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Enel Completes Solar, Storage System at Bayer California Facility
Credit: UC Davis College of Engineering. Enel North America and Bayer have announced the completion of a 2.7 MW solar and 1…

Ampliform to use Empact’s IRA compliance services on US projects
By | January 24, 2024. Solar and storage project developer Ampliform announced it will use software from Empact Technologies to ensure Ampliform’s…

SolaREIT expands real estate investment services to energy storage developers
By | January 24, 2024. SolaREIT, a solar and storage real estate investment fund, is launching a suite of capital solutions for…

Mortenson Completes Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Storage Project
Terra-Gen and Mortenson have announced completion of Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Energy Storage, in which Mortenson was the full EPC contractor…

Keeping solar contractors safe from fall risks on commercial roofs
Being a solar contractor can mean spending a lot of time on rooftops. With industry tailwinds from federal subsidies, this market is…

150 entities have requested direct pay or transferability of IRA credits so far
By | January 24, 2024. The U.S. Dept. of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) recently announced that more than 1,000…

Sunrun installs solar system for 100-home affordable housing community in California
By | January 24, 2024. Sunrun recently completed a rooftop solar installation at St. Mary’s Gardens, an affordable housing community in Oakland,…

El Paso Electric Expands its Texas Community Solar Program
El Paso Electric (EPE) has started construction on a 10 MW facility as part of the company’s second Texas Community Solar program…

Enel builds 2.7-MW solar + storage project at Bayer research site in California
By | January 23, 2024. Enel North America completed a 2.7-MW solar and 1-MW/2-MWh energy storage system at Bayer’s vegetable research and…

Recurrent Energy Announces $500 Million BlackRock Capital Commitment
Credit: Wayne National Forest. Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has secured a $500 million preferred equity investment commitment, convertible into common equity,…

GameChange Solar Opens Tracker Factory in Brazil
GameChange Solar (GCS) announced the opening of a new factory, training, service and support center for its Genius Tracker solar products in…

Highlighting overlooked solar products from Intersolar North America 2024
The exhibitors I spoke to at Intersolar North America this year felt that the show is not as popular or jam-packed with…

Silicon Ranch to work with data centers in Nevada and Utah to site solar projects nearby
By | January 23, 2024. Data center developer Tract is partnering with solar project developer Silicon Ranch to more responsibly site data…

Solar Insure unveils insurance-backed warranty coverage for residential solar systems
By | January 23, 2024. Solar Insure has launched SolarDetect, a new offering for residential solar owners that provides long-term support of…

Nexamp Sets Second Headquarters in Chicago in Midwest Focus
Credit: Les Chatfield. Nexamp has announced that its Chicago office will serve as the company’s second national headquarters, planning to add an…

Deriva Energy Closes On Spanish Peaks Solar Acquisition
Deriva Energy has acquired Spanish Peaks Solar, a 140 MW solar project in Las Animas County, Colo., from power developer JUWI.. With…

New energy storage conference to premiere this June in Portland, Oregon
By | January 22, 2024. The American Clean Power Association (ACP) today launched a new energy storage-focused tradeshow — ACP RECHARGE. The…

SolarEdge to Reduce Global Workforce
Credit: Markus Braun. SolarEdge has announced a company restructuring plan that includes an approximate 16% workforce reduction, or around 900 employees.. Designed…

Empact, Ampliform Enter IRA Compliance Management Agreement
Empact Technologies has entered a new agreement with Ampliform to provide Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compliance management software and services.. Under the…

Contractor’s Corner: Ipsun Solar Washington, D.C., solar development company is using innovation to cut costs and transform the customer experience.
Ipsun Solar. In the wake of a slower year for many solar sectors, developers are working hard to lower soft costs and…

U.S. solar panel manufacturing claims from Intersolar North America
If you follow Solar Power World’s U.S. solar manufacturing news, you know the domestic manufacturing market has never looked stronger. And while…

SolarEdge lays off 16% of workforce, stops manufacturing in Mexico
By | January 22, 2024. SolarEdge Technologies, a global manufacturer producing inverter, energy storage, EV and smart home technologies, is cutting its…

Power Electronics highlights its GEN 3 inverter at Intersolar North America 2024
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2024/01/power-electronics-highlights-its-gen-3-inverter-at-intersolar-north-america-2024/ …

Unirac and S-5! expand solar mounting component partnership
As of January 16, 2024. Unirac, a company specializing in the production of solar mounting systems, along with S-5!, another firm in…

