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The Solar Policy Scoop: May 2023 A guide to recent legislation and research throughout the country.
A community solar project in Colorado, where customers now have more stability in monthly bill credits. Credit: Standard Solar IRS provides guidance…
How To Gain A Competitive Edge to Maximize Utility-Scale Solar Project Value
By Trina Solar US There’s a strong possibility that we’ll look back at 2022-2023 as a major inflection point for the US…
House Votes to Keep Solar-Tariff Moratorium on the Chopping Block
Jason Grumet After clearing the House Ways and Means Committee on April 17, the full House today passed legislation to repeal the…
Suntuity expands residential solar network to cover 25 states
Suntuity Renewables declared its arrival in numerous new domestic solar energy markets. Suntuity Renewables has completed the process of altering its tech…
SunPower Buys Into Minnesota Solar Provider Wolf River Electric
Shawn Fitzgerald Solar energy technology and services provider SunPower has made a minority investment in one of the largest residential solar providers…
Sol Systems Picks Up Large Solar Development Portfolio in Illinois
Mak Nagle. Sol Systems has taken over a 157 MW direct current solar energy project close to the city of Peoria, Illinois….
Leeward Contracts for 2 GW of First Solar PV Modules
Jason Allen First Solar Inc. has signed an agreement to supply 2 GW DC of thin-film photovoltaic modules to Leeward Renewable Energy…
House Repeals Solar Tariff Pause, Putting America’s Clean Energy Progress at Risk
Friday, April 25th, 2019. Spread the word. This is an announcement from [organization/business], providing information to the public. Today, the U.S. House…
X-ELIO breaks ground on its first U.S. storage project The 60-MWh Texas storage installation will be paired with 72 MW of solar power.
On April 26, X-ELIO held a groundbreaking ceremony for its 72-MW Liberty Solar Plant and 60-MW Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) Project,…
SunPower brings Wolf River Electric into Dealer Accelerator Program
SunPower has committed a minority portion of their shares to the solar installation business based in Minnesota, Wolf River Electric. Wolf River…
475-kW solar array now complete atop Miami-area regional library
By the 27th of April, 2023. AGT and Advanced Roofing finished the initial big solar venture backed by Miami-Dade County, situated at…
Electricity from solar and wind surpasses coal generation in first two months of 2023
According to data from the U.S. federal government, solar and wind now provide more electricity in the United States than coal. Photo…
Final AD/CVD decision on Southeast Asian solar cells and panels pushed to August
The Dept. of Commerce has pushed the deadline to issue a final decision on an antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) circumvention investigation to August…
Former automotive glass plant to be refurbished to make glass for First Solar panels
Glass company Vitro has entered into an agreement to make glass for First Solar thin-film solar panels at Vitro’s architectural glass production…
DSD, Black Bear Energy complete series of solar projects in Pleasanton, California
DSD Renewables and Black Bear Energy have completed construction on two separate project portfolios in Pleasanton, California. Pleasanton Corporate Commons First, a…
House votes to repeal Inflation Reduction Act in debt limit negotiations While unlikely to pass the Senate, it’s a sign the House may keep working to curb IRA incentives.
Reversing course on these well-known initiatives would detrimentally affect our economy, reduce America’s clout in the expanding worldwide market for clean energy,…
Three customers agree to purchase entire output of 35-MW NC solar project
A 35-MW solar project under development in northern North Carolina now has three energy purchases through Duke Energy’s Green Source Advantage (GSA)…
Solar and Wind Eclipse Coal in U.S. Energy Mix
The SUN DAY Campaign, a non-profit organization, recently reported that in the first two months of 2021, combined U.S. wind and solar…
Clean Energy Measures in Jeopardy with Passed House Bill
The U.S. House of Representatives has passed the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023, a bill intended to increase the federal debt…
Solar and Storage Industry Statement on House Vote to Repeal the Inflation Reduction Act as Part of Debt Limit Negotiations
A statement has been issued by solar and storage industry representatives in response to the House of Representatives voting to repeal the…
Energix Renewables Selects Solar Tracker Tech from Nevados
The project site of River Trail in Virginia Solar tracker company Nevados Engineering Inc. is partnering with independent power producer Energix Renewables…
Trimble, Namaste Solar Start Work on 1.7 MW Array
Trimble has broken ground on the construction of a 1.7 MW solar array at its Westminster, Colo., headquarters, offsetting more than 100%…
Morningstar Corp. selects new CEO after founder retires
Lee Gordon on left and Bill Mellema on right. Morningstar Corp. announced its first leadership change in three decades with president and…
4 ways installers can communicate the benefits of energy storage to hotels
By Ruben Willmarth, Senior Sales Engineer, Commercial ESS at LG Electronics USA Power outages occur across the United States daily for…
Energy community bonus credit delivers lucrative project sites to solar developers and tax dollars to towns
A quick overview of the Energy Community Bonus Credit. There is no limit to the amount of extra 22% credit that can…
