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March 22, 2023

Enel Partners with Nestle for Investment in Ganado Solar Project

Paolo Romanacci Enel North America has partnered with Nestlé to be the sole tax equity investor for its 208 MW DC Ganado…

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EDF Renewables to Provide Energy to Southern California Public Power Authority 

Michael Webster EDF Renewables North America has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement with Southern California Public Power Authority (SCPPA) for the…

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Solar panel players still squabbling over AD/CVD circumvention case A final DOC determination should come May 1.
March 21, 2023

Solar panel players still squabbling over AD/CVD circumvention case A final DOC determination should come May 1.

The U.S. Dept. of Commerce is expected to release its final determination on the antidumping/countervailing duties (AD/CVD) circumvention case affecting the solar…

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EnergySage: Majority of installers offered just one inverter brand in H2 2022

EnergySage: Majority of installers offered just one inverter brand in H2 2022

EnergySage announced it has released its 16th Solar & Storage Marketplace Report, a semiannual report that analyzes transaction-level data points generated by…

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TotalEnergies to install solar + storage project at Colorado cement factory

TotalEnergies to install solar + storage project at Colorado cement factory

TotalEnergies will install and operate a 33-MW solar/38.5-MWh energy storage system at Holcim’s Portland cement factory in Florence, Colorado. The solar project…

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Meta signs PPA on 240-MW Texas solar project

Meta signs PPA on 240-MW Texas solar project

AVANGRID, a sustainable energy company, has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Meta, Facebook’s parent company, to procure renewable energy from…

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Solar + storage microgrid will support rice processing facility in Arkansas

Solar + storage microgrid will support rice processing facility in Arkansas

Farmer co-op Producers Rice Mill will soon host a solar + storage microgrid developed by Scenic Hill Solar and constructed by CS…

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Bolivar Energy Authority, Silicon Ranch, TVA Debut Bolivar Solar Farm

Tony Kirk Silicon Ranch Corp., an independent power producer and community-focused renewable energy company, Bolivar Energy Authority (BEA) and Tennessee Valley Authority…

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Ellomay Capital Enters U.S. Solar Photovoltaic Market

Ran Fridrich Ellomay Capital Ltd., a renewable energy generator and developer, says it has entered into a joint development agreement (JDA) for…

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Partners Close Tax Equity Investment for 258 MW Project 

Max Whitacre Foss & Company, an institutional investment fund sponsor, says it has closed on a tax equity partnership with Birch Creek…

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Arch Solar Using Energy Toolbase Platform on Solar Installation

Mike Cornell Energy Toolbase (ETB) has deployed its Acumen EMS controls software on an energy storage system installed by Arch Solar, a…

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Holcim US, TotalEnergies Partner on Clean Energy Services at Colorado Cement Plant

Atl Martinez Holcim US and TotalEnergies have solidified a partnership to bring large-scale solar power and battery energy storage to Holcim’s Portland…

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EnergySage Reports Increased Solar Prices Year over Year

According to EnergySage’s 16th “Solar and Storage Marketplace Report,” equipment supply constraints continued to impact pricing, as the quoted price of solar…

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ESS reaches UL 1973 certification for its battery modules
March 20, 2023

ESS reaches UL 1973 certification for its battery modules

By | March 20, 2023. The S200 battery modules from ESS Tech, a company that specializes in long-term energy storage, have been…

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Arch Solar installer: Keep panels level and watch out for danger Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

Arch Solar installer: Keep panels level and watch out for danger Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

Editors contacted the people who spend numerous hours on rooftops each day to gain their opinion on the most effective tips and…

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Alaska Solar installer: Measure twice and stay limber Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

Alaska Solar installer: Measure twice and stay limber Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

By | March 20, 2023 editors reached out to the people spending hours on rooftops every day for their insight on the…

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Current Electric installer: Watch the weather and keep a clean line Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

Current Electric installer: Watch the weather and keep a clean line Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

Editors contacted the people who spend numerous hours on rooftops each day to gain their opinion on the most effective tips and…

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Whole Sun Designs installer: Finish hard tasks first and invest in good roof shoes Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

Whole Sun Designs installer: Finish hard tasks first and invest in good roof shoes Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

Editors contacted the people who spend numerous hours on rooftops each day to gain their opinion on the most effective tips and…

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Residential solar installers share their best on-the-job tips Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

Residential solar installers share their best on-the-job tips Solar Power World’s 2023 Install Tips

We hear from manufacturers and execs often, but this time Solar Power World talked to the people spending hours on rooftops every…

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SEG Solar acquires Houston manufacturing facility for solar module assembly plans

SEG Solar acquires Houston manufacturing facility for solar module assembly plans

SEG Solar says it has acquired a building in Houston, Texas, for its planned 2-GW solar module assembly factory. The site consists…

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SEG Solar Acquires Manufacturing Facility, Plans 2 GW of Capacity

SEG Solar’s factory for producing photovoltaic modules located in Texas. SEG Solar has finalized the purchase of a Houston production center that…

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MGE Purchases Power from Koshkonong Solar Energy Center

Jeff Keebler Madison Gas and Electric (MGE), in partnership with We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group,…

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Entergy Aims to Expand Solar Power in Louisiana    

Philip May Entergy Louisiana has filed a request with its regulator, the Louisiana Public Service Commission, for approval to add an additional…

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March 17, 2023

Duke Energy to Begin Construction on Florida Floating Solar Pilot 

Melissa Seixas Duke Energy Florida says its first floating solar array pilot will begin construction later this month in Polk County. The…

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Getting EV chargers functioning quickly means turning to off-grid setups
March 16, 2023

Getting EV chargers functioning quickly means turning to off-grid setups

Demand for electrifying transit is higher than it’s ever been, yet the process for interconnecting the necessary energy-generating systems to the grid…

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More than 100 groups ask CPUC to delay NEM 3.0 The groups are urging the commission to delay implementation until it can resolve issues raised in an administrative appeal.

