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Investors Buy Community Solar and Storage Developer Amp US

A consortium comprising funds managed by Fiera Infrastructure Inc. and Palisade Infrastructure Group has agreed to jointly acquire 100% of the equity interests in...

Former Brownfield Site Now Hosts 17 MW Solar Project

CEP Renewables, CS Energy and NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) have converted a former contaminated brownfield into a 17 MW solar project in Holland,...

Gore Street Acquiring 400 MWh Energy Storage System from Avantus

Avantus has sold the Big Rock 1 energy storage project to Gore Street Energy Storage Fund, a London-based publicly traded fund managed by Gore...

Risen Hyper-ion HJT Solar Module Reaches Nearly 24 Percent Efficiency

Risen Energy says its HJT series solar module, Hyper-ion, has achieved a maximum power of 741.456 W and a module efficiency of 23.89%, verified...

Growatt Open Manufacturing Facility for Solar Inverters, Batteries

Growatt has completed the first phase of its new manufacturing plant in Haiphong, Vietnam, which will produce solar inverters, storage inverters and storage batteries,...

Florida Utility Receives OK to Expand Sand Bluff Solar Project

The Gainesville City Commission has voted to authorize Gainesville Regional Utilities (GRU) to expand the size of Sand Bluff Solar, which is being developed...

Dozens of NY Clean Energy Transmission Projects Obtain Regulatory Approval

The New York State Public Service Commission has authorized a large number of upstate transmission system upgrades that are designed to alleviate bottlenecks in...

Guzman Energy Inks PPA for 110 MW Sonnedix Solar Fountain Project

Guzman Energy and Sonnedix have executed a power purchase agreement for the 110 MW Sonnedix Solar Fountain project, which is expected to be operational...

Go Solar Power Links Up with Galooli for Energy Management Tech

Go Solar Power LLC says it is partnering with Galooli, a provider of remote energy asset analytics and orchestration, to jointly deliver end-to-end energy...

McDonald’s Signs PPA for 100 Percent of New 180 MW Solar Project

Lightsource bp and McDonald’s Corp. have solidified a power purchase agreement for the 145 MW AC / 180 MW DC Prairie Ronde Solar project,...

Altus Power Acquires 220 MW of Community Solar Assets

Altus Power Inc., an independent developer, owner and operator of commercial-scale solar facilities, has closed on the acquisition of approximately 220 MW of solar...

Meyer Burger Solar Modules Receive Certification for Sale in the U.K.

Meyer Burger Technology AG says it is expanding the sales footprint for its high-performance solar modules to the U.K. market. British testing company BRE recently...

QD Solar Claims Major Efficiency Gains for Perovskite Cells

QD Solar Inc. says MKS Instruments has validated the efficiency of its single-junction perovskite cells at 24% for spin-coated cells and 23.2% for slot-die...

New Jersey Utility Connects Landfill Solar Project to Grid

Jersey Central Power & Light (JCP&L), a subsidiary of FirstEnergy Corp., has completed a grid connection for a 19.8 MW solar project located at...

Solar Integrated Roofing to Purchase AVCO Roofing

Solar Integrated Roofing Corp. is acquiring AVCO Roofing, a provider of roofing and solar solutions to residential and commercial properties. Founded in 2007, AVCO specializes...

Emmvee Building New Solar Cell Production Line

Emmvee Group, a global manufacturer and supplier of PV modules, has appointed the Fraunhofer Institute of Solar Energy Systems (ISE) as solar technology partner...

Qcells Chooses Gray, Stantec to Lead Solar Manufacturing Facility Construction

Qcells, a subsidiary of Hanwha Solutions, has selected Gray and Stantec to provide construction, architecture, mechanical engineering, structural engineering, environmental, water and wastewater services...

Lumio to Offer Enphase Microinverters and Batteries to Customer Base

Enphase Energy Inc., a supplier of microinverter-based solar and battery systems, says its partner Lumio will be significantly expanding its offering of Enphase IQ8...

Partners Form JV for Solar Steel Fabrication

FTC Solar Inc. and Taihua New Energy Co. Ltd. have formed a joint venture to establish Alpha Steel LLC, a manufacturing partnership dedicated to...

CPS Energy Wraps Up Project Needs for FlexPOWER Bundle

CPS Energy, the largest gas/electric municipal utility in the U.S., has reached agreements with three companies to close out its FlexPOWER Bundle initiative, which...

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