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Battery-integrated EV charger can provide site backup power, grid services
By | February 27, 2024 Battery-integrated EV charging station provider FreeWire Technologies has unveiled the Boost Power Pro product within the company’s…
Anza procurement platform can sort available solar products by supply chain availability, more
By | February 27, 2024 Solar and storage procurement platform Anza now has expanded capabilities that give buyers the ability to instantly…
GameChange Solar Tests Tracking System for 40-Year Lifespan
GameChange Solar (GCS) has announced that internal testing indicates its Genius Tracker drive system carries an expected 40-year design life with no…
BayWa, Ampt, Fraunhofer ICT Deploy Energy Storage Combination System
Andrea Grotzke BayWa r.e. and Ampt have deployed a combination of wind and solar generation together with battery storage within the microgrid…
ENGIE Completes $1B Tax Equity Financing for U.S. Renewables
Dave Carroll ENGIE North America has completed more than $1 billion of tax equity financing to fund a portfolio of recently commissioned…
Anza Launches Platform Comparison Features for Solar Module Buyers
Anza has introduced capabilities on its platform that the company says gives buyers the ability to organize and rank the varied aspects…
Recurrent Energy Closes Financing for 119 MW Mexico Project
Ismael Guerrero Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has closed non-recourse project financing for its 119 MW Horus Solar project in Mexico’s Aguascalientes…
Climate First Bank Reduces Solar Loan Rates
Ken LaRoe Climate First Bank has re-envisioned its Residential Solar Loan product to feature a new 30-year term with decreased rates than…
Schletter Group Installs Ground-Mounted Systems for Italy Project
Schletter Remanzacco Project Schletter Group, in partnership with contractor EnValue, has successfully installed two ground-mounted systems with a total output of 48…
California solar + storage project secures $1.1 billion in financing
By | February 26, 2024 Renewable energy project developer Arevon Energy has secured $1.1 billion in aggregate financing commitments for its Eland…
Chiko USA receives UL 3741 approval for residential solar racking
By | February 26, 2024 Solar racking solutions provider Chiko USA has received UL 3741 approval for both pitched and flat roof…
Energy storage boosts community solar adoption nationwide
Community solar, a “solar for all” model that allows businesses and individuals to subscribe to electricity credits generated by locally sited solar…
Climate First Bank reduces solar loan rates
By | February 26, 2024 Climate First Bank has updated the interest rates on its 30-year Residential Solar Loan product to 7.83%…
JinkoSolar Unveils Neo Green Panels, Produced with Renewable Energy
Credit: Wes Kania JinkoSolar has unveiled its Neo Green, N-type TOPCon Tiger Neo panels, produced in factories awarded the “Zero Carbon Factory”…
ReVision Energy starts construction on New Hampshire’s first utility-owned solar project
By | February 23, 2024 Unitil Corporation, an interstate utility, is developing a 4.9-MW solar project in Kingston, New Hampshire, that is…
I lived it: Litigator provides his perspective on solar warranty claims
This article explores practical steps a solar array owner or operator can take now to better position itself to make warranty-related claims…
Fronius offers free tool to find replacement inverters for repowering situations
By | February 23, 2024 Fronius just released a new tool that enables solar installers to offer customers repowering options, regardless of…
DTE Energy Seeks Developers for Michigan-Based Solar, Wind Projects
Joseph Musallam DTE Energy says it is seeking proposals for renewable projects totaling approximately 1,075 MW. The projects would support DTE Electric’s…
VSUN Inks Long-Term Polysilicon Wafer Production Supply Deal with OCI
Agreement Signing Ceremony Credit: VSUN VSUN SOLAR subsidiary TOYO SOLAR has signed a long-term supply agreement with producer OCI to be…
ReVision Energy Selected as Contractor for New Hampshire’s First Utility-Owned Solar Array
Dan Weeks ReVision Energy has been selected by Unitil Corp. as the EPC contractor for its 4.9 MW array, to consist of…
Sunrun to promote solar business in Lowe’s stores across country
By | February 22, 2024 Lowe’s customers will soon be able to experience and learn more about Sunrun’s solar, storage, and clean…
California city future home of country’s largest green hydrogen storage system
By | February 22, 2024 Energy Vault, a sustainable grid-scale energy storage solutions provider, started construction on a utility-scale green hydrogen +…
The rise of butyl sealants for solar attachments on metal roofs
The use of non-curing butyl polymeric sealants was first introduced to the U.S. roofing industry more than 60 years ago and is…
Enel completes 297-MW Texas solar + storage project
By | February 22, 2024 Enel North America started of operations of its 297-MW Fence Post solar + storage project in Texas…
Clearway Energy builds 1.1-million panel solar project in Texas
By | February 22, 2024 Clearway Energy Group completed its 452-MW Texas Solar Nova complex in Kent County, Texas. The project, built…
