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Clearway begins construction on latest solar + storage project in California
By | August 26, 2024 Clearway Energy Group has started construction on its Rosamond South I solar and storage project in Kern…
Arevon Starts Construction on 192 MW Indiana Solar Project
Arevon’s North Carolina Haywood Solar Project Arevon Energy has celebrated the start of construction on the company’s 192 MW Ratts 1 Solar…
CleanCapital Forms Development Partnership with Arena Renewables
Julia Bell CleanCapital has established a development partnership with Arena Renewables, with the companies set on bringing grid-critical assets to markets that…
Avangrid Completes True North Solar Module Installation
Pedro Azagra Avangrid has installed the final modules at True North Solar, a 238 MW energy project located in Falls County, Texas, putting…
Yes Solar Solutions Approved to Offer New Loan
Kathy Miller Yes Solar Solutions says it has become the first installer in North Carolina’s Triangle region to offer customers the NC…
Meyer Burger pulls plans for silicon cell manufacturing in US
By | August 26, 2024 Meyer Burger announced today that it was suspending planned construction of a silicon solar cell production facility…
Meyer Burger Abandons Plans for Solar Cell Production
Meyer Burger White Module (Source: Meyer Burger) Meyer Burger Technology says its planned construction of a solar cell production facility in Colorado…
Former golf course now hosts 9.4-MW solar project in Rhode Island
By | August 23, 2024 Nexamp and TurningPoint Energy recently celebrated the completion of their collaboration on a 9.4-MW solar farm in…
Spearmint Energy, Sungrow to Partner on 1 GWh of Texas Energy Storage
PowerTitan 2.0 BESS (Source: Sungrow) Spearmint Energy and Sungrow USA have entered into an agreement to deploy 1 GWh of additional capacity…
BlueWave Develops Massachusetts Community Solar Agrivoltaics Projects
Trevor Hardy BlueWave has completed five projects across Massachusetts that incorporate the company’s dual-use solar design and operate under the Solar Massachusetts…
Nexamp, TurningPoint Energy Complete 9.4 MW Rhode Island Solar Farm
Warren, R.I. solar farm (Source: Nexamp) Nexamp and TurningPoint Energy (TPE) have completed a 9.4 MW solar farm in Warren, R.I., which…
GameChange Solar Secures 148 MW Colombia Solar Project
(Source: GameChange Solar) GameChange Solar has received an order for a 148 MW solar project in Colombia, featuring 101 MW of the…
Avantus, Toyota Tsusho America Begin Norton Solar Project Construction
(Source: Avantus) Avantus and Toyota Tsusho America have begun construction on the 159 MW Norton Solar Project in Runnels County, Texas. Issuance…
VPPs are transforming energy markets in the U.S.
Amid the increasing frequency of extreme weather events across the United States, recent developments in virtual power plants (VPPs) are showcasing how…
Power Electronics to showcase cutting-edge solar solutions at RE+ 2024
By | August 22, 2024 Houston, TX – Power Electronics, a leading manufacturer of solar inverters for photovoltaic plants and a global…
Avantus breaks ground on 159-MW Texas solar project
By | August 22, 2024 Avantus (formerly 8minute) and Toyota Tsusho America have announced the beginning of construction of the 159-MWDC/125-MWAC Norton…
“It’s About The Future Of Energy”: How Solar Can Power New Economic Growth In Canada
Takeaway: Canada is a diverse country with significant regional differences in electrical grids, energy pricing, and attitudes to renewable energy. However, sentiment…
Top 4 Causes of Third Party Owner (TPO) Rejections – And How to Avoid Them
Takeaway: Remote-only tools have inherent accuracy issues. These lead to financing rejections or delays due to improper shade analysis, production estimate deltas,…
5 Reasons to Combine Your Drone Program and Design Software
Takeaway: A centralized software platform that merges your design tools with photorealistic drone data leads to more accurate layouts, cost savings, and…
GM Signs Solar Power Deal for Three Assembly Plants
(Source: GM) General Motors has entered a 15-year renewable energy purchase agreement with NorthStar Clean Energy for three of its assembly plants….
