150-MW…
Nova Acquires 1 GW Solar, Wind Development Asset Portfolio from BNB
Ben Pratt Nova Clean Energy has acquired HyFuels, a 1 GW portfolio of mid-to-late-stage wind and solar development projects as well as…
Sol Systems, SOLARCYCLE Partner on PV Panel Recycling
Eugene Rhee Sol Systems and SOLARCYCLE have formed a partnership with the aim of ensuring Sol Systems’ energy projects are sustainable throughout…
Q&A with Power Factors on large-scale battery O&M considerations
The operations and maintenance (O&M) of a utility-scale solar project is largely obvious — keep solar panels clean, monitor inverter health, maintain…
GameChange Solar Announces Strategic Partnership with Jiangsu Zhenjiang New Energy Equipment
(Credit: GCS) GameChange Solar (GCS) has strategically partnered with Jiangsu Zhenjiang New Energy Equipment (JZNEE), with the aim of expanding local manufacturing…
Vast Executes Contracts Advancing Concentrated Solar Thermal Power Plant
Vast’s 1.1 MW CSP Demonstration Plant in Forbes, Australia (Credit: Vast) Vast Renewables has executed engineering contracts with Afry, FYFE, Primero and…
CATL unveils 6.25-MWh energy storage system TENER
CATL has unveiled TENER, a 6.25-MWh energy storage system that is showing zero degradation in the first five years of use. While…
Solar is largest source of U.S. electrical generating capacity for sixth month in a row
Credit: Lightsource bp A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data recently released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reveals…
California Supreme Court takes up NEM 3.0 case against the CPUC
The California Supreme Court has taken up a lawsuit filed by the Center for Biological Diversity, the Protect Our Communities Foundation and…
Bureau of Land Management releases final rules for renewable energy projects on public lands
By | April 12, 2024 On April 11, the U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) published final rules to govern leasing and…
Nelnet Renewable Energy Sharpens Focus on Commercial Solar
Jim Kruger Nelnet Renewable Energy has shifted in its solar EPC operations to focus exclusively on the commercial market. “Nelnet is committed…
DOI Permits 25 GW of Clean Energy Ahead of Goal
Deb Haaland The U.S. Department of Interior has permitted more than 25 GW of clean energy, including solar, wind and geothermal projects,…
Arcadia Raises $50M to Accelerate Community Solar Product Growth
Kiran Bhatraju Arcadia has closed on a growth round to support expansion of its community solar program, alongside products leveraging AI to…
Repsol Completes Construction of Frye Solar in Texas
Federico Toro Repsol has completed construction of its Frye Solar project located in Swisher County, Texas, with a total installed capacity of…
Bekaert to Provide Mooring Solution Analysis on Offshore Floating Solar Plan
Wind farm incorporating floating solar power plant (Credit: SolarDuck Source: Bekaert) Bekaert has joined the Nautical SUNRISE project, aimed at advancing the…
5 Anxieties Surveyors Have About Measuring Roofs Without A Tape
Despite the fact that 94.7% of solar surveyors are open to a measurement solution that does not require climbing on roofs, the…
Do PV Designs Really Need Square Corners? See What Experts Say.
Takeaway: While rooftops may not be perfectly square, it’s essential to square off your solar panel designs by hand, or using software…
CPS America- America’s #1 Inverter Supplier
By Bryan Clemente (Operations/Marketing Specialist) & Jocelyn Frohn (Marketing Associate) Based in the United States, CPS America is the market leading supplier…
The Best Drones For Different Solar Use Cases
Key takeaway: For Marketers, the DJI Mavic Mini is a top choice. For Surveyors, look at the DJI Air 2S or Autel…
Sunrock taps Nelnet for solar tax equity partnership
Sunrock Sunrock Distributed Generation, a commercial solar and clean energy development and management platform, announced a new tax equity partnership with Nelnet….
Industry advocates meet with Congressional Solar Caucus to discuss priorities
Solar United Neighbors, the Conservative Energy Network and residential and small business solar owners met on April 10 with members of the…