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Rivian Partners with Pivot Energy to Build Illinois Community Solar
(Source: Pivot Energy) Rivian has committed to purchasing RECs generated from 50 MW of solar from Pivot Energy as well as subscribe…
RP Partners with Hubbell on End-to-End eBOS Solution
(Source: RP Construction Services) RP Construction Services is partnering with Hubbell to include products from Hubbell’s family of brands into RP’s end-to-end…
Cutlass Solar 2 Project Operating at Full Capacity
Cutlass Solar 2 (Source: Bechtel) The Bechtel-built Cutlass Solar 2 project in Fort Bend, Texas, is generating at full capacity, which the…
GoodWe’s C&I inverter added to Sunnova’s approved vendor list
GoodWe Technologies announced that it has been added to the approved vendor list of Sunnova Energy to provide GoodWe’s SMT-US inverter for…
Bechtel completes Cutlass Solar 2 project in Texas using automation, robots and drones
The Cutlass Solar 2 project in Fort Bend, Texas, is complete and generating electricity at full capacity. Bechtel constructed the 218-MW project,…
DOE opens 48C manufacturing tax credit portal for Round 2
The Dept. of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service and Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced today that the DOE Qualified Advanced Energy Project Credit…
SunPower dealers can soon offer the Tesla Powerwall to residential customers
SunPower announced it will begin offering the Tesla Powerwall 3 through its residential dealer network. The company had exclusively been promoting its…
Entergy Louisiana approved to add up to 3 GW of solar power to portfolio
Entergy Louisiana’s proposal to add up to three gigawatts of economic solar power to its generation portfolio has been approved by the…
Affordable Wire Management approved to work with Sungrow’s 4.4-MW inverter
Affordable Wire Management (AWM) announced the company has achieved a 630 A rating from the Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC), a Nationally…
S12 releases model policy for automated rooftop solar permitting software
Today, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) released model policy that encourages the adoption of automated rooftop solar permitting software. This…
Colorado bill to optimize electrical grid for clean energy signed into law
Today, Governor Polis will sign into law SB24-218 — The Modernize Energy Distribution Systems Act (Powering Up Colorado), marking a significant milestone…
RP Construction Services to distribute Hubbell solar eBOS products
RP Construction Services (RP), a distributor serving the utility-scale solar industry, is partnering with Hubbell Incorporated to include products to include the…
QuickBOLT Solar Mounts Available on Sunnova Approved Vendor List
Aaron Robbins QuickBOLT’s solar mounts have been added to the Sunnova Energy International Approved Vendor List, allowing Sunnova dealers to access the…
ACCIONA Commences Operations at Red-Tailed Hawk Plant in Texas
Red-Tailed Hawk (Credit: ACCIONA Energía( ACCIONA Energía has begun operations at the 458 MW Red-Tailed Hawk PV plant, located near Houston in…
Jones Power to build two 25-MW solar projects in Western Pennsylvania
Jones Power has been selected by Babcock & Wilcox Solar Energy to execute the civil construction scope on two 25-MW utility-scale solar…
LONGi explains its latest module innovation in the face of extreme weather
From skyrocketing premiums to a lack of coverage in flood, hurricane and fire-prone locations, the insurance industry has become the canary in…
German company Emil Otto releases new biodegradable solar panel cleaner
The German flux and cleaning specialist Emil Otto is expanding its range of cleaning agents for the solar industry with four new…
Baldy Mesa solar + storage project now online and supporting Amazon operations
The Baldy Mesa solar + storage project in Southern California is now connected to the grid. The 150-MW solar/75-MW storage project is…
Colorado governor signs bill to help localities site utility-scale solar projects
Bighorn Solar in Colorado. Credit: McCarthy Building Cos. The Colorado Renewable Energy Siting Coalition today celebrated the signing of Senate Bill 24-212…
Paradise Energy Solutions completes 1-MW solar rooftop project for ag equipment provider
Messick Farm Equipment, a provider of agricultural equipment and services in central Pennsylvania and beyond, has made a strategic investment in solar…
EnFin Closes Inaugural $253 Million ABS Transaction
Alex Kaplan EnFin by Qcells, Qcells’ residential solar financing platform, has completed its first asset-backed securities (ABS) transaction, totaling $252.8 million. The…
EnergyPal Selected as Authorized Online Dealer for EcoFlow
Ian Hilborn EnergyPal and EcoFlow are partnering to offer EcoFlow energy products on EnergyPal’s solar shopping platform across the U.S. and Canada. …
Cleanleaf Energy Contracts for Utility-Scale Projects in Georgia, Pennsylvania
Mikael Backman Cleanleaf Energy has contracted to provide O&M services for utility-scale projects totaling 350 MW in Georgia and Pennsylvania. The company’s…
Jones Power Chooses Babcock & Wilcox for Pennsylvania Solar
(Credit: Jones Power) Jones Power has been selected by Babcock & Wilcox Solar Energy (B&W) to execute the civil construction scope on…
LandGate Publishes West Virginia Solar Development Study
Yoann Hispa LandGate has published a study on the state of solar development in West Virginia, with a look at both potential…
Minnesota advances legislation to improve large-scale solar + storage permitting
An essential package of permitting reform provisions that just passed the Minnesota Legislature — now on its way to be signed into…
Solar was almost 100% of new electrical capacity added in the US in March
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reveals that solar provided…
US will soon have access to JinkoSolar’s new 2,000-volt solar panel
JinkoSolar announced that its 2,000-V EAGLE Modules were the first in the world to be qualified as UL listed products for UL…
Opposing interest groups agree on one thing: California’s community solar market is wrecked Still, the unlikely coalition holds out hope for a winning community solar decision.
