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Eaton releases AbleEdge home energy management system
By | September 6, 2024 Intelligent power management company Eaton announces the AbleEdge home energy management system, providing homeowners and installers with…

Customers can purchase plug-and-play battery system combos from Briggs & Stratton and Sol-Ark
By | September 6, 2024 To simplify the selection and installation of battery backup systems, Briggs & Stratton and Sol-Ark are sharing new “plug-and-play” packages…

Fronius to release enhanced version of residential hybrid inverter at RE+
By | September 6, 2024 Fronius announced it is releasing an upgraded version of its new GEN24 residential hybrid inverter at RE+…

Solis S6 inverter now UL 9540-listed with HomeGrid batteries
By | September 6, 2024 Solis USA announced the recent UL9540 listing of the S6 Hybrid Energy Storage Inverter (3.8-11.4kW) with a…

128-MW Cooks Mill solar project begins construction in central Illinois
By | September 6, 2024 Solar project developer Adapture Renewables has begun construction on the 128-MW Cooks Mill Solar Energy Project in…

Scanifly now integrated with SubcontractorHub
By | September 6, 2024 Scanifly announced it has integrated with SubcontractorHub, an end-to-end platform that reduces installation costs, shortens project timelines,…

Effective Wind Areas for Low-Slope Ballasted Rooftop PV Systems
clawFR 10 Degree array All leading vendors of ballasted rooftop racking systems conduct wind tunnel testing to measure the aerodynamics of their…

Adapture Renewables, Alberici Break Ground on Cooks Mill Solar Energy Project
(Source: Adapture Renewables) Adapture Renewables, owner and operator of the 128 MW Cooks Mill Solar Energy Project in Mattoon, Ill., celebrated the…

First Shipment of Tandem Solar Panels Sent to U.S.
(Source: Oxford PV) Oxford PV has started the commercialization of its tandem solar technology with the company’s first shipment to a U.S.-based…

NuQuest Energy Submits 800MW to MISO Queue
Andrew Makee NuQuest Energy has announced that the company’s 800 MW portfolio of originated solar and wind projects was submitted to the…

Rocky Mountain Power is paying solar customers more incentives if they add storage later
By | September 5, 2024 Battery maker sonnen and contractor ES Solar today announced initial results of their “Go Back” program, a…

Nevados overhauls latest All Terrain Tracker in time for RE+
By | September 5, 2024 Nevados, a developer of solar trackers capable of adapting to uneven sites, is taking orders for its…

Silfab to debut bifacial solar panel for utility market at RE+
By | September 5, 2024 Silfab Solar will debut its new bifacial solar panels for the utility-scale market at the RE+ tradeshow….

National Grid Renewables starts work on 117-MW Ohio solar project
By | September 5, 2024 National Grid’s Yellowbud solar project. National Grid Renewables has announced the start of onsite construction at its…

Encore Renewable Energy breaks ground on its first New York solar project
By | September 5, 2024 Encore Renewable Energy announced it has started construction on Constable Solar, the developer’s first solar project in…

Private energy equity firm announces new Texas solar EPC
By | September 5, 2024 Private equity firm Hull Street Energy has launched TruGrid, a utility-scale engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor…

FlexGen launches new version of BESS management software
By | September 5, 2024 FlexGen announced it has launched the latest version of its Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) management software…

First Oxford PV perovskite solar panels sold to US utility-scale project
By | September 5, 2024 An undisclosed U.S. utility-scale solar project will be the first in the world to use Oxford PV’s…

Orange Grove Solar Delivers 130 MW in Texas
(Source: Accesswire) AT&T has signed a long-term VPPA with Enbridge for the output of its 130 MW Orange Grove Solar project, located…

TPE, Nautilus Partner on 21 MW of Illinois Community Solar Projects
Salar Naini TurningPoint Energy (TPE) and Nautilus Solar Energy are partnering on three community solar projects in Illinois totaling 21 MW. Since…

National Grid Renewables Begins Construction on Dodson Creek Solar
(Source: National Grid Renewables) National Grid Renewables has begun onsite construction at its 117 MW Dodson Creek Solar Project in Highland County,…

Create Energy, OMCO Collaborate to Advance Tracker Market
Gary Schuster OMCO Solar and Create Energy have formed a strategic partnership, with the aim of delivering solar trackers for both current…

Grew Energy Debuts Next-Gen PV Modules for North American Market
(Credit: Grew Energy) India PV module manufacturer Grew Energy has entered the North American solar energy market, including participating at RE+ 2024….

