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DOE Seeking Input on $750 Million Advanced Energy Manufacturing Program

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has released a request for information (RFI) seeking public input for a new $750 million Advanced Energy Manufacturing...

Power Grid Added 15 GW of Generating Capacity in 2022

The U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest inventory of electric generators shows 15 GW of new utility-scale electric generating capacity came online in the...

DOE Releases Millions in Funding for Clean Energy Research for Grid Reliability

The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), is releasing $26 million to fund projects that will demonstrate that America's electricity grid...

CenterPoint Energy Requests Approval for 130 MW Solar Project in Indiana

CenterPoint Energy’s Indiana-based electric and natural gas business, CenterPoint Energy Indiana South, is seeking approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to acquire...

New LionESS Technology Enables Storage of Generated Solar, Wind Energy

Lion Energy has launched LionESS (energy storage systems), enabling customers to store any type of renewable power. The result is an inventory of stored...

Polar Supplies Racking for Large Urban Solar Installations in Calgary

Polar Racking is supplying PRU-ballasted, fixed-tilt racking and some structural engineering services for two large solar installations in Calgary, Alberta: Deerfoot Solar and Barlow...

Origis Breaks Ground on Skyhawk Solar Project for Tennessee Valley Authority

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), Origis Energy and Excelsior Energy Capital have started construction on the Skyhawk Solar project, a 100 MW solar facility...

Black Mountain Sells 400 MW of Energy Storage to Cypress Creek Renewables

Cypress Creek Renewables has added 400 MW/600 MWh to its storage portfolio after acquiring four Texas standalone energy storage projects from Black Mountain Energy...

Georgia PSC Approves Clean Energy Plan Offering More Solar Resources

The Georgia Public Service Commission (PSC) has voted to approve a solar resource plan that should result in an increase in Georgia Power’s solar...

Bridgelink Orders Additional 400 MW of GameChange Solar Genius Trackers

GameChange Solar (GCS) has received three new Genius Tracker system orders with an aggregate total of 400 MW, making GCS’ current Texas sales over...

BayWa r.e. Promotes Jodi White to CEO, Increases Executive Leadership

BayWa r.e., a renewable energy developer, services and systems provider, is expanding its executive team following the acquisition of Beacon Solar, the former solar...

Convergent Subsidiary Signs Solar PPA with PREPA in Puerto Rico

The Puerto Rico subsidiary of Convergent Energy + Power, a provider of energy storage solutions in North America, has entered into a power purchase...
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New Federal Funding Promotes Solar Reuse, Recycling, Manufacturing Technology

The Biden-Harris administration, through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), has unveiled a slate of new initiatives and $56 million in funding, including $10...

Medline Completes 6.7 MW Rooftop Solar System in Massachusetts

Medline has successfully completed a rooftop solar installation atop its Uxbridge, Mass., distribution facility with its long-term solar developer, PowerFlex. This 6.7 MW DC system...

Apollo Funds Makes Major Strategic Investment in Summit Ridge Energy

Funds managed by Apollo affiliates have agreed to make a $175 million strategic investment in Summit Ridge Energy LLC, an owner-operator of community solar...

Erthos Technology Deploys Solar Tech on Directional Services Projects in California

Erthos Inc., an energy technology company focused on utility-scale solar, has begun commercial operations for four more Earth Mount Solar PV projects in California....

Syncarpha, Rosemawr Partner on Financing for New England Solar Projects

Syncarpha Capital LLC, a fully integrated developer, owner and operator of community solar, distributed generation solar, and solar plus storage projects, and Rosemawr Sustainable...

Bill Roeschlein Joins Tigo Energy as Chief Financial Officer

Tigo Energy Inc., a Flex MLPE (Module Level Power Electronics) supplier, has named Bill Roeschlein as CFO. In his new role, he will lead...

NREL Scientists Delve into Reducing Carbon Impact of PV Technology

In their new paper in Joule, “Embodied Energy and Carbon from the Manufacture of Cadmium Telluride and Silicon Photovoltaics,” National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL)...

Holu Hou Energy Signs Nine Solar Plus Storage Contracts in Hawaii

Holu Hou Energy LLC (HHE), Borqs Technologies Inc.’s majority-owned solar energy storage systems subsidiary, has signed with developers and property owners for nine solar...

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