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Sunrun’s solar + storage VPP supports California grid with 48 MW a night during heat wave
Sunrun announced that its CalReady power plant was activated to support California’s power grid during the recent heat wave. Batteries from over…
First Solar Takes Ownership of TOPCon Patents Through Acquisition
Jason Dymbort First Solar says it owns U.S. patents related to the manufacturing of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) crystalline-silicon PV solar…
DOE to Fund Renewables for Puerto Rico Healthcare Facilities and Housing
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a $325 million funding opportunity for the new Programa de…
First Solar Commissions Ohio Solar R&D Center
(Photo: Business Wire) First Solar has commissioned a new R&D innovation center in Lake Township, Ohio, which it says is the largest…
Smart agrivoltaics policy allows us to harvest the sun while preserving American farmland
American farmland can play a critical role in the clean energy transition, evolving to thrive alongside renewable energy development like solar, wind…
Guest column: Community solar can help affordable housing residents fight inflation
Travel across the country, or even your home state, and you’ll see shining fields of silicon that weren’t there decades ago. There’s…
SunRaise now integrating Scanifly project data in residential solar lease software
Scanifly has partnered with SunRaise Technology to accelerate SLAs for residential solar leasing. Under the partnership, SunRaise can automatically pull milestone project…
Quanta Services pays $1.5 billion to acquire Cupertino Electric
Quanta Services announced that it has completed the acquisition of Cupertino Electric Inc. (CEI), an electrical contractor and solar EPC headquartered in…
Greenskies completes 575-kW rooftop array for California office complex
Greenskies announced the completion of a 575-kW roof mount solar system at Belvedere Place, a prominent Class A office complex in Mill…
First Solar completes construction of 1.3 million-sq.-ft R&D center
First Solar today commissioned its new research and development (R&D) innovation center in Lake Township, Ohio. The Jim Nolan Center for Solar…
DOE announces $861 million loan for utility-scale solar and storage installations in Puerto Rico
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $861.3…
1-GWDC Gemini Solar + Storage project now connected to US grid
The largest solar + storage project in the United States is now connected to the grid. The Gemini Solar + Storage project,…
How Often Do You (Actually) Need “Boots on the Roof”?
Takeaway: Solar requires going on the roof — but you shouldn’t put Surveyors at risk for any longer than necessary. Instead of…
4 Ways Good Designs Lead to Higher Close Rates
Takeaway: When project owners can visualize their new solar array on a photorealistic 3D model of their property, they are more likely…
Soltec expands slope tolerance on single-axis solar trackers
By | July 18, 2024 Solar tracker manufacturer Soltec revealed a new foundation option for its SFOne single-axis solar tracker systems called…
Learn Drones and Get Licensed in 15 Hours or Less (And Get that Time Back Immediately)
Takeaway: You can learn how to fly a drone in 30 minutes. From there, it takes about 10-15 hours to get your…
Gemini Solar+Storage Project Reaches Commercial Operations
Ty Daul The Gemini Solar+Storage project, a joint venture by Primergy Solar and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, in Clark County, Nev., has commenced…
Solar and Storage Industry Commends Massachusetts House for Passing Critical Legislation to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition
Solar and Storage Industry Commends Massachusetts House for Passing Critical Legislation to Accelerate the Clean Energy Transition mlyons@seia.org Thu, 07/18/2024 – 03:19 …
Peak Energy to use latest funding round to launch production of sodium-ion ESS
Peak Energy, a U.S.-based company developing giga-scale energy storage technology for the grid, will use its $55 million Series A funding round…
Generac using $200 million DOE grant to help Puerto Ricans get solar + storage
Generac Power Systems has been awarded a grant of up to $200 million over the five-year term of the award agreement with…
EDP Renewables completes 200-MW solar + 40-MW storage project in Fresno County
EDP Renewables North America today unveiled its Scarlet I Solar Energy Park in Fresno County, California during a ribbon-cutting hosting dozens of…
EDPR Cuts Ribbon on Scarlet I Solar Energy Park
(Source: EDPR) EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has unveiled its 200 MW Scarlet I Solar Energy Park in Fresno County, Calif. …
Generac Receives DOE Award to Supply Renewable Power to Puerto Rico
Aaron Jagdfeld Generac Power Systems has been awarded a $200 million grant, spread over five years, by the U.S. Department of Energy…
Intersect Secures $837M in Financing to Build 1 GWh Texas BESS
Construction at the Lumina II BESS project in Scurry County, Texas. (Photo: Business Wire) Intersect Power has closed on two separate transactions…
Hawaii solar installer RevoluSun celebrates 15 years in business
