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Heliene, TEP Partner on Expanded U.S. Solar Manufacturing Capacity

Martin Pochtaruk Heliene has closed on a $54 million strategic equity investment from Transition Equity Partners (TEP) in collaboration with a consortium…

Regulator Raises New Mexico Community Solar Program Cap

(Credit: Christopher Michel) The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has approved amending a rule to the state’s community solar program, establishing…

Energy storage set to be ineligible for low-income bonus credit in 2025 SEIA is pushing for this to change.

By | October 4, 2024 Credit: DSD Renewables On October 3, the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) filed comments on proposed rules…

Runergy Alabama Module Manufacturing Facility Begins Production

(Source: PR Newswire) Runergy has commenced production at its solar module manufacturing facility in Huntsville, Ala. The facility, with an anticipated annual…

SolarBank Develops New York Community Solar Project

(Credit: Guilhem Vellut) SolarBank plans to develop a 2.9 MW ground-mounted solar power project known as Silver Springs on a site located…

New Mexico Public Regulation Commission expands community solar program by 300 MW

By | October 4, 2024 In 2021, the New Mexico Legislature passed Senate Bill 84, establishing the state’s community solar program. Sponsored…

Senate bill would expand low-income access to community solar

By | October 1, 2024 U.S. Senator Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) introduced the Community Solar Consumer Choice Act, legislation that would support…

Former army depot boasts 1st-of-its-kind community solar project

Nautilus Solar Energy is no stranger to building solar arrays atop capped landfills. The New Jersey-based solar contractor has completed many solar…

EnergySage says the residential solar market is at a ‘turning point’

By | October 3, 2024 After a challenging but record-breaking year in 2023 for U.S. residential solar installations, the first six months…

Runergy opens solar panel assembly factory in Alabama

By | October 3, 2024 Runergy just announced that its 2-GW solar panel factory in Huntsville, Alabama, has officially commenced production. The…

energyRe, Google Sign 12-Year PPA

Miguel Prado energyRe says Google has signed a 12-year PPA to purchase renewable energy from a 435 MW solar project to be…

JBBAT to Purchase Proteus Power

(Credit: Kylie Stewart) JBB Advanced Technologies (JBBAT) has signed a letter of intent to purchase Houston-based Proteus Power for an undisclosed amount….

Trina Solar Initiates Legal Action to Enforce TOPCon Patents

Steven Zhu Trinasolar has filed a complaint with the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to prevent what the company says is Runergy…

Recurrent Energy Closes on $500M BlackRock Investment

Ismael Guerrero Recurrent Energy, a Canadian Solar subsidiary, has closed on a $500 million investment by BlackRock through a fund managed by…

New semi-autonomous vehicle helps lift solar panels in the field

By | October 2, 2024 CrewMate, a semi-autonomous lift-assist vehicle developed by Moog Construction, recently completed a field trial near Niagara Falls,…

Clearway Energy Group starts work on 300-MW Texas solar + storage project

By | October 2, 2024 Clearway Energy Group announced that it has closed financing and begun construction of the 300-MW Pine Forest…

How to pay for solar: Solar financing options explained

By | October 2, 2024 Sunlight is free, but solar systems still cost money. Thankfully, though, the price of going solar has…

Put solar on it: Beetlejuice, Beetlejuice, Beetlej…

By | October 2, 2024 There are almost too many ways to open a blog about Beetlejuice Beetlejuice. It can be enough…

ContourGlobal Acquires 151 MW Solar Portfolio from Sun Tribe Development

Antonio Cammisecra ContourGlobal has entered the U.S. renewables market with the acquisition of a 151 MW solar portfolio comprising two projects in…

Golden Triangle I Secures Tax Equity Commitment

Vikas Anand Origis Energy has secured a tax equity commitment from J.P. Morgan for the Golden Triangle I Solar + Storage project…

National Grid Renewables Signs PPA with Microsoft

Blake Nixon National Grid Renewables has executed a PPA with Microsoft for its Portage Solar Project, a 250 MW development located in…

Sabanci Renewables Completes Oriana Solar Project Financing

Tom Bitting Advantage Capital has committed to provide a $137 million investment to Sabanci Renewables, to complete financing for the 232 MW…

PGE Acquires Washington Co-Located Solar Project from Qcells

Future Location of Appaloosa Solar (Source: PR Web) Qcells has sold the 142 MW Appaloosa Solar Project to Puget Sound Energy (PSE)….

Commerce to tariff solar imports from Southeast Asia, some by as much as 300%

By | October 1, 2024 The Dept. of Commerce today released its preliminary affirmative determination in the countervailing duty (CVD) case relating…

Kansas-based solar installer Good Energy Solutions acquires Laven Electric

By | October 1, 2024 Jenny Laven, Lance Laven, Kevin Good, Shana Good, and Malcolm Proudfit after the sale of Laven Electric…

Ohio Air Quality Development Authority helps finance 237-kW solar project for tool manufacturer

By | October 1, 2024 The Ohio Air Quality Development Authority (OAQDA) has closed on bond financing of nearly $1.1 million for…

New UL certification works to protect solar inverters from cyberattacks Residential solar is becoming a part of critical energy infrastructure. Cybersecurity measures are catching up to that reality.

In July 2024, a software update from cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike caused Microsoft Windows systems to crash globally — grounding commercial airlines and halting…