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Former oil CEO acquires a taste for solar construction
Steve Newby’s path to entering the solar industry wasn’t one marked by high ambitions to green the grid. He worked for 25…
California installer weathers NEM 3.0 storm with high-tech service department
Renova has survived the rooftop solar changes in California by leaning into other service offerings and expanding regionally into Arizona. After this…
Rural Oregon solar installer finds niche in multifamily housing
For solar contractors working in agricultural communities, substantial projects are commonly ground-mounted and built across many acres of fields and farmland. Bucking…
Pennsylvania solar installer works through cancer diagnosis on the roof
Kayla Reedy could have stopped installing solar when she received a breast cancer diagnosis earlier this year. “But I wasn’t going to…
Ohio EPC replenishes Northern Bobwhite quail habitat with native grass solar array
Pollinator-friendly arrays like this one in Southern Ohio can preserve precious grassland habitat for the animals that rely on it. The United…
West Virginia solar installer uses Cesar Chavez connection to promote community kindness
Having a positive impact on the communities in which its employees live and work has been a key pillar of Mountain View…
Bringing big city solar experience back home
Kids from small communities often leave to find something their hometowns can’t offer. There’s a whole world out there filled with opportunities…
Contractor meticulously installs solar on oldest church in US
Adobe structures are a hallmark of Santa Fe, New Mexico. Throughout the city, one can find fencing, homes, schools and restaurants made…
Michigan Solar Solutions brings crew to San Diego to show what the Midwest is made of
Michigan Solar Solutions competes on a mock rooftop at the 2024 Solar Games. 7 Hills Productions Residential solar crews spend hundreds of…
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…