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Enel Reports Boom in Renewables Development Activity in 2022

Enel North America says it built 1.98 GW of utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage capacity across the U.S. and Canada in 2022, as...

Longroad Energy Proceeding with 202 MW Project in Texas

Longroad Energy, a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has announced the financial close and commencement of construction of Umbriel Solar, a 202...

New Illinois Law Wipes Out Local Government Ability to Squash Renewables Projects

Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed HB4412, which contains measures that protect Illinois-based clean energy projects from a growing number of local bans. The bill...

California Utility Turning to Solar, Storage for Demand Response Program

Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) have launched an energy reliability program that will provide flexible grid support from residential solar and...

Unique Approach Enables Solar Project to Meet Strict Code Requirements

Day & Night Solar (DNS), a turnkey solar solutions provider located in Collinsville, Ill., recently worked with Young Electric and IBEW Local 6 to...

ComEd Commissions Its 75th Community Solar Development

ComEd and Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) have opened the 2.5 MW Speedway Solar project, located 10 miles south of Joliet, Ill. The installation - the...

EDF Signs 200 MW Virtual PPA with Thermo Fisher

Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. says it intends to power all of the company’s current U.S. sites with 100% renewable electricity by 2026, starting with...

Emerson Debuts Ovation Green Single-System Renewable Energy Management Platform

Emerson says it is combining its power-sector expertise and renewable energy capabilities into its Ovation Green portfolio to help power generation companies meet the...

DNV Buys Solar Forecasting Firm Solcast

DNV has acquired global solar irradiance data and forecasting provider Solcast, further expanding its offering to solar energy customers with digital and data-driven services...

ACE NY Takes Issue with Hochul Proposal for NYPA

The Alliance for Clean Energy New York (ACE NY) has voiced its concerns about a measure in New York Gov. Kathy Hochul’s 2024 Executive...

Partners Form Joint Venture to Pursue Solar in New York State

Vermont-based Bullrock Renewables has formed a joint venture with Missouri-based NXTGenREA and New York-based Delaware River Solar to construct, own and operate 250 MW...

Tigo Energy Triumphant in PV Rapid Shutdown Patent Issue

Tigo Energy Inc. says the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) has denied a SunSpec Alliance challenge to the validity of Tigo’s U.S. Patent...

Westbridge Acquires Large Canadian Solar+Storage Project

Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp. has added the 295 MWp solar PV / 100 MW/200 MWh Red Willow Project, located in Stettler County No. 6...

DSD Buys Solar-Plus-Storage Project from New Leaf Energy

DSD Renewables has acquired an 11.8 MW community solar-plus-storage project from New Leaf Energy in Dartmouth, Mass. The project will be part of the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target...

SEIA Pushes Back Against Grid Operator’s Stance on Solar

Earthjustice has filed a complaint with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) on behalf of the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), challenging a rule...

Canadian Solar Sector Saw Marked Growth in 2022

The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) has completed its analysis of year-end 2022 data, finding that Canada’s wind and solar energy sectors grew by...

WEC Energy Makes Major Investment in Texas-Based Solar

WEC Energy Group says it is acquiring an 80% ownership interest in the Samson I Solar Energy Center: a 250 MW project located about...

SolaREIT Nets Injection of Capital from Atlantic Union Bank

SolaREIT, a solar real estate investment fund, says it has closed on a revolving credit facility with Atlantic Union Bank (AUB), giving the company...

Duke Energy Planning Major Enhancements to Renewables Programs

Duke Energy has proposed an expansion to its Green Source Advantage (GSA) program that would give customers the option to supplement their power usage...

Meta In Line for 195 MW of Solar in Texas

Apex Clean Energy has executed an environmental attribute purchase agreement (EAPA) with Meta for the full capacity of the 195 MW Angelo Solar in...

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