More than 100 groups ask CPUC to delay NEM 3.0 The groups are urging the commission to delay implementation until it can resolve issues raised in an administrative appeal.

California regulators should revise a new rooftop solar plan to make solar more affordable for low-income communities, dozens of groups will tell…

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New California bill aims for more solar over parking lots and along highways

New California bill aims for more solar over parking lots and along highways

M Bar C’s solar carport installation for Palm Desert High School. On March 15, Environment California submitted a letter of support signed…

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AVANGRID Breaks Ground on New Projects in Texas and Ohio

Pedro Azagra AVANGRID, a sustainable energy company and part of the Iberdrola Group, has begun construction on two new solar farms in…

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AVANGRID breaks ground on 523.5 MW of solar projects in Ohio and Texas

AVANGRID breaks ground on 523.5 MW of solar projects in Ohio and Texas

AVANGRID, a sustainable energy company, started construction on two new solar farms in Texas and Ohio, which will generate 523.5 MW of…

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March 15, 2023

Solar PV Accounts for Over a Third of Utility-Scale Renewables Projects

Rebecca Groundwater Over 30% of utility-scale renewable projects globally between 2013 and 2023 were solar photovoltaic (PV) projects, according to a new…

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Leeward Renewable Energy Closes Financing for Horizon Solar Project

Samantha Buechner Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has closed approximately $75 million in construction to term financing from MUFG Bank Ltd. and an…

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SOLARCYCLE Raises Funds to Advance Recycling in the Industry

Suvi Sharma SOLARCYCLE, a tech-driven recycling company focused on producing sustainable materials at scale for the solar industry, has raised $30 million…

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Parks Associates: Only 17 Percent of Households are Very Familiar With Solar

Chris White is the name. According to Parks Associates’ latest report, the majority of U.S. internet households are discontent with their electricity…

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Catalyst Power Partners with Gates Historical Society

Garth Brokaw’s name Catalyst Power Holdings LLC has teamed up with the Gates Historical Society to construct a 1.4 MW community solar…

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Multifamily housing tenants in Mississippi can now share rooftop solar benefits

Multifamily housing tenants in Mississippi can now share rooftop solar benefits

Allume Energy announced the successful commissioning of its SolShare clean energy technology at a multifamily building owned and operated by Belhaven Residential…

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CPS America cuts flagship three-phase string inverter cost by 20%

CPS America cuts flagship three-phase string inverter cost by 20%

At the CPS America 21741 Product Innovation Day, it was announced that the CPS 250/275-kW three-phase string inverter will have a 20%…

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Habitat experts start program to help developers design pollinator-friendly solar projects

Habitat experts start program to help developers design pollinator-friendly solar projects

The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund recently launched its new Solar Synergy program alongside project partner Monarch Joint Venture. The program works…

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China-based solar panel maker setting up 1-GW factory in South Carolina

China-based solar panel maker setting up 1-GW factory in South Carolina

Another China-based solar panel manufacturer says it is starting a crystalline silicon solar panel assembly factory in the United States. See all…

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Built Robotics develops automated pile driver for large-scale solar construction

Built Robotics develops automated pile driver for large-scale solar construction

The company Built Robotics, which created the Exosystem, has created RPD 35, a self-governing solar piling system. RPD 35, developed by Built…

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Lightstar Renewables partners with American Farmland Trust to advance agricultural solar

Lightstar Renewables partners with American Farmland Trust to advance agricultural solar

Lightstar Renewables announces its support of the American Farmland Trust’s (AFT) mission to protect farmland, promote sound farming practices and keep farmers…

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Carlson Machine Control debuts 2 pile driving programs for solar market

Carlson Machine Control debuts 2 pile driving programs for solar market

Carlson Machine Control, a company specializing in land development and associated machine programming, released both a new automated solution for placing structural…

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March 14, 2023

IbVogt Deploying Nextracker NX Horizon-XTR for 150 MW Project

IbVogt decided to use Nextracker’s NX Horizon-XTR technology for the 150 MW Garnacha solar power plant in Spain. Patrick Zenker, global procurement…

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Emerson Ovation to Support Lodestone Energy Solar PV Plants

Peter Apperley’s name Solar energy company Lodestone Energy has selected Emerson to provide advanced automation solutions for New Zealand’s first large-scale solar…

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Scale Microgrids Acquires Over 100 MW in Projects

The name Julian Torres was mentioned. Scale Microgrids has stated that they will be buying more than 100 megawatts of solar projects…

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Built Robotics Launches Fully Autonomous Solar Piling Robot

Built Robotics has launched their automated RPD 35 solar piling device, which is five times faster than the market standard. This specific…

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Sunnova Wins Capacity in ISO-New England Wholesale Auction

John Berger Sunnova Energy International Inc. has secured an additional 38 MW in the recent ISO-New England (ISO-NE) Forward Capacity Auction –…

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NYSERDA Solidifies Agreement for Renewable Energy Development 

Shawna Black The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has reached agreements on two municipally owned sites for potential…

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CertainTeed Launches Solstice Solar Roofing Line 

CertainTeed, a subsidiary of Saint-Gobain, has rolled out the Solstice low-profile solar roofing system. This product makes it simpler for roofing contractors…

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ArcVera Renewables Supports Acquisition of Onward Solar Portfolio  

David Simkins är namnet. ArcVera has announced an expansion in its solar energy operations, offering independent engineering services for development and operational…

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ClearPath Energy Partners with Brookfield to Secure Financing

David Khasidy is the name. ClearPath Energy, a platform for transitioning to renewable energy sources as well as a developer, owner, and…

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