Homepage - Solar Industry News

Intersolar & Energy Storage North America opens registration for new Texas conference

Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) announced registration is now open for its new regional event slated for November 19 to…

K2 Systems develops wire clip for railed and rail-less PV projects

By | May 24, 2024 Solar racking company K2 Systems unveiled its latest product, a wire management clip capable of working on…

Entergy Louisiana Solar Expansion Proposal Approved

(Source: Entergy Louisiana) Entergy Louisiana‘s proposal to add up to 3 GW of solar power to its generation portfolio has been approved…

Orsted Receives $680 Million in Financing for Solar + Storage

Eleven Mile Solar Center (Source: Ørsted) Ørsted has received an investment from J.P. Morgan for $680 million in tax equity financing for…

Meta inks deal with Pine Gate for new 204-MW solar project

By | May 23, 2024 Pine Gate Renewables and Meta announced the execution of an agreement for the renewable attributes from a…

New solar equipment recycling center opens in Texas

SolarPanelRecycling.com today opens its new recycling center in Breckenridge, Texas. The site can fully recover and reuse solar equipment, including panels, inverters,…

How to choose safer string harnesses for solar projects

Improperly implemented PV string harnesses can cause down time, delays and replacement hassles. At their worst, they can present dire safety risks….

Classical radio station orchestrates construction of 89-kW solar project

KMFA Classical 89.5, a classical radio station from Austin, Texas, invested in an 89.64-kWDC rooftop solar project. In addition to solar panels,…

Wind Deflection

Background Air flow visualizations from CFD analysis of automobile and alpine ski racer Practical experience with wind forces provides a basic understanding…

Meta Partners with Pine Gate for Texas Solar Project Renewable Attributes

Ben Catt Pine Gate Renewables and Meta have executed an agreement for the renewable attributes from a Pine Gate solar project located…

SolarPanelRecycling.com Opens Solar Equipment Recycling Center

Brett Henderson SolarPanelRecycling.com has opened its new recycling center focused on meeting increasing demand for the full recovery and reuse of solar…

Sunnova adds QuickBOLT solar mounts to approved vendor list

By | May 22, 2024 Sunnova Energy has added QuickBOLT‘s solar roof mounts to its approved vendor list (AVL). This approval allows…

Southern Power Expands Millers Branch Solar Facility

(Source: Southern Power) Southern Power is set to expand its 29th solar project, the Millers Branch Solar Facility located in Haskell County,…

EDF Renewables, Enbridge Celebrate Completion of Fox Squirrel Solar Phase 1

Fox Squirrel Solar in Madison County, Ohio (Photo by Matt Reese) EDF Renewables North America and Enbridge have completed construction and begun…

Rivian Partners with Pivot Energy to Build Illinois Community Solar

(Source: Pivot Energy) Rivian has committed to purchasing RECs generated from 50 MW of solar from Pivot Energy as well as subscribe…

RP Partners with Hubbell on End-to-End eBOS Solution

(Source: RP Construction Services) RP Construction Services is partnering with Hubbell to include products from Hubbell’s family of brands into RP’s end-to-end…

Cutlass Solar 2 Project Operating at Full Capacity

Cutlass Solar 2 (Source: Bechtel) The Bechtel-built Cutlass Solar 2 project in Fort Bend, Texas, is generating at full capacity, which the…

GoodWe’s C&I inverter added to Sunnova’s approved vendor list

GoodWe Technologies announced that it has been added to the approved vendor list of Sunnova Energy to provide GoodWe’s SMT-US inverter for…

Bechtel completes Cutlass Solar 2 project in Texas using automation, robots and drones

The Cutlass Solar 2 project in Fort Bend, Texas, is complete and generating electricity at full capacity. Bechtel constructed the 218-MW project,…

SunPower dealers can soon offer the Tesla Powerwall to residential customers

SunPower announced it will begin offering the Tesla Powerwall 3 through its residential dealer network. The company had exclusively been promoting its…

DOE opens 48C manufacturing tax credit portal for Round 2

The Dept. of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service and Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced today that the DOE Qualified Advanced Energy Project Credit…

S12 releases model policy for automated rooftop solar permitting software

Today, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) released model policy that encourages the adoption of automated rooftop solar permitting software. This…

Affordable Wire Management approved to work with Sungrow’s 4.4-MW inverter

Affordable Wire Management (AWM) announced the company has achieved a 630 A rating from the Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC), a Nationally…

Entergy Louisiana approved to add up to 3 GW of solar power to portfolio

Entergy Louisiana’s proposal to add up to three gigawatts of economic solar power to its generation portfolio has been approved by the…

Colorado bill to optimize electrical grid for clean energy signed into law

Today, Governor Polis will sign into law SB24-218 — The Modernize Energy Distribution Systems Act (Powering Up Colorado), marking a significant milestone…

RP Construction Services to distribute Hubbell solar eBOS products

RP Construction Services (RP), a distributor serving the utility-scale solar industry, is partnering with Hubbell Incorporated to include products to include the…

QuickBOLT Solar Mounts Available on Sunnova Approved Vendor List

Aaron Robbins QuickBOLT’s solar mounts have been added to the Sunnova Energy International Approved Vendor List, allowing Sunnova dealers to access the…