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NYISO Announces New Renewable Energy Generation Records
Rich Dewey New York has set new records for hourly wind and solar generation, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has…
Consumers Energy, Muskegon County Jointly Launch Muskegon Solar Energy Center
David Hicks Consumers Energy and the Muskegon County Resource Recovery Center have partnered to develop the company’s first large-scale solar project, the…
DOE Earmarks $22M for Renewable Facility Planning, Siting Improvements
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $22 million set aside to improve the planning, siting and permitting…
Concord Green Energy Awards Polar Racking 38 MW Alberta Solar Project
Polar Racking’s CORE (Credit: Polar Racking) Polar Racking has been awarded a 38 MW solar project in Alberta, Canada, by Concord Green…
Duke Energy Progress Sooks to Add Solar Power in South Carolina
Mike Callahan Duke Energy Progress has requested approval by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) to build and own a…
IRS further defines energy community qualifications for IRA credit
The Dept. of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance that provides additional information about the bonus tax credit under…
DOE to Invest in Clean Energy Solutions for Mine Land
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is set to provide $475 million in funding for five projects in Arizona,…
SolarCraft Completes Third Installation for Sonoma’s Sweetwater Spectrum
(Credit: SolarCraft) SolarCraft has completed a 16.4 kW solar energy system addition at Sweetwater Spectrum Community, a residential development geared for adults…
Ameren Missouri Approved for 400 MW Solar Portfolio
(Credit: Ryan Gallup) Ameren Missouri received approval to build or acquire approximately 400 MW of solar energy, with the first of three…
Tuning homeowners into the IRA’s many tax incentives
Despite the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a large number of homeowners have not taken advantage of the tax incentives….
Primergy Solar developing 400-MW solar + storage project for California CCA
Primergy Solar, a developer, owner and operator of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA)…
Solar and green steel: A growing symbiotic relationship
The photovoltaic industry is quite literally built on steel. As a crucial component of racking and trackers for solar PV systems, a…
AEROCOMPACT debuts racking for portrait and east-west solar panel orientation
PV mounting system manufacturer AEROCOMPACT launched SN2 Q PLUS, an extension to the COMPACTFLAT SN2 rail-based flat roof solar racking system. SN2…
California approves use of DER schedules to avoid interconnection upgrades
Today the California Public Utilities Commission issued a significant decision allowing renewable energy systems to be approved to interconnect to the electric…
ECA to Sell Delaware Community Solar Projects to Luminace
Brendon Quinlivan Brookfield-owned Luminace will acquire two PV plants from ECA Solar with a combined capacity of 10 MW, located in Delmarva…
Solas Energy to Provide Management Services for Harquahala Projects
Evelyn Carpenter Solas Energy has been awarded the owner’s representative contract for Copia Power’s Harquahala Sun 1 and 2 PV and BESS…
Primergy Signs Solar+Storage PPA with San Diego Community Power
Ty Daul Primergy Solar has signed a long-term PPA for the full capacity of its 400 MW and 1.6 GWh BESS Purple…
Doral Renewables Secures Debt Financing For Great Bend Solar Project
Evan Speece Doral Renewables has successfully closed on $114 million in construction debt financing for its Great Bend Solar project, with HSBC…
RIC Energy Sells New York Community Solar Projects to Radial Power
Jonathan Rappe RIC Energy has sold seven PV plants in upstate New York with a combined capacity of 34 MW to Radial…
KKR Acquires Majority Stake in Avantus
Charlie Gailliot KKR has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Avantus, with it and existing investor EIG being sole…
Burns & McDonnell Completes Role in Wisconsin Alliant Energy Solar Program
Chad Cotter Burns & McDonnell has completed EPC and self-perform construction services for nine Wisconsin solar projects that are part of Alliant…
Frequency of extreme weather events fuels regulatory compliance and digital data management
The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) confirmed that 2023 was a historic year in terms of costly disasters due to extreme…
Burns & McDonnell finalizes 9-project, 764-MW solar portfolio
Burns & McDonnell has completed engineer-procure-construct (EPC) and self-perform construction services for nine solar projects across Wisconsin. The projects — part of…
US installs more grid-scale energy storage in 2023 than ever before
The U.S. energy storage market reached a new deployment high in the final quarter of 2023, with 4,236 MW installed — a…
Infinity Rack Develops Modular BIPV Framing System
SunPark Dual Cantilever (Credit: Infinity Rack) Infinity Rack has developed a modular BIPV framing system that it says works with any standard…
CSIRO Sets Record for Next-Gen Roll-to-Roll Printed Solar Cells
Dr. Anthony Chesman Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have led an international team to what it calls a breakthrough by…
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy Acquires Lightstar Renewables
Neal Simmons An Eagle Creek Renewable Energy affiliate has acquired Lightstar Renewables, a portfolio company of funds managed by Elda River Capital…
Fluke Advances Utility-Scale Solar Testing with Curve Tracer Launch
Technician uses Fluke PVA-1500 series tools. (Credit: Fluke) Fluke Corp, a Fortive subsidiary, has launched its PVA-1500 Series I-V curve tracer, which…
Construction Begins on Second Utility-Scale West Virginia Solar Site
(Credit: Axel Kristinsson) FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun construction on their second utility-scale solar site in West Virginia,…
Schletter Supplies 130 MW Dominican Republic Project
(Credit: Schletter Group) Schletter Group will be supplying the mounting systems for the 130 MW ground-mounted Coastal Solar Project located off the…
Fluke unveils new I-V curve tracer for utility-scale projects
Fluke Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corp., today launched the PVA-1500 Series I-V curve tracer for utility-scale solar technicians. The…
Wärtsilä launches second-gen ESS standardized in 20-ft container
Wärtsilä has launched Quantum2, a fully integrated high-capacity battery energy storage system designed and optimized for global large-scale deployment. Quantum2 features include:…
How are community solar subscriptions managed?
