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EnCap Energy Transition Closes $1.5 Billion Fund

EnCap Energy Transition has closed its Energy Transition Fund II (EETF II) with $1.5 billion in commitments, the company says.  EnCap has made investment commitments...

Heliene, UGE Enter Module Supply Agreement and Strategic Partnership

Heliene has entered a multiyear module supply agreement and strategic partnership with UGE, in which Heliene will help UGE improve project economics and reduce...

ACP Reports Strong Q1 U.S. Clean Energy Growth

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) reported that the U.S. utility-scale solar, wind and storage sectors added a combined 5,585 MW of new capacity...

Cypress Creek Renewables Adds Solar and Storage to the ERCOT Grid 

Cypress Creek Renewables has completed construction and reached commercial operation of its 208 MW solar and 80 MWh co-located storage hybrid facility, Zier, in Brackettville,...

QuickBOLT Deck Mount Receives Miami-Dade NOA

QuickBOLT’s Butyl Bottom Deck Mount has received Notice of Acceptance (NOA) approval from Miami-Dade County. This approval means the mount has met and surpassed the...

Southern Power Expands Millers Branch Solar Facility in Texas

Southern Company subsidiary Southern Power is expanding its 29th solar project, the Millers Branch facility, located in Haskell County, Texas.  The Phase II expansion represents...

MN8 Energy Sources 457 MW of PV Modules from First Solar

MN8 Energy has ordered 170 MW of Series 6 Plus bifacial modules and 287 MW of Series 7 modules from First Solar, for use...

Birch Creek Energy Orders 547 MW of Modules from First Solar

First Solar is set to supply Birch Creek Energy with 547 MW of its Series 6 Plus Bifacial thin-film PV modules, for use in...

Boviet Solar to Build North Carolina Production Facility

Boviet Solar Technology has selected Greenville, N.C., as the location for its first North America production facility, to be developed in two phases.  The PV...

EDP Renewables Celebrates its First North Carolina Solar Park

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) has completed its 74 MW Misenheimer Solar Park, located in Stanly County, N.C.  Development on the project was begun...

Agilitas Energy Closes on Financing to Accelerate Energy Storage Platform Growth

Agilitas Energy has closed on $100 million in debt financing to fund its expansion and build-out of solar and energy storage project construction. Nomura Securities...

Burns & McDonnell Contracted to Build 200 MW of Solar in Southern Iowa

Burns & McDonnell has been named EPC contractor for two Alliant Energy solar projects in Iowa: the 150 MW Wever project in Lee County...

Avangrid Receives Final Panel Shipment at True North Solar Project

Avangrid has received its final shipment of solar panels to the True North project site, a 238 MW solar farm under construction near Waco,...

SolaREIT, NineDot Energy Close on BESS Portfolio Financing

SolaREIT has closed $13 million in real estate financing for a portfolio of NineDot Energy's New York City area-based BESS projects.  This is SolaREIT's first...

GameChange Solar Announces Strategic Partnership with Jiangsu Zhenjiang New Energy Equipment

GameChange Solar (GCS) has strategically partnered with Jiangsu Zhenjiang New Energy Equipment (JZNEE), with the aim of expanding local manufacturing capabilities for solar tracker...

DOI Permits 25 GW of Clean Energy Ahead of Goal

The U.S. Department of Interior has permitted more than 25 GW of clean energy, including solar, wind and geothermal projects, surpassing this goal ahead...

Arcadia Raises $50M to Accelerate Community Solar Product Growth

Arcadia has closed on a growth round to support expansion of its community solar program, alongside products leveraging AI to unlock new use cases...

Enphase Energy Launches Control Software for Home Solar, Battery Systems

Enphase Energy has launched its Power Control software that can integrate with the company’s Energy System in North America.  The company says this software dynamically...

QuickBOLT Names New VP of Product Development

Quickscrews International/QuickBOLT has appointed Rick Gentry as its vice president of product development, tasked with leading the strategic development of products tailored to the...

Origami Solar Releases Third-Party Testing Results of Module Frames

After testing at CFV Labs and the Renewable Energy Test Center, Origami Solar has released data it says demonstrates that modules incorporating the company’s...

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