Navisun and Ampion partnering on subscription management for five community solar projects
By | September 5, 2024 Navisun and Ampion have announced a long-term, strategic partnership that will connect commercial, industrial and residential customers…

Bila Solar to unveil glass-less silicon solar panel with composite frame at RE+
By | September 5, 2024 After announcing last year it would start a 1-GW manufacturing facility in Indianapolis, lightweight solar panel company…

NARDAC increases natural catastrophe coverage for C&I solar projects
By | September 4, 2024 NARDAC, a specialist energy and infrastructure broker and Managing General Agency (MGA), has announced that it is…

GoodWe upgrades inverter monitoring and management platform
By | September 4, 2024 GoodWe is unveiling an expanded energy monitoring and management suite with new platform features and hardware advancements…

Wisconsin auto dealer invests in 469-kW rooftop solar portfolio
By | September 4, 2024 Fond du Lac-based Holiday Ford recently installed several solar arrays on their properties, including the Holiday Ford…

Maryland accepting new grant applications for parking lot solar projects
By | September 4, 2024 A solar parking lot by Terrasmart. The Maryland Energy Administration today announced the opening of the annual…

Sunrock enters solar financing partnership with CleanCapital
By | September 4, 2024 A recent example of a Sunrock Distributed Generation solar project. Sunrock Distributed Generation (SDG), a developer, owner…

AGT completes 1.7-MW solar carport project for Raymond James
By | September 4, 2024 Credit: AGT Advanced Green Technologies has completed two large solar-powered parking garages at the Raymond James Financial headquarters in…

Brooklyn SolarWorks launches specialty division to get more solar in NYC construction
By | September 4, 2024 Residential and commercial solar installer Brooklyn SolarWorks today established a new specialty projects division, Solar for Construction,…

IRA low-income bonus credit kick-starts 800 solar projects on affordable housing developments A Treasury report analyzed the success of the first year of the new bonus credit.
By | September 4, 2024 Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury released a report with new data on the success of…

RE+ to celebrate 20th anniversary with 40,000 expected attendees
By | September 4, 2024 RE+ is celebrating its 20th anniversary event, RE+ 24, September 9-12 at the Anaheim Convention Center &…

Construction Starts on Upstate New York NY-Sun Solar Array
Cela Sinay-Bernie Construction has begun on the 3.6 MW Constable Solar project, developed by Citrine Power and acquired by Encore Renewable Energy,…

Exus Chooses Prescinto Platform for Renewable Asset Management
Dhaval Bhalodia Exus Renewables North America has partnered with Prescinto, a clean energy asset performance management SaaS provider, to streamline the management…

Siemens to Manufacture Solar Inverters for Summit Ridge Energy
Mike Dillon Summit Ridge Energy has made the company’s first order, with Siemens, for domestic content inverters. Siemens, a longstanding partner of…

Bureau Veritas Acquires ArcVera Renewables
Hinda Gharbi Bureau Veritas has acquired ArcVera Renewables, a specialized provider in finance-grade consulting and technical services for wind, solar and BESS…

Apex’s Michigan Coldwater Solar Secures PPA
Ken Young Apex Clean Energy has signed a PPA with a Michigan-based energy company for the full capacity of Coldwater Solar, located…

Arevon Closes $299M Financing Package for Ratts 1, Heirloom Solar Projects
Kevin Smith Arevon Energy has closed on $299 million in aggregate debt financing commitments for the company’s Ratts 1 Solar and Heirloom…

Enphase Energy Announces Solution for California Legacy NEM Solar Systems
Mehran Sedigh Enphase Energy has released its solution for expanding legacy California net energy metering (NEM) solar energy systems without penalty: through…

NeoVolta Secures $5M Credit Line
(Credit: Daniel Aufgang) NeoVolta has secured a $5 million line of credit from National Energy Modelers, which the company says will bolster…

SPW’s Exhibitor Guide to RE+ 2024
The U.S. solar industry’s biggest tradeshow has grown by thousands of attendees in the last decade. This year’s sprawling show floor in…

New Canadian Solar panels will have recycling plans already determined with SolarCycle deal
By | September 3, 2024 In what is likely a first for a silicon solar panel manufacturer working in the United States,…

Lumio files for Chapter 11 to complete sales process
By | September 3, 2024 Just three years after forming, residential solar installer Lumio has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy. Prior to…

New SmartHelio tool includes Climate Risk Assessment for solar projects
By | September 3, 2024 SmartHelio announced it is launching its AI-powered Suite, which can achieve up to 98.5% accuracy in GHI/wind…

ITC says Voltage did infringe on Shoals solar PV connector patents
By | September 3, 2024 Electrical balance of systems solution provider Shoals Technologies Group announced it has received a favorable ruling from…

Solar United Neighbors publishes sample state policy for virtual power plants
By | September 3, 2024 Solar United Neighbors (SUN) has developed a state model policy to develop Distributed Power Plants (also known…

Treasury updates proposed rules for IRA low-income bonus credit
By | September 3, 2024 On August 30, the U.S. Dept. of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) issued a…

Put solar on it: Stade de France
By | September 3, 2024 It’s been well documented that the Paris Olympics will be the greenest ever. The organizers have the…