Community solar projects have, perhaps, the most active lifecycle of any PV project post-construction because they are interacting with groups of subscribers…
Quino Energy’s unique water-based flow battery design progresses closer to full manufacturing
Quino Energy, a company developing water-based organic flow batteries, has achieved manufacturing readiness level (MRL) 7 for its battery active material pilot…
Infinity Rack engineers watertight, modular solar canopy
Infinity Rack, an American producer of solar canopy structures based in North Carolina, has developed a modular building-integrated PV (BIPV) framing system….
Ameresco building 165-kW solar + storage project on Indiana vocational school
Ameresco, a clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Matchbook Learning Schools of Indiana will host a groundbreaking…
Arevon, San Diego Community Power Sign Agreement for Avocet Storage Facility
(Credit Arevon Energy) Arevon Energy has entered into a 15-year energy storage service agreement with San Diego Community Power (SDCP) for the…
Enfinity Global Completes Minority Sale of Operating Portfolio to Kyushu Electric
(Credit: Enfinity Global) Enfinity Global has sold a 40% stake in its 400 MW U.S. operating portfolio to Kyushu Electric Power, leaving…
Masdar to Acquire 50% Stake in Terra-Gen from Energy Capital Partners
Mohamed Jameel Al Ramahi Masdar has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Terra-Gen Power Holdings from Energy Capital…
UPenn Celebrates Great Cove I and II Becoming Operational
UPenn Executive Vice President Craig Carnaroli, FRES Senior Vice President Anne Papageorge, Interim President J. Larry Jameson and AES Senior Director of…
Massachusetts Stone Zoo Switches to Solar
John Linehan Zoo New England’s Stone Zoo has brought its solar array into operation, providing what the zoo says is 95% of…
Stone Zoo powers on 725-kW solar project
Stone Zoo in Stoneham, Massachusetts, has just powered on a 725-kW solar project. The solar system, installed by Solect Energy with support…
Community solar: A powerful tool for expanding low-income access to solar benefits
Berlyn Hubler, community solar program manager at nonprofit Energy Outreach Colorado, has seen the impact of community solar on low- and moderate-income…
Energy Toolbase platform adds solar + storage modeling to show utility bill savings
Energy Toolbase has added a new feature to its ETB Developer product to model savings from solar and storage projects. The ability…
Silfab agrees to purchase glass from SolarCycle for American-made solar panels
Silfab Solar has signed an agreement with SolarCycle to purchase ultra-low carbon domestic glass for its U.S.-made solar panels. Credit: Silfab SolarCycle…
SolarEdge launches inverter upgrade program in the United States
By | March 18, 2024 SolarEdge Technologies today launches its Re-Energize upgrade program in the United States, which will enable homeowners to…
Sunrise Mountain Partners, CleanCapital Expand Development Collaboration
Nicholas Minekime Sunrise Mountain Partners has expanded its strategic co-development partnership with CleanCapital, accelerating the parties’ investment into development of community-based solar…
Silfab Solar to Secure Additional Glass from SOLARCYCLE Georgia Facility
Paolo Maccario Silfab Solar has made an agreement with SOLARCYCLE to purchase ultra-low carbon domestic glass for its PV panels from the…
Arizona’s Largest BESS Comes Online, to Support Google Mesa Campus
Saint Solar Energy Storage II Unveiling Courtesy of NextEra Energy Resources. (Source: SRP) Salt River Project (SRP) and NextEra Energy Resources have…
Largest Floating Solar Array in Southeast U.S. Unveiled
Solar array and water facility (Credit: OCFL) Orange County, Fla., has unveiled what it calls the largest floating solar array in the…