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February 22, 2024

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. …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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US community solar market should reach 14 GW by 2028
February 21, 2024

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…

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Lightsource bp developing 288-MW Texas solar portfolio

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…

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Lumin tests new energy load management solution in certain markets

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…

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American-made power optimizers can increase IRA credits available to inverter makers

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…

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Shoals to move eBOS manufacturing operations to new massive factory just across the street

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…

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Verogy to develop 3 solar landfill projects in Connecticut

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…

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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…

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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…

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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.,…

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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…

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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…

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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….

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Solar farm transformers reduce installation footprints and improve fire and environmental safety with FR3® natural ester dielectric fluid

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…

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FranklinWH now an approved vendor on Solar Insure list

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…

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GameChange Solar increasing annual US manufacturing to 35 GW

GameChange Solar increasing annual US manufacturing to 35 GW

By | February 20, 2024 GameChange Solar, a global solar tracking solutions provider, is expanding its annual U.S. domestic manufacturing capacity to…

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February 20, 2024

GameChange Solar Announces Expansion of U.S. Domestic Manufacturing Capacity 

GameChange Solar has announced its expansion to 35 GW of annual U.S. domestic manufacturing capacity for certain components, from 24 GW last…

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Alternus Clean Energy Celebrates Activation of Nashville Omohundro Solar Project 

Vincent Browne Alternus Clean Energy has announced the December activation of the Omohundro Solar Project by its subsidiary, Lightwave Renewable.  The milestone…

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Enphase Energy Expands Solargraf Platform Aimed at Installers

Solargraf Credit: Enphase Energy Enphase Energy has announced what the company says are improvements to its cloud-based design, proposal and permitting software…

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Amphenol expands RadCrimp solar splice connector series

Amphenol expands RadCrimp solar splice connector series

By | February 20, 2024 Amphenol Industrial Sustainable Technologies is working with Melni Technologies on an expanded line of RadCrimp solar splice…

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More solar installed in 2023 than any other energy resource — by a lot

More solar installed in 2023 than any other energy resource — by a lot

According to data from the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC), solar provided 49.3% of new domestic generating capacity in 2023 in the…

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SPW is now accepting applications for the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List

SPW is now accepting applications for the 2024 Top Solar Contractors List

By | February 20, 2024 The application portal is now open for Solar Power World’s esteemed Top Solar Contractors List.  Any solar PV…

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Enphase updates Solargraf design software

Enphase updates Solargraf design software

By | February 20, 2024 Enphase Energy has unveiled improvements and new features for Solargraf, its cloud-based design, proposal and permitting software…

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February 19, 2024

Greenalia Secures $200 Million of 3-Year Credit Facilities for U.S. Development

Antonio Fernández-Montells Greenalia has announced closing on $200 million of three-year credit facilities to support the development of its U.S. renewables projects…

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Unirac and Affordable Solar start contruction on solar project for Habitat for Humanity
February 17, 2024

Unirac and Affordable Solar start contruction on solar project for Habitat for Humanity

By | February 16, 2024 Unirac, a solar racking solutions provider, partnered with contractor Affordable Solar to bring solar energy to the…

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February 16, 2024

Kinematics Opens New Facility, Expanding Solar Tracking Capacity

Kinematics announced its 270,000 sq. ft manufacturing facility in Jiangsu, China, saying it can double the company’s capacity to support up to…

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Jollibee Group Puts Largest Solar Array to Date In Operation

The Canlubang Baking Facility The Jollibee Group has powered up 6,300 solar panels in its Canlubang Baking Facility, the company’s most extensive…

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Energy Communities Zip File Feb 2024

Energy Communities Zip File Feb 2024 Access Megawatt Gigawatt Terawatt phoke@seia.org Fri, 02/16/2024 – 13:48  …

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Soltec supplies trackers for 164-MW solar project in Virginia

Soltec supplies trackers for 164-MW solar project in Virginia

By | February 16, 2024 Soltec, a solar tracker manufacturer, will supply its SF7 tracker for a 164-MW solar project in Virginia…

