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Captona, UBS Asset Management Jointly Invest in BESS Portfolio

Citadel BESS project near completion (Source: PRNewswire) Captona and UBS Asset Management’s Real Estate & Private Markets business have closed on a…

Staubli Expands North American PV Component Manufacturing

Brian Mills Stäubli North America has announced expanding manufacturing and assembly operations in its South Carolina and California plants. “We plan to…

Virginia now allows third-party rooftop solar leasing

The Virginia General Assembly has officially passed House Bill 1062/Senate Bill 271, allowing rooftop solar leasing with a third-party in Virginia and…

In-house apprenticeship programs help contractors capitalize on IRA tax credits

Ideal Energy apprentices work on a rooftop solar project. After the 2022 passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), demand for solar…

Harmonizing conflicts: Using mediation to resolve residential solar disputes

Making customers happy is one of the many joys of the solar and storage business. But consumer, business or other conflicts do…

Briggs & Stratton unveils latest SimpliPHI home battery system

Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions has unveiled its SimpliPHI 6.6 Home Battery System. The new SimpliPHI 6.6 battery delivers 6.65 kWh of energy…

Wind Exposure Category

Background Wind exposure category is a critical input parameter for structural designs including commercial rooftop PV systems. Most typical building sites fall…

CI Renewables to install 1.4-MW solar portfolio for University of Maryland

The University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) has signed a PPA with CI Renewables, an independent developer and owner of large scale commercial…

Stäubli to expand solar component manufacturing capacity in the US

Stäubli North America, manufacturer of the popular MC4 connector, announced it plans to expand its manufacturing and assembly operations in South Carolina…

HydroGraph to Supply Pristine Graphene to Volfpack Energy for Solar BESS

Kjirstin Breure HydroGraph‘s flagship graphene product, FGA-1, has been chosen by Volfpack Energy for use on supercapacitor technology aimed at increasing increase…

Birch Creek Energy Orders 547 MW of Modules from First Solar

First Solar announced an agreement to supply Birch Creek Energy with 547 MW of advanced Series 6 Plus Bifacial thin film photovoltaics…

Matrix Renewables Signs Purchase Agreement with Hyundai for Texas Solar

Cindy Tindell Matrix Renewables has signed a renewable energy power purchase agreement with affiliates of the Hyundai Motor Group for 147 MW…

energyRe Secures Financing, Tax Equity Commitment for Lone Star Project

Miguel Prado energyRe has secured $155 million in project financing and a $85 million tax equity commitment for its 108 MW Lone…

Contractor’s Corner: Bombard Electric Electrical contractor and solar developer rides wave of large-scale energy storage growth.

Utility-scale solar is experiencing a particularly exciting boom lately, with SEIA reporting an increase of 22.5 GWDC of capacity in 2023, a…

K2 Systems releases universal solar module skirt

By | April 29, 2024 K2 Systems, a solar PV racking company, has launched the K2 Edge, an array accessory designed to…

Nexamp launches fellowship program to bring renewable jobs to underserved Chicagoans

Nexamp has just launched a new fellowship program in partnership with the City Colleges of Chicago that is designed to create opportunities…

Martin Roofing & Solar’s non-penetrating roof mount receives UL 2703 certification

Martin Roofing & Solar’s patent-pending residential solar mount received certification from UL complying with its fire hazard-related 2703 standard. The hidden-fastening solar…

Lumin announces integration with Tesla Powerwalls

By | April 29, 2024 Smart panel maker Lumin announced that the Lumin Smart Panel is now integrated with the Tesla Powerwall…

WEC Energy Group to Acquire 90% of Delilah I Solar

WEC Energy Group has agreed to acquire a 90% ownership interest in the 300 MW Delilah I Solar Energy Center, located approximately…

Array Breaks Ground on New Solar Manufacturing Facility

Array Technologies has broken ground on its new $50 million manufacturing campus in Bernalillo County, N.M., which the company says was made…

Boviet Solar to Build North Carolina Production Facility

Sienna Cen Boviet Solar Technology has selected Greenville, N.C., as the location for its first North America production facility, to be developed…

SolarBank to Develop 31 MW in Nova Scotia

(Credit: Daniel Aufgang) SolarBank has partnered with TriMac Engineering to develop 10 MW of community solar in Enon, Nova Scotia, as well…

Array Technologies breaks ground on second tracker manufacturing site in Albuquerque

Array Technologies will officially break ground today on its previously announced $50 million manufacturing campus in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. U.S. Secretary…

Maryland soccer complex goes solar

By | April 26, 2024 Gordian Energy Systems has completed a 595-kW solar system at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland. New…

Pittsburgh factory adds more dedicated lines for Nextracker torque tubes

JM Steel, a subsidiary of JENNMAR Holdings, announced today it has expanded its Nextracker-dedicated manufacturing lines at its facility in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania….

Boviet Solar to start 2-GW solar panel factory in North Carolina

Boviet Solar has officially announced its plans to start a solar panel manufacturing facility in Greenville, North Carolina. The move has been…

Nextracker, JM Steel Complete Facility Expansion for Solar Projects

A factory worker on the Nextracker-dedicated line at JM Steel’s Leetsdale steel facility. (Credit Nextracker) Nextracker and JENNMAR Holdings subsidiary JM Steel…