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DOE doles out $10 million for improved large-scale renewable energy permitting processes
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) today announced up to $22 million to improve planning, siting and permitting processes for large-scale renewable…
NYISO Announces New Renewable Energy Generation Records
Rich Dewey New York has set new records for hourly wind and solar generation, the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) has…
Consumers Energy, Muskegon County Jointly Launch Muskegon Solar Energy Center
David Hicks Consumers Energy and the Muskegon County Resource Recovery Center have partnered to develop the company’s first large-scale solar project, the…
DOE Earmarks $22M for Renewable Facility Planning, Siting Improvements
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $22 million set aside to improve the planning, siting and permitting…
Concord Green Energy Awards Polar Racking 38 MW Alberta Solar Project
Polar Racking’s CORE (Credit: Polar Racking) Polar Racking has been awarded a 38 MW solar project in Alberta, Canada, by Concord Green…
Duke Energy Progress Sooks to Add Solar Power in South Carolina
Mike Callahan Duke Energy Progress has requested approval by the Public Service Commission of South Carolina (PSCSC) to build and own a…
IRS further defines energy community qualifications for IRA credit
The Dept. of the Treasury and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released guidance that provides additional information about the bonus tax credit under…
DOE to Invest in Clean Energy Solutions for Mine Land
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is set to provide $475 million in funding for five projects in Arizona,…
SolarCraft Completes Third Installation for Sonoma’s Sweetwater Spectrum
(Credit: SolarCraft) SolarCraft has completed a 16.4 kW solar energy system addition at Sweetwater Spectrum Community, a residential development geared for adults…
Ameren Missouri Approved for 400 MW Solar Portfolio
(Credit: Ryan Gallup) Ameren Missouri received approval to build or acquire approximately 400 MW of solar energy, with the first of three…
Tuning homeowners into the IRA’s many tax incentives
Despite the benefits of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), a large number of homeowners have not taken advantage of the tax incentives….
AEROCOMPACT debuts racking for portrait and east-west solar panel orientation
PV mounting system manufacturer AEROCOMPACT launched SN2 Q PLUS, an extension to the COMPACTFLAT SN2 rail-based flat roof solar racking system. SN2…
Solar and green steel: A growing symbiotic relationship
The photovoltaic industry is quite literally built on steel. As a crucial component of racking and trackers for solar PV systems, a…
Primergy Solar developing 400-MW solar + storage project for California CCA
Primergy Solar, a developer, owner and operator of utility-scale solar and energy storage projects, has signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA)…
California approves use of DER schedules to avoid interconnection upgrades
Today the California Public Utilities Commission issued a significant decision allowing renewable energy systems to be approved to interconnect to the electric…
ECA to Sell Delaware Community Solar Projects to Luminace
Brendon Quinlivan Brookfield-owned Luminace will acquire two PV plants from ECA Solar with a combined capacity of 10 MW, located in Delmarva…
Solas Energy to Provide Management Services for Harquahala Projects
Evelyn Carpenter Solas Energy has been awarded the owner’s representative contract for Copia Power’s Harquahala Sun 1 and 2 PV and BESS…
Primergy Signs Solar+Storage PPA with San Diego Community Power
Ty Daul Primergy Solar has signed a long-term PPA for the full capacity of its 400 MW and 1.6 GWh BESS Purple…
Doral Renewables Secures Debt Financing For Great Bend Solar Project
Evan Speece Doral Renewables has successfully closed on $114 million in construction debt financing for its Great Bend Solar project, with HSBC…
RIC Energy Sells New York Community Solar Projects to Radial Power
Jonathan Rappe RIC Energy has sold seven PV plants in upstate New York with a combined capacity of 34 MW to Radial…
KKR Acquires Majority Stake in Avantus
Charlie Gailliot KKR has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Avantus, with it and existing investor EIG being sole…
Burns & McDonnell Completes Role in Wisconsin Alliant Energy Solar Program
Chad Cotter Burns & McDonnell has completed EPC and self-perform construction services for nine Wisconsin solar projects that are part of Alliant…
Frequency of extreme weather events fuels regulatory compliance and digital data management
The National Centers for Environmental Information (NCEI) confirmed that 2023 was a historic year in terms of costly disasters due to extreme…
US installs more grid-scale energy storage in 2023 than ever before
The U.S. energy storage market reached a new deployment high in the final quarter of 2023, with 4,236 MW installed — a…
Burns & McDonnell finalizes 9-project, 764-MW solar portfolio
Burns & McDonnell has completed engineer-procure-construct (EPC) and self-perform construction services for nine solar projects across Wisconsin. The projects — part of…
Infinity Rack Develops Modular BIPV Framing System
SunPark Dual Cantilever (Credit: Infinity Rack) Infinity Rack has developed a modular BIPV framing system that it says works with any standard…
CSIRO Sets Record for Next-Gen Roll-to-Roll Printed Solar Cells
Dr. Anthony Chesman Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have led an international team to what it calls a breakthrough by…
Eagle Creek Renewable Energy Acquires Lightstar Renewables
Neal Simmons An Eagle Creek Renewable Energy affiliate has acquired Lightstar Renewables, a portfolio company of funds managed by Elda River Capital…
Fluke Advances Utility-Scale Solar Testing with Curve Tracer Launch
Technician uses Fluke PVA-1500 series tools. (Credit: Fluke) Fluke Corp, a Fortive subsidiary, has launched its PVA-1500 Series I-V curve tracer, which…
Construction Begins on Second Utility-Scale West Virginia Solar Site
(Credit: Axel Kristinsson) FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun construction on their second utility-scale solar site in West Virginia,…