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Legislation in New Jersey expands community solar program to benefit more LMI residents
By | January 11, 2024 New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy recently signed a bill to strengthen the state’s community solar program, increasing…
Sunstone Credit acquires ORKA Finance
By | January 11, 2024 Sunstone Credit, a clean energy financing platform that helps businesses go solar, has acquired commercial solar lender…
Microsoft commissions Ohio solar project that will benefit underserved communities
By | January 11, 2024 Apex Clean Energy announced that its 125-MW Wheatsborough Solar project in Erie County, Ohio, was contracted under…
565-MWh storage project helps to replace coal plant in Hawaii
By | January 11, 2024 Plus Power has begun operating its Kapolei Energy Storage facility in Hawaii. The KES battery project, located on…
Intersect Power’s 828 MW Lumina Project in Texas Reaches Operation
Intersect Power has announced commercial operation of its Lumina Solar project, located in Scurry County, Texas. The project generates 828 MW, enough…
Galway Sustainable Capital Acquires Forsite Renewables
Un agradecimiento a Fernando Tomás. Majority stake in Forsite Renewables, based in Charlotte, NC, has been bought by Sterling Power Opportunities, a…
First Solar Inaugurates New Manufacturing Plant
Attribution: Christoffer Riemer. First Solar has inaugurated a new solar manufacturing plant, with vertical integration, in Tamil Nadu, India. This facility boasts…
Plenitude to Acquire Three PV Parks From EDPR
Plenitude has solidified a deal with EDP Renováveis to acquire an 80% equity interest in a collection of operational photovoltaic (PV) projects…
KORE Power Launches Two U.S.-Manufactured DC Blocks
KORE Power has introduced two comprehensive DC block solutions for energy storage: a 750 kWh LFP DC Block and a 1.3 MWH…
Bidirectional EV chargers to finally materialize in 2024 2024 Trends in Solar
By | January 11, 2024 As expected, the bidirectional EV charger market is taking off. The device that can both charge and…
States boost solar installation on former landfills 2024 Trends in Solar
A handful of states, mostly based in the Northeast, have incentivized, or at the very least encouraged, solar development on decommissioned landfills…
Microinverter manufacturers are adding string inverters to their lineup 2024 Trends in Solar
Module-level rapid shutdown requirements that originated in the 2017 National Electrical Code gave microinverter manufacturers a boost as a simple way for…
Federal and local support grows for solar in LMI communities 2024 Trends in Solar
Solar for low- and moderate-income (LMI) communities is having its day in the sun. Demand for more equitable solar siting has never…
US solar projects benefitted from extreme weather and heat in 2023
Solar data company Solargis has analyzed the annual performance of solar irradiance for 2023, revealing the trends and variations of solar irradiance…
Qmerit certified electricians to install GM Energy’s suite of EV and ESS products
By | January 10, 2024 GM Energy will work with Qmerit’s network of certified installers for GM Energy’s suite of residential products,…
First phase of Ohio’s largest solar project is now delivering energy to grid
As of | January 10, 2024. Enbridge and EDF Renewables North America have accomplished the first phase of Ohio’s biggest solar project….
Sunspear Energy plans to expand solar project at Hawaiian water park
By | January 10, 2024 Sunspear Energy, a Hawaii-based solar installer will expand waterpark Wet’n’Wild Hawaii’s existing 1.3 MW solar carport system…
EDF Renewables, Enbridge Bring Fox Squirrel Phase 1 Online
Attribution: European Southern Observatory. EDF Renewables North America and Enbridge have declared that the first phase of the Fox Squirrel Solar project…
Sunlight Financial, Cross River Bank to Sell $300M Loan Asset Pool
Un agradecimiento a Fernando Tomás. Sunlight Financial Holdings has joined forces with Cross River Bank to sell a group of solar loan…
Arcadia Reaches 2 GW in Community Solar Management
Attribution: Christoffer Riemer. Arcadia has revealed that it has attained 2 GW of community solar administration in the 15 states it operates…
Wheatsborough Solar Contracted Under Microsoft–Volt Energy Justice Framework
Source: Markus Braun. Apex Clean Energy has agreed to a contract for its Wheatsborough Solar project of 125 MW in Ohio, through…
Windach Municipal Plant Delivers Energy to 2,300 Homes in First Nine Months
The municipality of Windach in Landsberg, Bavaria, has installed a 6.6 MW DC-optimized ground mount solar plant which has generated 6.57 GWh…
Naturgy Begins Construction on Second U.S. Solar Plant
Naturgy has started building the Grimes project in Texas, which is anticipated to have a 210 MW capacity. The plant will encompass…
Comstock Metals Receives Air Quality Permit from Nevada DEP
Source: Les Chatfield. The Nevada Division of Environmental Protection has informed Comstock about the granting of the new Class II Air Quality…
Spruce Power Launches Pro Platform Aimed at Commercial Market
Source: Jeffrey Beall. Spruce Power has introduced its Spruce Pro brand with the goal of extending its distributed energy service abilities. The…
2023 code changes to rapid shutdown requirements solar installers should know
Fronius The National Electrical Code (NEC) is a frequently changing set of rules published by the National Fire Protection Association (NFPA), also…
Butyl and mastic flashing sweeps residential solar mounting market 2024 Trends in Solar
There’s been a shift recently in the residential mounting sector, with manufacturers prioritizing smaller profile mounts that install over shingles rather than…
High interest rates and other issues threaten the residential solar market in 2024 2024 Trends in Solar
As of | January 9, 2024. In 2023, the residential solar industry faced significant challenges. Continuous supply chain disruptions became commonplace and…
Fortress Power unveils high-voltage Avalon residential ESS
On | January 14.43, 2024. Fortress Power has recently introduced Avalon HV ESS, its high-voltage energy storage system specifically designed for the…