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SolarEdge 330-kW inverter receives UL 1741-SB certification

SolarEdge 330-kW inverter receives UL 1741-SB certification

By | February 15, 2024 The new high-power DC-optimized 330-kW SolarEdge inverter system has received UL 1741-SB certification and has been installed…

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February 15, 2024

Amphenol, Melni Technologies Partner to Expand Solar Splice Connector Series 

Amphenol Industrial Sustainable Technologies has again partnered with Melni Technologies, this time to expand its RadCrimp series of solar splice connectors, now…

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Soltec Providing Solar Trackers to Blue Ridge Power Project

Soltec will supply 164 MW of its flagship SF7 solar tracker for a project by Blue Ridge Power located in Virginia. The…

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California Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Repeal NEM 3.0 and Support the Rooftop Solar Market

California Lawmaker Introduces Bill to Repeal NEM 3.0 and Support the Rooftop Solar Market techols Thu, 02/15/2024 – 15:09  …

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SunPower Secures Additional Capital, Revolving Debt from Sol Holding

Peter Faricy SunPower says it has raised $175 million in capital financing through a second lien term loan from Sol Holding, the…

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SolarCycle to make solar glass using recycled solar panels in new US plant

SolarCycle to make solar glass using recycled solar panels in new US plant

By | February 15, 2024 Solar panel recycling outfit SolarCycle today announced plans to start a solar glass manufacturing facility in Cedartown,…

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One of the first utility-scale solar projects to opt for PTC is now online

One of the first utility-scale solar projects to opt for PTC is now online

By | February 15, 2024 Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM) announced today that its 240-MWDC/200-MWAC Appaloosa Solar 1 project has entered commercial operation…

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Wisconsin Assembly considers legalizing community solar

Wisconsin Assembly considers legalizing community solar

By | February 14, 2024 The Wisconsin Assembly Committee on Energy and Utilities heard testimonies today on the benefits of community solar,…

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Pivot Energy to develop two Colorado solar projects for pharmaceutical manufacturer

Pivot Energy to develop two Colorado solar projects for pharmaceutical manufacturer

By | February 14, 2024 Contract pharmaceutical manufacturer CordenPharma announced it will purchase energy generated by two Pivot Energy solar project in…

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California assemblymember introduces bill to repeal NEM 3.0

California assemblymember introduces bill to repeal NEM 3.0

By | February 14, 2024 California Assemblymember Damon Connolly (D-San Rafael) has introduced new legislation to reduce fees and taxes on residential…

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EnerSys announces plans for 4-GWh lithium cell factory in South Carolina

EnerSys announces plans for 4-GWh lithium cell factory in South Carolina

By | February 14, 2024 Battery maker EnerSys has selected Greenville, South Carolina, to develop a 4-GWh lithium-ion cell factory. An off-grid…

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National Grid Submits Final ‘Future Grid’ Plan To Massachusetts DPU

Nicola Medalova National Grid has submitted its Electric Sector Modernization, or Future Grid, Plan to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU)…

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Kit Carson Cooperative Completes PPA for New Mexico Amalia II Array

Luis A. Reyes, Jr. Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) and Guzman Energy have executed a PPA for Amalia II, a 10.98 MW…

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February 14, 2024

Greenbacker Capital Management’s 240 MW Appaloosa Solar Enters Commercial Operation

Greenbacker Capital Management‘s 240 MW utility-scale Appaloosa Solar 1 project has entered commercial operation in Iron County, Utah.  With more than twice…

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Maxeon Solar Announces First Customer Installation with New Panels

Bill Mulligan Maxeon Solar Technologies has announced completion of an installation featuring its new Maxeon 7 IBC solar panels, which the company…

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SolarEdge Rolls Out 330 kW Inverter 

Peter Mathews SolarEdge says its new 330 kW inverter system for community and ground-mounted solar has received UL1741-SB certification and is deployed…

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