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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…
Report finds 43 states took solar policy action in Q1 this year
The NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) has released its Q1 2024 edition of “The 50 States of Solar.” The quarterly series…
Infinigen and ArcLight plan 32-MW solar + storage project in Puerto Rico
Infinigen Renewables and ArcLight Capital Partners announced a milestone power and battery infrastructure project — a ~15 MW storage project paired with…
Bipartisan Colorado legislators introduce bill to revamp community solar program
Photo by Dennis Schroeder / NREL A bipartisan group of Colorado legislators introduced a bill to greatly expand access to the clean…
UGE to complete seventh community solar project in NYC with Wildflower this summer
Solar developer UGE and commercial real estate developer Wildflower, both based in New York City, completed their first solar project together in…
DOE releases new solutions to speed clean energy interconnection and clear backlog
The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) released a new roadmap outlining solutions to speed up the interconnection of clean energy onto the…
Clearway completes massive solar + storage complex in Riverside, California
Clearway Energy Clearway Energy Group announced on April 17 that the Victory Pass and Arica solar and storage projects in Riverside County,…
Clean Energy Companies Urge Congress to Pass Reform Before Election
Abigail Ross Hopper Nearly 200 solar and storage companies have sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting,…
Arevon Inks Offtake Agreement with MCE for 250 MW BESS Project
Kevin Smith Arevon Energy has signed a long-term tolling agreement with MCE for 188 MW of the Cormorant Energy Storage Project, a…