SolarBank Developing 6.4 MW in East Bloomfield, NY
(Credit: Mark Goble) SolarBank Corp. says it intends to develop a 6.41 MW ground-mount solar power project in East Bloomfield, N.Y. The…
Enel Launches Stampede Solar+Storage Project
(Source: Enel Green Power) Enel North America has begun operations of the 326 MW Stampede solar-plus-storage project in Hopkins County, Texas. Nestlé…
PureSky Energy Launches Gouverneur NY Solar I Community Solar Farm
Nicholas Topping PureSky Energy is behind the operational launch of a new community solar farm project in Gouverneur, N.Y., marking the company’s…
SOLCAP Platform Delivers on 11 New York Community Solar Projects
Josh Miller Generate Capital and KeyState Renewables have closed their third joint fund, Generate NY Community Solar VI, which was used to…
U.S. renewable energy capacity set to exceed natural gas within 3 years
EDF Renewables A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of mid-year data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reveals…
Why solar racking is chasing UL 3741 compliance
Since it was published by the Underwriters Laboratories in 2020, solar racking producers have been putting their structures through a gamut of…
PureSky completes over-2-MW community solar project in New York
By | August 21, 2024 PureSky Energy has announced the operational launch of a new 2-MW community solar project in Gouverneur, New…
Enel brings 326-MW solar, 86-MW storage project online for Nestlé in Texas
By | August 21, 2024 Enel North America has begun operations at the 326-MWDC Stampede solar + storage project in Hopkins County,…
TMEIC unveils plans to open new central inverter factory in Texas
By | August 21, 2024 TMEIC TMEIC Corporation Americas, a subsidiary of TMEIC Corporation (Japan), announced plans to relocate its headquarters to…
Environmental justice group Energy Allies now part of Solar United Neighbors
By | August 21, 2024 This week, solar practitioners with a combined quarter century of experience, Energy Allies and Solar United Neighbors (SUN) announced the…
TMEIC Announces Headquarters Relocation, Factory Expansion
Manmeet S. Bhatia TMEIC Corporation Americas is relocating its headquarters to Houston next March while also establishing a facility in Brookshire, Texas,…
EVLO installs its first U.S. utility-scale BESS in Vermont
By | August 20, 2024 EVLO Energy Storage, a fully integrated BESS provider and wholly owned subsidiary of Hydro-Québec, announced that it…
Meta signs offtake agreement on 40-MW Indiana solar project
By | August 20, 2024 Arevon Energy, a renewable energy developer, owner, and operator, and Meta Platforms have signed a long-term environmental…
SMA to offer first look at new Home Storage system at RE+
By | August 20, 2024 SMA America is set to unveil new residential energy solutions and technologies at RE+ 2024 in Anaheim….
Arevon, Meta Sign Contract for Indiana Heirloom Solar Project
Kevin Smith Arevon Energy and Meta Platforms have signed a long-term environmental attributes purchase agreement for Arevon’s Heirloom Solar Project in Pike…
Energix, Google Ink 1.5 GW Solar Development Agreement
Asa Levinger Energix Renewables has signed a strategic long-term agreement with Google, initially covering 1.5 GW of solar project development until 2030…
Altus Power Completes Two Maine Community Solar Projects
Matt Marlow Altus Power has completed two ground-mounted solar projects in Maine, totaling 12.6 MW, with the benefits offered to the local…
Solar Spotlight: Using energy load management to avoid service upgrades
By | August 20, 2024 The American power grid is electrifying through renewable energy proliferation, and homeowners are following suit by replacing…
Wiring and connectors still No. 1 reason for solar project failures, report finds
By | August 20, 2024 HelioVolta HelioVolta, the developer of SolarGrade field operations software and a provider of independent technical services for…
Terrasmart automates hail stowing for single-axis solar trackers
By | August 20, 2024 Terrasmart developed a new hail stow feature for its single-axis solar tracker, TerraTrak. The hail stow capability…
Google Invests in 800 MW Solar Project with Swift Current Energy
Eric Lammers Swift Current Energy has closed on a tax equity investment from Google for its 800 MW Double Black Diamond Solar…
Sunrun Surpasses 1M Residential Solar Customers
Mary Powell Sunrun says it is the first and only storage-plus-solar company to surpass 1 million customers in the U.S., accounting for…
Nexamp Acquires Two Illinois Community Solar Projects with Trajectory Energy
John Murphy Nexamp has partnered with Trajectory Energy Partners to acquire two Illinois solar projects, located in Galesburg and Pekin, totaling 7…
DESRI breaks ground on 130-MW New Mexico solar + storage project
By | August 19, 2024 D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), in partnership with El Paso Electric announced the start of construction…
NIPSCO Completes Third Solar Project
Dunns Bridge Solar I (Source: NIPSCO) Northern Indiana Public Service Co. (NIPSCO) has completed its Cavalry Solar project, which is now online…
Solar panel recyclers pioneer new methods for greening the industry
U.S. solar output is growing astronomically, and while it is leading the charge to electrify the American grid with renewable energy, the…
NOVA Acquires UGE International
Allison Kingsley NOVA Infrastructure has completed its purchase of UGE International, a community solar and battery storage business. UGE is a solar operator…
ECA Solar, Luminace Partner on Delaware Community Solar
Todd Fryatt ECA Solar, in collaboration with Luminace, has added four community solar assets with a combined 15 MW capacity in New…
Torus launches new microgrid management software
By | August 16, 2024 Torus announced the launch of Torus Community, a distributed energy management feature designed to significantly improve grid…
NOVA Infrastructure purchases community solar provider UGE
By | August 16, 2024 A UGE project in Maryland. Credit: Polar Racking NOVA Infrastructure, a middle-market infrastructure investment firm, has completed…