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Cumberland County Approves Hecate Energy’s 150 MW Virginia Solar Facility
(Credit: Cumberland Solar Farm) Hecate Energy has had its Siting Agreement and Conditional Use Permit application both approved for the planned 150…
TERREPOWER Launches Panel Recycling Line at Tennessee Facility
Maria Caballero TERREPOWER, a division of BBB Industries, has launched a solar panel recycling line at its facility in Sparta, Tenn., offering…
PG&E Customer Electricity Greenhouse Gas-Free Last Year
Patti Poppe Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) retail customers received completely greenhouse gas-free electricity in 2023, with 34% of total electricity…
New York to Install Solar Carport, BESS at JFK Airport
Gov. Kathy Hochul The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) began construction of…
Monarch Private Capital, Elawan Energy Complete Two Texas Solar Projects
Dileo Project (Source: Monarch Private Capital) Monarch Private Capital and Elawan Energy announced the substantial completion of two utility-scale solar projects in…
Enphase Energy Partners with Octopus Energy Group in the U.K.
Marco Krapels Enphase Energy has formed a strategic partnership with Octopus Energy Group which expects to focus on deploying Enphase’s IQ8 Microinverters…
Maxeon sues REC and Hanwha for alleged TOPCon patent infringement
By | April 22, 2024 Solar panel assembly at Maxeon’s facility in Mexico. Maxeon Solar Technologies announced on April 19 that it…
EPA announces recipients of $7 billion in residential Solar for All grants
GRID Alternatives On April 22, as the Biden-Harris Administration celebrates Earth Day, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced 60 selectees that will…
EPA Earmarks $7 Billion Toward Solar for All Grants
Michael S. Regan The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected 60 recipients to receive $7 billion in awards through the Solar…
Midwest green bank partners with IBEW for low-income solar grant projects
Growth Opportunity Partners, a community financial institution and Green Bank, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announced a groundbreaking agreement…
CI Renewables to add solar carports to Maryland hospital system
Taking another step toward increasing its renewable energy portfolio and being a ‘greener’ company, the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) announced…
Biden Administration announces first manufacturers to qualify for 48C tax credits
Laminate pulled from a solar panel before recycling at SolarCycle’s Odessa, Texas facility. The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) on April 19…
Fronius hosts firefighter solar safety training in Indiana
By | April 19, 2024 On April 16-18, Fronius USA opened its US headquarters’ solar panel roof and solar inverter lab to…
Bernhard, Hackensack Meridian Health Sign Energy-as-a-Service Agreement
(Credit: Bernhard) Bernhard has signed a 30-year Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health, which the company says includes $134 million set…
Entergy Texas Contracts with Umbriel Solar Facility
Umbriel Solar Facility (Credit: Entergy) Entergy Texas has contracted its first solar resource, the 150 MW Umbriel Solar facility located in Polk…
Solar installer donates $50k to community still recovering from Hawaii wildfire
Desta Rudolph, president of solar energy company Independent Energy, has donated $50,000 to Project Empower, a non-profit that has focused on helping…
Stormwater controls for ground-mount solar projects
Installing solar at a large scale requires increasingly bigger plots of land to host acres and even miles of PV arrays on…
Catalyze adds solar, storage and EV charging to Massachusetts life science building
Catalyze Catalyze, a clean energy transition company that finances, builds, owns and operates solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging systems for…
New York includes renewable energy project permitting act in state budget
By | April 18, 2024 Credit: Standard Solar New York legislators approved the inclusion of the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and…
Enstall Joins Agile Electrification Project
Joris Tinbergen Enstall has joined the Agile Electrification Project, a partnership with the University of California-San Diego and industry players that aims…
ZSW, First Solar Partner on Thin Film PV Research
(Credit: ZSW) Stuttgart-based Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and First Solar have formed a strategic research partnership focused on advancing…
GRS Adds 125 MW to Australia Solar Project Portfolio
Wandoan Solar Farm (Credit: Gransolar Group) GRS, Gransolar Group’s solar EPC contractor, has announced commercial operation of the first stage of the…
Burns & McDonnell Contracted to Build 200 MW of Solar in Southern Iowa
Jami Stone Burns & McDonnell has been named EPC contractor for two Alliant Energy solar projects in Iowa: the 150 MW Wever…
Sunlight Storage II Battery System Fully Operational
(Credit: BLM) The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says the Sunlight Storage II BESS project is now fully operational, adding an…
DOE Releases Roadmap to Speed Up Connecting Clean Projects to Grid
Jennifer M. Granholm The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a new roadmap outlining solutions toward speeding up the interconnection of…
Infinigen, FlexGen Partner on Puerto Rico Solar+BESS Project
Leslie Hufstetler ArcLight Capital Partners subsidiary Infinigen Renewables is partnering with FlexGen Power Systems to bring a 32 MW solar and 15…
Avangrid Receives Final Panel Shipment at True North Solar Project
Pedro Azagra Avangrid has received its final shipment of solar panels to the True North project site, a 238 MW solar farm…
Reducing extreme weather damage risk for solar trackers
As the global temperature continues to rise, so does the severity of weather events occurring annually. Hail, high winds, snow and floods…
200 solar + storage companies ask Congress for siting, permitting reform before election
Credit: Amazon On April 16, nearly 200 solar and storage companies sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve…
Phoenix teenager battles climate change and food scarcity with dual-use solar projects
The 4.8-kW solar project at Spaces of Opportunity. Photo: Titan Solar Power Effects of a changing climate can be felt all across…