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Rural Oregon solar installer finds niche in multifamily housing
For solar contractors working in agricultural communities, substantial projects are commonly ground-mounted and built across many acres of fields and farmland. Bucking…
Ohio EPC replenishes Northern Bobwhite quail habitat with native grass solar array
Pollinator-friendly arrays like this one in Southern Ohio can preserve precious grassland habitat for the animals that rely on it. The United…
Bringing big city solar experience back home
Kids from small communities often leave to find something their hometowns can’t offer. There’s a whole world out there filled with opportunities…
West Virginia solar installer uses Cesar Chavez connection to promote community kindness
Having a positive impact on the communities in which its employees live and work has been a key pillar of Mountain View…
Contractor meticulously installs solar on oldest church in US
Adobe structures are a hallmark of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout the city, one can find fencing, homes, schools and restaurants made…
New names take top spots on Solar Power World’s 2024 Top Solar Contractors List
The United States installed more solar in 2023 than ever before — 32.4 GW total and 51% more than the previous year….
Michigan Solar Solutions brings crew to San Diego to show what the Midwest is made of
Michigan Solar Solutions competes on a mock rooftop at the 2024 Solar Games. 7 Hills Productions Residential solar crews spend hundreds of…
Manchin, Barrasso Release Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation
Senator Manchin U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources…
vHive Unveils Automated Solar Farm Inspection and Analytics Solution
(Source: vHive) vHive has released its latest product designed for autonomous digitization and AI analysis of solar farms. The company’s auto-discovery and…
How surety bonds are accelerating the transition to renewable energy
The transition to renewable energy in the United States has been making notable progress in recent years. According to the U.S. Energy…
Renova Energy ‘temporarily’ halts operations amid SunPower chaos
By | July 22, 2024 Palm Desert-based solar installer Renova Energy sent a letter to all customers last week saying it will…
Clearway starts work on two large renewable projects in Southern California
Clearway Energy Group announced that it closed more than $700 million in construction financing and has begun construction on two major energy…
Solar and Storage Industry Statement on Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation
Solar and Storage Industry Statement on Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation jbristol@seia.org Mon, 07/22/2024 – 20:33 …
Duke Energy North Carolina Pilot Program Enrollment Reaches 1,300 Customers
Meghan Dewey Duke Energy has enrolled more than 1,300 North Carolina customers in its PowerPair pilot, a one-time incentive-based program designed to…
HKUST Engineering Researchers Increase Perovskite Solar Cell Reliability
Prof. Zhou Yuanyuan shows a perovskite solar cell (Credit: HKUST) A research team at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong…
Minnesota PUC Approves Additional 250 MW Solar Project Near Sherco Plant
Katie Sieben The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a site permit for the Sherco Solar 3 project, Xcel Energy’s 250 MW…
SunPower stops supporting lease and PPA agreements, according to letter to dealers
By | July 19, 2024 The July 17 letter. In a July 17 letter circulating social media but not yet confirmed by…
Massachusetts House passes bill to incentivize solar + storage deployment in the state
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed H.4876, a critical piece of legislation that addresses key challenges facing the solar and storage industry…
First Solar has crystalline silicon patents, will investigate infringement
First Solar, a thin-film solar manufacturer, is starting a patent infringement investigation based on tunnel-oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology used in crystalline…
Hithium to set up 10-GWh battery plant in Texas
By | July 19, 2024 Chinese energy storage system manufacturer Hithium will invest $100 million into a 483,874-ft2 facility in Mesquite, Texas,…
Sunrun’s solar + storage VPP supports California grid with 48 MW a night during heat wave
Sunrun announced that its CalReady power plant was activated to support California’s power grid during the recent heat wave. Batteries from over…
First Solar Takes Ownership of TOPCon Patents Through Acquisition
Jason Dymbort First Solar says it owns U.S. patents related to the manufacturing of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) crystalline-silicon PV solar…
DOE to Fund Renewables for Puerto Rico Healthcare Facilities and Housing
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a $325 million funding opportunity for the new Programa de…
First Solar Commissions Ohio Solar R&D Center
(Photo: Business Wire) First Solar has commissioned a new R&D innovation center in Lake Township, Ohio, which it says is the largest…
Smart agrivoltaics policy allows us to harvest the sun while preserving American farmland
American farmland can play a critical role in the clean energy transition, evolving to thrive alongside renewable energy development like solar, wind…
Guest column: Community solar can help affordable housing residents fight inflation
Travel across the country, or even your home state, and you’ll see shining fields of silicon that weren’t there decades ago. There’s…
SunRaise now integrating Scanifly project data in residential solar lease software
Scanifly has partnered with SunRaise Technology to accelerate SLAs for residential solar leasing. Under the partnership, SunRaise can automatically pull milestone project…
Quanta Services pays $1.5 billion to acquire Cupertino Electric
Quanta Services announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cupertino Electric Inc. (CEI), an electrical contractor and solar EPC headquartered in…
Greenskies completes 575-kW rooftop array for California office complex
Greenskies announced the completion of a 575-kW roof mount solar system at Belvedere Place, a prominent Class A office complex in Mill…
First Solar completes construction of 1.3 million-sq.-ft R&D center
First Solar today commissioned its new research and development (R&D) innovation center in Lake Township, Ohio. The Jim Nolan Center for Solar…
DOE announces $861 million loan for utility-scale solar and storage installations in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $861.3…
1-GWDC Gemini Solar + Storage project now connected to US grid
The largest solar + storage project in the United States is now connected to the grid. The Gemini Solar + Storage project,…
How Often Do You (Actually) Need “Boots on the Roof”?