Hawaiian solar installer RevoluSun celebrated its 15th anniversary this week. The company began its journey with the goal of building cleaner, smarter,…
Sugar Hollow Solar receives B Corp certification and is celebrating all summer
North Carolina-based Sugar Hollow Solar is celebrating 14 years of installing solar in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina and recently…
Q2 solar policy report finds new slate of states initiated net-metering studies
The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q2 2024 edition of “The 50 States of Solar.” The quarterly series provides…
Mission Solar now assembling bifacial solar panels with M10 cell size
By | July 16, 2024 Texas-based solar panel manufacturer Mission Solar Energy announced it is now assembling large-format solar panels for utility…
Generac unveils Level 2 EV charger
By | July 15, 2024 Generac Power Systems now has a Level 2 EV charger available to the North American market. “Generac’s…
Kinematics debuts ‘maintenance-free’ actuator for solar trackers
Kinematics, a manufacturer of drive systems for solar trackers, shipped the first round of its latest product, the ST Series. Representing years…
UGE completes 510-kW community solar array on Staten Island shopping center
New York City-based solar developer UGE has just energized its latest rooftop community solar project in greater New York City. Located in…
Green River Energy Center Project Receives Over $1B in Debt Financing
Luigi Resta Salt Lake City, Utah-based rPlus Energies has successfully secured over $1 billion in construction debt financing for its Green River…
Avangrid Begins Producing Power from True North Solar Project
Pedro Azagra Avangrid Inc., a sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, has begun to produce power from the True…
Mission Solar Launches Utility, C&I Product Line
Sam Martens Mission Solar Energy, a producer of residential photovoltaic (PV) modules for over 10 years, is now manufacturing larger-format products engineered…
OnSight Technology unveils OWL fire and smoke detection system
Advanced monitoring solutions company OnSight Technology has unveiled its new rooftop fire and smoke detection system, OWL. With AI capabilities, OWL will improve…
Solar power is largest source of new US energy capacity for ninth straight month
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) reveals that the mix…
Enphase releases commercial EV charger in the U.S.
Enphase Energy announced today the launch of the CS-100 EV Charger for customers with commercial fleet EVs in the United States. The…
Aurora Solar acquires residential solar design tool Lyra
By | July 15, 2024 Aurora Solar has acquired Lyra, a provider of instant plan set packages. Lyra’s permit packaging software helps…
OCI Solar Power Rebrands to OCI Energy
OCI’s Alamo 1 solar farm sits on 445 acres of private land on San Antonio’s south side. OCI Solar Power, a pioneer…
Leeward Secures $1.25 Billion in Warehouse Facility Financing
A Leeward Energy project, Barilla Solar project in Pecos County, Texas. Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE), a leading renewable energy company, has secured…
Aurora Solar Acquires Lyra
Source: Aurora Aurora Solar, a platform for solar sales and design, has acquired Lyra, a provider of instant plan set packages. Lyra’s…
EiDF Solar Obtains Permits to Build Photovoltaic Generation Facility in Spanish Town
Joan Gelonch EiDF Solar has obtained all the necessary permits to start constructing its own 50-MW photovoltaic generation facility in the Spanish…
SEIA Launches Industry Standards to Enhance Consumer Protection and Improve the Way Americans Experience Solar
SEIA Launches Industry Standards to Enhance Consumer Protection and Improve the Way Americans Experience Solar techols Mon, 07/15/2024 – 00:11 …
Fracsun unveils new AI-powered solar soiling loss modeling tool
Fracsun has announced the launch of its AI-powered soiling loss modeling tool called CLEO AI. This advanced solution enables the entire solar…
Olympian Michael Phelps installs Panasonic solar + storage system on Arizona home
Olympic swimmer Michael Phelps now has a solar + storage system on his Arizona home. Phelps, a Panasonic brand ambassador, installed 90…
Freedom Forever buys Meraki Solar assets and becomes subcontractor for existing customers
By | July 11, 2024 Residential solar installer Freedom Forever finalized an agreement to purchase assets from Meraki Solar and to be…
Platte River, Qcells Partnership Brings Massive Solar Project to Colorado
Platte River Power Authority and turnkey solutions partner Qcells USA Corp. broke ground July 10 on northern Colorado’s largest solar generation project….
Plural Energy opens investment platform for Solaris solar projects
Plural Energy announced its new Ace Portfolio is live and available to anyone interested in renewable energy investing. Plural simplifies green energy…
SolarEdge begins shipping product from second US manufacturing facility
SolarEdge announced that it has reached significant milestones in the company’s U.S. manufacturing strategy, driven by the incentives offered by the IRA….
Avangrid Installs First Solar Panels at Powell Creek Project in Ohio
Avangrid Inc., a sustainable energy company and member of the Iberdrola Group, recently installed the “Golden Row” at its Powell Creek solar…