Bank of America invests $300,000 in GRID’s SolarCorps Fellowship Program
GRID Alternatives announced a renewed partnership with Bank of America. Bank of America is a long-standing corporate partner that has renewed its…
AVANGRID Energizes Oregon’s Largest Solar PV Facility
AVANGRID has officially begun functioning at its Pachwáywit Fields solar farm, otherwise known as the Montague Solar Project, which has a capacity…
Maxeon Diving Deeper into Solar Recycling Strategies
Name von Lindsey Wiedmann Maxeon Solar Technologies Limited NTU Singapore’s Energy Research Institute (NTU ERI@N) has inked a deal with an unnamed…
BioStar Renewables Taps Castillo Engineering for 15 MW Project
Castillo Engineering is working in conjunction with BioStar Renewables to design and engineer a 15 MW solar facility in Kansas. The project…
Silicon Ranch constructs 106-MW solar project for Georgia utility
Green Power EMC, the renewable energy supplier for 38 Georgia Electric Membership Corporations, and Silicon Ranch, a national renewable energy company, commemorated…
Main parking lot at Six Flags Magic Mountain will be covered with 12.37 MW of solar panels
Solar Optimum and DSD Renewables have completed designs for a 12.37-MW solar carport and 1.9-MW energy storage system for Six Flags Magic…
Origis completes 100-MW Tennessee solar project for Google data centers
On April 25, representatives from Google, The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Origis Energy and Excelsior Energy Capital celebrated the completion of Skyhawk…
Clir Renewables releases new product to improve renewable technology selection
Clir Renewables, the market intelligence platform for wind and solar, has announced the launch of Clir Insight for Asset Development, a new…
Silicon Ranch, Green Power EMC Complete 106 MW Clay Solar Project
Silicon Ranch and Green Power EMC are rejoicing the conclusion of the 106 MW AC Clay Solar Project at White Oak Pastures…
Lithium alternatives capture interest of large battery installers amidst supply chain challenges
Although still very much in its infancy, the U.S. utility-scale battery storage market has existed in earnest since 2011 led by one…
Renewable energy tracking platform creates new pollinator-friendly solar credit designation
The M-RETS platform, a renewable environmental attribute tracking system used by Fortune 25 companies, utilities and regulators, annonuced it will begin tracking…
New law ensures stable bill credits for Colorado community solar customers
Pivot Energy’s Mesa 2 Community Solar Garden in Colorado. Governor Jared Polis signed HB 23-1337, sponsored by Representative Lukens (D-District 26), Representative…
Massachusetts water supplier adds second solar + storage project
The Acton Water District in Acton, Massachusetts, will soon add an additional 1.5-MW solar and 2-MWh battery storage project to its cost-saving…
SunPower and OhmConnect join forces on California VPP efforts
SunPower and OhmConnect today launched a new virtual power plant (VPP) offering for SunPower customers across California. Now, homeowners in select locations…
Castillo Engineering building 15-MW solar project for renewable diesel plant
Castillo Engineering partnered with BioStar Renewables, to provide electrical design and engineering for a 15-MW solar project in Kansas. This behind-the-meter project…
Oregon’s largest solar project now online in Gilliam County
Avangrid, a member of the Iberdrola Group, has achieved commercial operation at its 162-MWAC (205 MWDC) Pachwáywit Fields solar farm (also known…
Standard Solar Buys EDF Renewables Solar+Storage Project in Massachusetts
Peter Bay Standard Solar has acquired the Knox solar+storage project from developer EDF Renewables North America: a 1.5 MW solar / 2…
ConnectGen’s 270-MW New York solar project receives final permit approval
ConnectGen announced that its proposed South Ripley Solar Project has received a final siting permit from the New York State Office of…
New Xcel Energy program will lease onsite microgrids to C&I customers
NREL Xcel Energy has received approval from the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission to offer the state’s first program that supports microgrids and…
Contractor’s Corner: Black & Veatch This century-old company evolved into renewable energy construction and isn’t looking back.
Black & Veatch has a long history of construction and is known for its willingness to adapt to technology advances. The business,…
Google signs deal to support 500-MW low-income solar portfolio
A North Carolina solar project in which Google is the sole off-taker. The system was installed and developed by Cypress Creek Renewables….
Ameresco Completes Solar Installation for Missoula, Montana
Ameresco Inc. and the City of Missoula, Mont., have completed a 545 kW behind-the-meter, non-export solar photovoltaic array at the city’s wastewater…
Kentucky’s Largest Privately Funded On-Site Solar Project Comes Online
Today, Stanley Black & Decker, along with Castillo Engineering and RPG Energy Group, introduced the biggest privately owned on-site solar project in…
Googles Leans on EDP Renewables to Support Solar-Focused Environmental Justice Program
Richard Dovere’s Name Google and EDPR North America Distributed Generation LLC (EDPR NA DG) have entered into an arrangement that will aid…
Summit Ridge Energy completes 6 MW of new Illinois community solar
Another Summit Ridge community solar project. ComEd and Summit Ridge Energy announced the completion of three community solar projects in Streator, Illinois,…