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New names take top spots on Solar Power World’s 2024 Top Solar Contractors List
The United States installed more solar in 2023 than ever before — 32.4 GW total and 51% more than the previous year….
Manchin, Barrasso Release Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation
Senator Manchin U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources…
vHive Unveils Automated Solar Farm Inspection and Analytics Solution
(Source: vHive) vHive has released its latest product designed for autonomous digitization and AI analysis of solar farms. The company’s auto-discovery and…
Renova Energy ‘temporarily’ halts operations amid SunPower chaos
By | July 22, 2024 Palm Desert-based solar installer Renova Energy sent a letter to all customers last week saying it will…
How surety bonds are accelerating the transition to renewable energy
The transition to renewable energy in the United States has been making notable progress in recent years. According to the U.S. Energy…
Clearway starts work on two large renewable projects in Southern California
Clearway Energy Group announced that it closed more than $700 million in construction financing and has begun construction on two major energy…
Solar and Storage Industry Statement on Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation
Solar and Storage Industry Statement on Bipartisan Permitting Reform Legislation jbristol@seia.org Mon, 07/22/2024 – 20:33 …
Duke Energy North Carolina Pilot Program Enrollment Reaches 1,300 Customers
Meghan Dewey Duke Energy has enrolled more than 1,300 North Carolina customers in its PowerPair pilot, a one-time incentive-based program designed to…
HKUST Engineering Researchers Increase Perovskite Solar Cell Reliability
Prof. Zhou Yuanyuan shows a perovskite solar cell (Credit: HKUST) A research team at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong…
Minnesota PUC Approves Additional 250 MW Solar Project Near Sherco Plant
Katie Sieben The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a site permit for the Sherco Solar 3 project, Xcel Energy’s 250 MW…
SunPower stops supporting lease and PPA agreements, according to letter to dealers
By | July 19, 2024 The July 17 letter. In a July 17 letter circulating social media but not yet confirmed by…
First Solar has crystalline silicon patents, will investigate infringement
First Solar, a thin-film solar manufacturer, is starting a patent infringement investigation based on tunnel-oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) technology used in crystalline…
Massachusetts House passes bill to incentivize solar + storage deployment in the state
The Massachusetts House of Representatives passed H.4876, a critical piece of legislation that addresses key challenges facing the solar and storage industry…
Hithium to set up 10-GWh battery plant in Texas
By | July 19, 2024 Chinese energy storage system manufacturer Hithium will invest $100 million into a 483,874-ft2 facility in Mesquite, Texas,…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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,…
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…
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…
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…
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…