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The Solar Policy Scoop: December 2024 A guide to recent legislation and research throughout the country.
By | December 2, 2024 An omnibus climate bill was signed by the Massachusetts governor in November. Massachusetts legislature passes new climate…
Solar Power World unveils winners of 2024 Top Products competition
By | December 2, 2024 Solar Power World is proud to today unveil its inaugural winning class of Top Products for the…
Commerce reveals antidumping tariff rates on Southeast Asian solar panels
By | December 2, 2024 Following the Dept. of Commerce’s preliminary decision to impose countervailing duties (CVD) on silicon solar cell imports…
SolarEdge closes energy storage division
By | November 27, 2024 Story updated Nov. 28 to include SolarEdge’s clarifying statement. Power electronics giant SolarEdge announced today it will…
D. E. Shaw completes 50-MW solar tracker project in southeast Louisiana
By | November 27, 2024 Entergy Louisiana and D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) started commercial operations at Sunlight Road Solar, located…
Imperial Star Solar signs cell supply agreement with Suniva
By | November 27, 2024 Imperial Star Solar, which will start module assembly out of its Texas factory before the end of…
Carver Solar Project Turns Cranberry Bog into Power Source
Syncarpha Capital’s 7.1 MW Carver Solar project is operating following its Permission to Operate approval on November 26. The community solar installation,…
SolarEdge Closes Energy Storage Division
SolarEdge Technologies, as a part of its focus on its core solar activities, will cease all activities of its energy storage division. …
Maxeon to focus only on US market, will lease New Mexico building for panel manufacturing
By | November 26, 2024 Maxeon announced it will restructure its business to focus exclusively on the U.S. market. The global company…
Ipsun Solar starts work on 1.58-MW storage unit rooftop solar portfolio
By | November 26, 2024 An Ipsun Solar project from 2021. Ipsun Solar announced it is partnering with Versiris Energy to install…
How Can Sales Improve Ops and Grow Commissions?
By | November 26, 2024 Takeaway: Delivering on promises made during sales meetings is the only way to protect your reputation, referrals,…
Resonant Energy Cuts Project Timelines by 3 Months with Scanifly
Company Overview Resonant Energy was founded with a mission to bring solar to under-invested communities, including low-income housing developments and community nonprofits,…
Why One-Click Flight Apps Can Ruin Your Surveys
Takeaway: One-click flight apps are less accurate, more prone to accidents, and more expensive. Every drone comes with its own native flight…
Ipsun Solar, Versiris Energy Partner to Install Solar on Virginia Storage Units
Ipsun Solar and Versiris Energy have partnered on installing 1.58 MW of rooftop solar on storage units across Virginia. The partnership’s first…
Maxeon Restructures Portfolio to Focus on U.S. Market
Maxeon Solar Technologies is undergoing a strategic restructuring of its business portfolio and geographic market to focus exclusively on the U.S. As…
Metro Self Storage Deploys Solar Across Northeast Portfolio
Metro Self Storage has engaged Wunder to deploy solar across its portfolio of self-storage facilities. The first six solar projects to come…
Revolve Acquires Alberta Solar Development Project, Advances Permitting Process
Myke Clark Revolve Renewable Power has completed the acquisition of a 30 MW mid-stage development solar project in Alberta, Canada. The project…
Dept. of Labor approves Nexamp’s Registered Apprenticeship Program
By | November 25, 2024 One of Nexamp’s Illinois solar projects. Earlier this year, Nexamp launched its second national headquarters in Chicago…
Arevon completes one of country’s first utility-scale solar peaker plants
By | November 25, 2024 Arevon Energy hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark the start of operations at its Vikings Solar-plus-Storage Project…
Mitigating soil health and erosion risks on utility-scale solar projects Proactively addressing issues can save developers time, money and their reputation.
The rapid expansion of utility-scale solar farms across the U.S. has brought much-needed renewable energy to the grid. However, this boom has…
New software aims to cut residential solar contract cancellations
By | November 25, 2024 In an industry where half of all signed contracts never make it to installation, a new technology…
Verogy covers Maine warehouse with 1.1-MW solar project
By | November 25, 2024 Verogy, a solar project developer, completed a 1.1-MWDC rooftop solar installation at real estate investment firm Plymouth…
Toyo to establish 2.5-GW solar panel factory outside Houston
By | November 25, 2024 Toyo announced it has leased a 567,140 ft2 facility in the metro-area of Houston, Texas, to establish…
TOYO to Acquire Texas Solar Module Manufacturing Facility
(Credit: Christian Ferrer) TOYO has agreed, via its subsidiary TOYO Solar, to acquire 100% interest in Solar Plus Technology Texas, located in…
PNM Files Application for New Solar Resources in 2028
(Credit: G. Lamar) PNM has filed an application with the New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) for new energy resources to be…
SEC Charges Senior Executives Alleging Bribery Involving Adani Green, Azure Power
Sanjay Wadhwa The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has charged Gautam Adani and Sagar Adani, executives of Adani Green Energy, as well…
Orsted Commences Mockingbird Solar Center, Donates Land to The Nature Conservancy
(Source: Ørsted) Ørsted has commenced operations at its 488 MW Mockingbird Solar Center in Lamar County, Texas, the company’s largest solar project…
Dimension Energy completes first community solar project in California’s Central Valley
By | November 22, 2024 On November 18, a group of bipartisan California elected officials joined Dimension Energy to celebrate the launch…
SolarCycle finds domestic soda ash supply for solar glass production
By | November 22, 2024 SolarCycle has entered into a multi-year agreement with Genesis Alkali to purchase Ecosoda, a low-carbon natural soda ash…
Scout Clean Energy celebrates its first completed solar project
By | November 22, 2024 Markum Solar Groundbreaking. Photo Courtesy: Scout Clean Energy Scout Clean Energy and project stakeholders gathered at the…