The debate over rooftop solar through NEM 3.0 in California placed the solar industry at odds with consumer groups and unions, but…
Contractor’s Corner: Radiance Solar Nationwide DG installer prioritizes data analytics and quality control.
The solar industry often talks about ways to cut the soft costs of running a business — the behind-the-scenes project management software,…
Connecticut Green Bank now offering free technical solar + storage help to multifamily housing owners
To help owners and residents of affordable multifamily housing in Connecticut have easier access to the benefits of solar energy and battery…
Arevon breaks ground on 228-MW Indiana solar project
Arevon Energy, along with CenterPoint Energy, Bechtel, participating landowners, and other guests joined together at a groundbreaking event to celebrate the construction…
RWE Acquires 599 MW of U.S. Solar, BESS Projects
(Credit: RWE) RWE Clean Energy has added 599 MW of solar and BESS projects, acquired from Galehead Development, across three projects located…
JEA Finalizes Contracts for Three Jacksonville Solar Sites
Vickie Cavey JEA has finalized agreements for the development of three renewable energy solar facilities within its Jacksonville, Fla., service territory, with…
Construction Commences at Sebree Solar Energy Center
(Credit: NextEra Energy Resources) NextEra Energy Resources and Nucor have broken ground on the 250 MW Sebree Solar Energy Center, located in…
KKR Provides $300M Corporate Credit Facility to Origis Energy
Vehicles and accounts managed by KKR’s insurance business have provided a $300 million corporate financing facility to Origis Energy. Proceeds from the…
Silfab Solar Selected for $5M DOE Innovation Award
Paolo Maccario Silfab Solar has been selected for an innovation award by the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) to continue its development…
Arevon Breaks Ground on Indiana Posey Solar Project
Posey Solar Groundbreaking (Source: Arevon) Pictured, L. to R.: Katherine Gensler, VP Government Affairs and Marketing, Arevon Ryan Hadley, Executive Director of…
DOE to Invest $71M in Domestic Solar Manufacturing, Development
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is making a $71 million investment, including $16 million from President Biden’s infrastructure…
Schneider Electric buys 45X tax credits from Silfab
Schneider Electric announced a collaboration with Crux, a sustainable finance technology company, to purchase Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credits from…
Community solar legislation awaits governor’s signature in Alaska
Senate Bill 152, “Saving Alaskans Money with Voluntary Community Energy,” has passed the Alaska State Legislature and now awaits Governor Dunleavy’s signature…
New Maryland solar grant program offers up to $7,500 for eligible households
The Maryland Energy Administration today announced the launch of an important new program to provide major incentives for income-eligible Maryland households to…
New York Adopts Statewide Solar for All Program
Gov. Kathy Hochul The New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) has adopted a Solar for All program that the commission hopes…
Biden Hikes Solar Tariffs to Boost Domestic Manufacturing
President Joe Biden The Biden-Harris Administration is taking action to curb imports of Chinese solar cells and modules, in addition to the…
Schneider Electric, Crux Collaborate to Facilitate Silfab Solar Tax Credit Purchase
Aamir Paul Schneider Electric is collaborating with Crux to procure Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credits from Silfab Solar, allowing Silfab…
US surpasses 5 million solar installations
The United States has officially exceeded 5 million solar installations, marking another milestone just eight years after the nation reached one million…
Bifacial solar panels lose tariff exemption after Biden reverses course
The Biden Administration today put imported bifacial solar panels back under Sec. 201 tariffs, after the specialty solar panels enjoyed a two-year…
Berkeley Lab report finds storage attachment rates jumped 50% under NEM 3.0
sonnen On December 15, 2022, the California Public Utilities Commission passed an overhaul of the net-metering program for the state’s investor-owned utilities….
DOE invests $71 million in solar manufacturing R&D First Solar, Silfab, Cubic PV among award winners.
The Dept. of Energy has announced more than $70 million in research and development selections to seed new technologies across the solar…
A day in the life of a renewables technician
Dr. Ahmed El-Rasheed More new solar was installed than any other electricity source. All those systems will require periodic maintenance to ensure…