Takeaway: Solar requires going on the roof — but you shouldn’t put Surveyors at risk for any longer than necessary. Instead of…
4 Ways Good Designs Lead to Higher Close Rates
Takeaway: When project owners can visualize their new solar array on a photorealistic 3D model of their property, they are more likely…
Soltec expands slope tolerance on single-axis solar trackers
By | July 18, 2024 Solar tracker manufacturer Soltec revealed a new foundation option for its SFOne single-axis solar tracker systems called…
Learn Drones and Get Licensed in 15 Hours or Less (And Get that Time Back Immediately)
Takeaway: You can learn how to fly a drone in 30 minutes. From there, it takes about 10-15 hours to get your…
Gemini Solar+Storage Project Reaches Commercial Operations
Ty Daul The Gemini Solar+Storage project, a joint venture by Primergy Solar and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, in Clark County, Nev., has commenced…
Solar and Storage Industry Commends Massachusetts House for Passing Critical Legislation to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition
Solar and Storage Industry Commends Massachusetts House for Passing Critical Legislation to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition mlyons@seia.org Thu, 07/18/2024 – 03:19 …
Peak Energy to use latest funding round to launch production of sodium-ion ESS
Peak Energy, a U.S.-based company developing giga-scale energy storage technology for the grid, will use its $55 million Series A funding round…
Generac using $200 million DOE grant to help Puerto Ricans get solar + storage
Generac Power Systems has been awarded a grant of up to $200 million over the five-year term of the award agreement with…
EDP Renewables completes 200-MW solar + 40-MW storage project in Fresno County
EDP Renewables North America today unveiled its Scarlet I Solar Energy Park in Fresno County, California during a ribbon-cutting hosting dozens of…
EDPR Cuts Ribbon on Scarlet I Solar Energy Park
(Source: EDPR) EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has unveiled its 200 MW Scarlet I Solar Energy Park in Fresno County, Calif. …
Generac Receives DOE Award to Supply Renewable Power to Puerto Rico
Aaron Jagdfeld Generac Power Systems has been awarded a $200 million grant, spread over five years, by the U.S. Department of Energy…
Intersect Secures $837M in Financing to Build 1 GWh Texas BESS
Construction at the Lumina II BESS project in Scurry County, Texas. (Photo: Business Wire) Intersect Power has closed on two separate transactions…
Hawaii solar installer RevoluSun celebrates 15 years in business
Hawaiian solar installer RevoluSun celebrated its 15th anniversary this week. The company began its journey with the goal of building cleaner, smarter,…
Sugar Hollow Solar receives B Corp certification and is celebrating all summer
North Carolina-based Sugar Hollow Solar is celebrating 14 years of installing solar in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina and recently…
Q2 solar policy report finds new slate of states initiated net-metering studies
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q2 2024 edition of “The 50 States of Solar.” The quarterly series provides…
Mission Solar now assembling bifacial solar panels with M10 cell size
By | July 16, 2024 Texas-based solar panel manufacturer Mission Solar Energy announced it is now assembling large-format solar panels for utility…
Generac unveils Level 2 EV charger
By | July 15, 2024 Generac Power Systems now has a Level 2 EV charger available to the North American market. “Generac’s…
Kinematics debuts ‘maintenance-free’ actuator for solar trackers
Kinematics, a manufacturer of drive systems for solar trackers, shipped the first round of its latest product, the ST Series. Representing years…