Charge Robotics Completes Deployment of Solar Construction System
Banks Hunter Charge Robotics has deployed its Sunrise, an automated solar construction robotics system the company says is designed to assemble, quality-control…
Sandbrook Capital Commits $460M to rPlus Energies
rPlus Energies’ Appaloosa Project rPlus Energies has announced a platform-level partnership with Sandbrook Capital, in which Sandbrook will invest up to $460…
Polaris Signs VPPA with Enel for Fence Post Solar+Storage
Stephen Pike Enel North America and Polaris have started operations at Enel’s Fence Post Solar+Storage project, a 297 MW PV and 86…
Clearway Energy Group Completes 452 MW Solar Development
Clearway Energy Group has completed its 452 MW Texas Solar Nova complex in Kent County, Texas, constructed in two phases. “We are…
EnergySage Report Reveals Drop in Solar Prices
Charlie Hadlow EnergySage‘s 18th semi-annual Solar & Storage Marketplace Report finds that for the first time since mid-2021, solar prices decreased on…
Arevon Secures $1.1 Billion for Eland 2 Solar+Storage Project
Daniel Murphy Arevon Energy has closed $1.1 billion in aggregate financing commitments for its Eland 2 solar+storage project in Kern County, Calif. …
Shoals Set to Expand Tennessee Operations
Shoals Megaplant Tennessee Gov. Bill Lee, Department of Economic and Community Development Commissioner Stuart C. McWhorter and Shoals Technologies Group have announced…
MGE Adds More Solar to its Grid with Fitchburg Project
Tyto Solar Madison Gas and Electric’s (MGE) latest solar array, the 6 MW Tyto Solar in Fitchburg, Wis., is fully operational and…
Lightsource bp Completes $348M Financing Package for Texas Projects
Lightsource bp solar farm in operation Credit: Lightsource bp Lightsource bp has closed on a $348 million financing package, set to support…
Radial Power Closes on $225 Million in Debt Financing from Atlas SP
John M. King Radial Power has closed on $225 million in debt financing from ATLAS SP Partners to support its pipeline and…
Strata Secures $559 Million Financing for 1 GWh Arizona BESS Project
Markus Wilhelm Strata Clean Energy has closed on $559 million in financing for the construction and ownership of the Scatter Wash battery…
US community solar market should reach 14 GW by 2028
By | February 21, 2024 A new report from Wood Mackenzie expects the cumulative U.S. community solar market to surpass 14 GW…
Lightsource bp developing 288-MW Texas solar portfolio
By | February 21, 2024 Lightsource bp is currently developing a 288-MWDC solar portfolio of two utility-scale projects in Texas. Construction on…
Lumin tests new energy load management solution in certain markets
By | February 21, 2024 Lumin, an energy management solutions provider, is pre-releasing its newest residential load control platform, Lumin Edge. This…
American-made power optimizers can increase IRA credits available to inverter makers
In 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) aimed to overhaul the clean energy sector by infusing billions of dollars into the cleantech…
Shoals to move eBOS manufacturing operations to new massive factory just across the street
By | February 21, 2024 Existing Shoals building (lower left) with the new building across the street Shoals Technologies will invest $80…
Verogy to develop 3 solar landfill projects in Connecticut
By | February 21, 2024 Verogy has received permits from the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) to convert former…
PLT Energia, GGS Energy to Collaborate on Texas Renewable Projects
Credit: Guilhem Vellut PLT Energia subsidiary PLT Energy US has entered into a joint venture with GGS Energy to develop more than…
SolRiver Completes 14 MW Sunflower Project
SolRiver Capital 14 MW solar project SolRiver Capital has announced the completion of its 14 MW Sunflower Solar Project, located in South…
EPCOR, SynerGen Announce New Mexico Solar Project
Hillel Halberstam EPCOR and SynerGen Solar have entered into an agreement to develop nearly 500 acres of EPCOR-owned land near Clovis, N.M.,…
FranklinWH Listed on Solar Insure Approved Vendor List for Homes
Vincent Ambrose FranklinWH Energy Storage has announced a partnership with Solar Insure, in which company installers are backed by Solar Insure’s 20-year…
Schneider Electric Announces Investment with ENGIE for Solar, BESS
Aamir Paul Schneider Electric has committed to invest in a portfolio of Texas-based projects utilizing a tax credit transfer agreement for solar…
Entergy Louisiana Solar Power Overtakes Coal Energy
Entergy New Orleans Solar Plant Entergy Louisiana says the company’s renewable power has surpassed coal in energy production for the first time….
Solar farm transformers reduce installation footprints and improve fire and environmental safety with FR3® natural ester dielectric fluid
Sabine Bowers As the Cargill global renewable energy leader for bioindustrial power systems, Sabine Bowers is on the forefront of the world’s…
FranklinWH now an approved vendor on Solar Insure list
By | February 20, 2024 FranklinWH Energy Storage is now included as a trusted vendor under warranty company Solar Insure. “Being part of…