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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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%…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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 –…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Everlight Solar Breaks Ground on Headquarters in Wisconsin
Bret Newcomb, Casey Creech, William Creech, Edward Kinney, Tom Spritz, and Luke Diaz. Brad Trick took a photograph of the start of…
Navisun Secures Debt Financing from MUFG
Doug Johnsen Navisun LLC, a solar independent power producer that co-develops, acquires, owns and operates distributed and small utility-scale solar and storage…
5-GW LONGi solar panel factory is coming to Ohio
Renewable and clean energy developer Invenergy intends to partner with LONGi to support a 5-GW solar panel assembly factory in Ohio. Invenergy…
Solar microgrid keeps flights on time at Pittsburgh International Airport
More than 8 million people took a flight from Pittsburgh International Airport in 2022, but they likely didn’t know the airport’s terminals,…
GAF Energy Timberline Solar Roof Earns L.A. County Code Approval
Los Angeles County’s Department of Public Works Building and Safety Division has approved GAF Energy‘s Timberline Solar, a nailable solar shingle, for…
OCI Solar Power Upgrades Alamo 2 Solar Farm
The Alamo 2 solar farm OCI Solar Power, a utility-scale solar developer, recently served as the EPC while upgrading its Alamo 2…
Solar Landscape completes 562-kW rooftop array for New Jersey business
By | March 9, 2023. Solar Landscape has conducted a 562-kilowatt rooftop solar installation at 11 Engelhard Drive in Monroe, New Jersey,…
Missouri Utility Leaning on Sunverge for DER Pilot Program
Chad Carsten Evergy, an investor-owned utility serving customers in Kansas and Missouri, will be using Sunverge’s distributed energy resource (DER) control, orchestration…
ARC Puts $125 Million Behind Silfab Solar PV Manufacturing
Brian Boulanger Silfab Solar Inc., a solar photovoltaic module manufacturer, has closed a second investment round led by ARC Financial Corp. to…
Birch Creek Establishes Independent Power Producer Unit
Dan Siegel ist der Name. Birch Creek Energy LLC, a renewable energy company located in St. Louis, has established a new entity,…
250 MW Pisgah Ridge Solar Project Comes Online
Duke Energy’s newest commercial brand, DESS, has opened its largest solar facility yet: the 250 MW Pisgah Ridge Solar operation in Navarro…
Tariffs, equipment detainments caused U.S. solar market to decrease 16% in 2022
The United States added 20.2 GW of new solar capacity in 2022, a 16% decrease from 2021. This was likely attributed to…
Canadian Solar Announces Commercial Operation of Three Solar Projects in Japan
Dr. Shawn Qu is associated with Canadian Solar Inc. Canadian Solar has declared that three of its solar juice centers in Japan,…
Policy-Driven Supply Constraints Cause Steep Drop in Solar Installations in 2022
WASHINGTON, D.C. and HOUSTON, TX — The United States added 20.2 gigawatts (GW) of new solar capacity in 2022, a 16% decrease…
Policy-Driven Supply Constraints Cause Steep Drop in Solar Installations in 2022
https://www.seia.org/news/policy-driven-supply-constraints-cause-steep-drop-solar-installations-2022 …
Silfab to start 1-GW solar cell manufacturing plant in the United States by 2024 The facility is likely to be in South Carolina.
After a successful second investment round, North American solar panel manufacturer Silfab Solar can now officially announce it is planning to open…