Weidmuller USA releases multi-tool for cutting, stripping and crimping wire
As of January 16, 2024. Weidmuller USA, based in Richmond, Virginia, and specializing in industrial automation and connectivity solutions, has introduced the…

Portrait-oriented solar modules perform better on certain roofs
In the US, business-related solar installations on roofs typically employ mounting systems that arrange solar panels horizontally. It is the favored choice…

Sinovoltaics to set up quality assurance testing in the United States
Dated | January 17, 2024. Sinovoltaics, a quality assurance testing firm, intends to open an office in the U.S., offering American customers…

Tandem PV raises funds for U.S. perovskite manufacturing facility
Dated | January 17, 2024. Tandem PV, a company specializing in perovskite solar technology, declared that it has secured a total of…

Maxeon starts commercial partner program for U.S. installers
Dated | January 17, 2024. Today, Maxeon Solar Technologies announced the launch of its new Commercial Partner Program aimed at American installers…

How solar + storage technologies are aiding Hawaii wildfire relief
During the early morning of August 3rd, a fallen power line sparked a blaze on the side of a road on Maui,…

EPRI launches Interoperability Lab to advance DER integration
Dated January 18, 2024. Renewable energy solutions like solar and wind power on a smaller scale, along with energy storage in batteries,…

The largest US solar + storage project is complete
Dated January 18, 2024. Terra-Gen and Mortenson have nearly finished the Edwards & Sanborn Solar + Energy Storage project, which is the…

S-5! debuts MLPE Mount at Intersolar
Deadline: January 18, 2024. Urgency level: S-5. S-5!, a company that produces solar mounting solutions for metal roofs, has launched its latest…

Old government document updated to allow more solar in Western US
https://www.solarpowerworldonline.com/2024/01/old-government-document-updated-to-allow-more-solar-in-western-us/ …

Connecticut increases incentives available to residents installing battery storage
Dated | January 223, Year 208. The Energy Storage Solutions program in Connecticut has undergone recent modifications by the Public Utilities Regulatory…

Pentagon and more federal buildings are adding solar to their campuses
Dated January 18, 2024. The Department of Health and Human Services has imposed a strict deadline for states to submit detailed plans…

FranklinWH adds lifting dolly to product lineup to better install residential battery
Date: January 19, 2024. FranklinWH has recently introduced improvements to its Franklin Home Power system. These enhancements to the FranklinWH aGate feature…

First Solar Purchases Future Ohio Distribution Site
Reconocimiento a Fernando Tomás. First Solar has secured ownership of a facility spanning 1.2 million square feet. The company plans to transform…


Strata Breaks Ground on 1 GWh Phoenix Energy Storage Project
https://solarindustrymag.com/strata-breaks-ground-on-1-gwh-phoenix-energy-storage-project …

CAMS Awarded Integrated Services Contract for REC Solar Portfolio
Consolidated Asset Management Services (CAMS) has announced it will offer a suite of services, including operation and maintenance, asset management, accounting, and…

AES Completed 3.5 GW of Renewables Construction Last Year
Mi chiamo Dave Lauretti. The AES Corporation AES announced it finished building 3.5 gigawatts of renewable energy projects in 2023, almost twice…

Skylight Lending Secures Credit Facility with M&T Bank
Vi har ikke haft mulighed for at tale sammen før nu. Skylight Lending has successfully secured a substantial loan from M&T Bank,…

Bloomberg, Orsted Announce 15-Year Renewables PPA
Ørsted has entered into an agreement to supply Bloomberg with 80 megawatts of clean energy produced by the under-construction Mockingbird Solar Center,…

Ardagh Glass Packaging, CI Renewables Partner on Solar Project
Ardagh Glass Packaging and CI Renewables are progressing with the construction of a solar energy initiative in Madera, California. The project, which…

Amazon Remains World’s Largest Corporate Renewables Purchaser
Reconocimiento a Fernando Tomás. Last year, Amazon pursued an aggressive strategy in renewable energy, launching over 100 new wind and solar initiatives,…

Mercom Reports Solar Companies Raised $34.3B in 2023 Corporate Funding
Attribution: Jeffrey Beall. Mercom Capital Group’s yearly analysis of the solar sector’s financing and merger and acquisition trends revealed that overall corporate…

Paz Oil, Arava Power, Menora Mivtachim Close on Sunray Loan
Attribution: Christoffer Riemer. Paz Oil, Arava Power, and Menora Mivtachim have successfully secured a tax equity bridge loan amounting to $144 million…

Ice Industries Signs Additional Contract with First Solar
Attribution: David Shankbone Ice Industries has secured another extended-duration deal to provide First Solar with panel parts and is set to channel…