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Swift Current Energy Signs 500 MW Supply Deal with First Solar

Swift Current Energy, a Boston-headquartered developer, owner and operator of utility-scale clean energy assets, has contracted with First Solar for 500 MW of its...

Hoymiles’ Three-Phase Solar Microinverter Enters North American Market

Hoymiles has announced the North American launch of its three-phase microinverter, the HMT-2000-4T-208-NA series. This new microinverter is purpose-built to meet the demands of high-powered...

Canadian Solar to Build Cell Production Facility in Indiana

Canadian Solar Inc. says it is establishing a 5 GW solar cell production facility at the River Ridge Commerce Center in Jeffersonville, Ind. Canadian Solar...

DOE Funding Three Major Transmission Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says it is committing up to $1.3 billion to transmission lines crossing six states, enabling 3.5 GW of additional capacity...

Brookfield Unveils Deriva Energy

Brookfield’s acquisition of Duke Energy's unregulated commercial renewables business wrapped up this week, and with it the Deriva Energy brand has been established. “Today is...

JinkoSolar Supplying 3.8 GW of Modules for Two Gigantic Projects

An affiliate of solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. has signed its largest-ever supply agreement: a deal to provide ACWA Power with 3.8...

Mohave Electric Cooperative Building Solar+Storage Project

EDPR NA Distributed Generation (EDPR NA DG) is building a 23.27 MW DC ground-mounted solar array system coupled with a 60 MWh energy storage...

EagleView Debuts SolarReady Tool for Sales-Process Enhancement

EagleView, a provider of software and services for the solar industry, has introduced SolarReady, a solution designed to help solar contractors better identify and...

ForeFront Power to Begin Work on 27 MW Solar Portfolio for City of Fresno

The City of Fresno Department of Public Utilities (DPU) has conducted a ground-breaking ceremony for the development of its on-site solar energy and battery...

New Mexico Utility Kicks Off Construction on 200 MW Solar Project

D.E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), in partnership with Public Service Company of New Mexico (PNM) and SOLV Energy, has broken ground on the San...

Lightsource bp Energizes 135 MW Conway Solar in Arkansas

Lightsource bp and Conway Corp. have completed the 135 MW Conway Solar at Happy project in White County, Ark., delivering power to Conway under...

Ohio’s First Floating Solar Project Is in the Works

Solar developer D3Energy has partnered with water utility Del-Co Water and MSI Utilities to launch Ohio's first floating solar project. “Floating solar enabled us to...

Iowa State Kicks Off Agrivoltaics Project

Iowa State University (ISU) has initiated a research project at the Alliant Solar Farm to explore the combination of crops and solar power. Horticulture and...

DOE Aims Nearly $3.5 Billion Toward Progressive Grid Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy is putting $3.46 billion toward 58 projects across 44 states to strengthen electric grid resilience and reliability across the...

Qcells Georgia Solar Facility Now at 5.1 GW of Manufacturing Capacity

Qcells has completed its Dalton, Ga., factory expansion, adding 2 GW of solar manufacturing capacity and bringing the factory’s output to more than 5.1...

Alltrade Using FLEXRACK by Qcells Equipment for Alberta Solar Projects

FLEXRACK by Qcells and Alltrade Industrial Contractors Inc., a Canadian renewable EPC and construction services company, have partnered on a 182 MW portfolio of...

FirstEnergy Needs RECs for Ohio Operating Utilities

FirstEnergy Corp. has issued an RFP to purchase Ohio-compliant renewable energy credits (RECs) for its Ohio subsidiaries - Ohio Edison, The Illuminating Company and...

Southern Power Buys 350 MW of Solar Under Construction in Texas, Wyoming

Southern Power, a wholesale energy provider and subsidiary of Southern Company, recently acquired two solar facilities: the 200 MW Millers Branch Solar Facility in...

SEIA and Partners Balancing Boom in Solar with Need for Conservation

Major solar developers, conservation groups, agricultural organizations, environmental and environmental justice groups, and tribal entities have announced an agreement to advance large-scale U.S. solar development while...

SunVest Energizes Two Illinois Community Solar Projects

SunVest Solar has finished two new community solar projects in DeKalb, Ill., officially marking the start of electrical production at the facilities. The DeKalb projects...

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