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Recurrent Energy Acquires Energy Storage Projects to Increase ERCOT Pipeline

Recurrent Energy LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., has acquired two standalone energy storage projects from Black Mountain Energy Storage (BMES)....

FTC Solar Adds 1P Tracker Systems with HX Acquisition

FTC Solar Inc., a global provider of solar tracker systems, software and engineering services, has acquired HX Tracker, a China-based supplier of 1P tracker...

Fort Bragg Installs Large Floating Solar Power Plant with Ameresco

The Southeast’s largest floating solar plant will be producing power soon at the U.S. Army’s Fort Bragg in North Carolina after a major utility...

Multi-Customer Solar Microgrid Supports CA Airport, Coast Guard Operations

California Redwood Coast-Humboldt County Airport and U.S. Coast Guard Air Station’s 100% renewable energy, front-of-the-meter, multi-customer microgrid is fully operational in California. The new microgrid...

GE Tripling Solar, Energy Storage Manufacturing at Renewable Hybrids Factory

GE says it is tripling its solar and battery energy storage Power Electronics Systems manufacturing capacity by the end of 2022 to 9 GW...

Sonoma, Luminia Sign PPA for Solar+Energy Storage Project in California

Luminia and Sonoma Clean Power (SCP) have signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the development of an 11.6 MW AC solar plus 32...

Iberdrola Plans $6 Billion Investment in New York Energy Market

Iberdrola USA (Avangrid) has released its investment plan for New York’s energy market. According to the plan, investments could reach close to $6 billion...

BNRG Dirigo Sells Five Community Solar Projects to Nautilus Solar

Nautilus Solar Energy LLC, on behalf of its Nautilus US Power Holdco LLC subsidiary, has acquired two community solar portfolios in Maine, with five...

Idemitsu Renewables Begins Operations for 73 MW California Project

Idemitsu Renewables has achieved commercial operation for the Luciana solar project, a 73 MW installation in Tulare County, Calif. "Considering the unprecedented supply chain...

Duke Energy Completes Brigham Young University Solar+Storage System

Duke Energy’s nonregulated commercial brand, Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, has designed and constructed a campus-wide renewable energy system at Brigham Young University-Hawaii (BYU- Hawaii)...

Duke Energy Florida Powers Its First Solar Power Plant in Bay County

Duke Energy Florida’s first utility-scale solar power plant in Bay County is now operational and delivering power to the electric grid. “Growing renewable energy in...

Shell, Inaccess Utilize Unity Platform for Hybrid Solar+Wind Project

Shell has developed a hybrid power asset in the Netherlands consisting of a 50 MW photovoltaic power plant and a 50 MW wind farm....

GAF Energy Promotes Leadership Team with Focus on Timberline Solar

GAF Energy, a Standard Industries company and solar roofing provider in North America, has promoted two executives: Gabriela "Gabi" Bunea to chief solar innovation...

JA Solar Debuts n-type PV Module DeepBlue 4.0 X Series

JA Solar has released its first n-type PV module, DeepBlue 4.0 X. Based on the 182 wafer, the DeepBlue 4.0 X series includes three...

European Commission Releases REPowerEU Plan for Energy Hardships

The European Commission has presented the REPowerEU Plan, its response to the hardships and global energy market disruption caused by Russia's invasion of Ukraine....

Scout Places Order for 378 MW of First Solar PV Modules

First Solar Inc. has signed an agreement with Scout Clean Energy to supply 378 MW DC of thin-film solar modules. Scout, a renewable energy developer...

Sol Systems, Illinois American Water Complete Peoria Solar Farm

Sol Systems and Illinois American Water, a large investor-owned water utility in Illinois, have begun operations on their second solar project, located in Peoria,...

AlphaESS, Maxeon Collaborate on Integrated Solar+Storage Solution

Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. and AlphaESS have entered into a global strategic partnership to develop integrated clean energy solutions for residential customers. The partnership...

Two DESRI Solar Projects in Illinois Reach Commercial Operations

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments’ (DESRI) Prairie State Solar and Dressor Plains Solar projects have reached commercial operation, and closed debt and tax equity...

SolaREIT, TurningPoint Land Deal Covers Three States, Five Solar Projects

SolaREIT, a solar real estate investment fund, has purchased a portfolio of land assets underneath solar projects from TPE Development LandCo, a land holdings...

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