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Genie Solar Moving Along with Upstate NY Projects

Genie Energy Ltd. says its Genie Solar subsidiary has obtained a notice to proceed for its first company-owned project, a 4 MW community solar...

Freepoint Notches Solar Project Milestones in the Northeast

Freepoint Solar LLC and Freepoint Energy Solutions LLC say they have commenced residential and small commercial solar service for customers in Greene County, N.Y.,...

Dept. of Commerce: Four Solar Manufacturers Are Skirting U.S. Law

The U.S. Department of Commerce has announced preliminary determinations in a recent circumvention case tied to solar cells and modules originating from China, finding...

Longroad Energy Adds 98 MW Titan Solar Project to California Portfolio

Longroad Energy, a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, owner, and operator, has closed on the acquisition of the 98 MW DC Titan Solar project from...

Raptor Maps, GreenPowerMonitor Integrate Solar Software Platforms

Raptor Maps, a provider of solar lifecycle management software, has partnered with renewable monitoring provider GreenPowerMonitor to enable a new domain of data and...

Alchemy Sells Solar Portfolio to Activate Renewables Across Two States

Activate Renewables, an acquirer of real estate and royalty interests in wind, solar and energy storage, has closed on the purchase of a renewable...

Bravo Infrastructure Acquires Radiance Solar EPC Contractor

Bravo Infrastructure Group LLC (BIG) has acquired Radiance Solar LLC, a commercial and industrial (C&I) solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contractor in the...

Swell Energy Raises Funds for Solar, Battery VPP Program

Swell Energy has raised $120 million to further its virtual power plant (VPP) programs. The round was led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2 and...

NextEra Acquires Interest in Wind, Solar Energy Portfolio

NextEra Energy Partners LP has entered into an agreement with subsidiaries of NextEra Energy Resources LLC to acquire a 49% interest in an approximately...

Orsted Establishes Texas EPC Hub

Ørsted is opening a new engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) office hub in Texas for its portfolio of clean energy solutions. This latest investment...

First Solar Chooses Alabama Location to Build Fourth American PV Module Factory

First Solar Inc. has selected Lawrence County in Alabama as the location for its fourth American photovoltaic solar module manufacturing facility. The new factory...

IRENA Debuts Energy Education Network to Increase Skilled Workforce

The energy transition will transform the economy, creating millions of new renewable energy and transition jobs, while also requiring the mainstreaming of green skills...

DSD Nets Tax Equity Investment from U.S. Bank

DSD Renewables (DSD) has secured a $40 million tax equity investment from U.S. Bank to support its 2022 and 2023 build plans. The financing will...

Minnesota Power Increases Solar Energy Proposal from 200 MW to 300 MW

Minnesota Power, a utility division of ALLETE Inc., is advancing its EnergyForward plan by significantly increasing the amount of renewable energy it provides over...

GameChange Solar Debuts New East-West Fixed Tilt Racking System

GameChange Solar says its high-power-producing MaxDensity east-west tilt racking system is debuting at $.039 per watt in the United States and $.029 globally for...

Treasury, IRS Ask for Public Input on IRA-Related Clean Energy Tax Provisions

The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have issued three additional notices requesting public input on key climate and...

CIT Finances Construction for Avantus Texas Solar Project

First Citizens Bank division CIT’s Power and Energy business is serving as coordinating lead arranger of construction financing for a major new solar energy...

SunPower, Partners Power KB Home’s Solar Microgrid Communities

SunPower Corp., the University of California - Irvine (UCI), Schneider Electric and Southern California Edison (SCE) are collaborating with KB Home as the strategy,...

Five Utility-Scale Solar Developers Sign with Erthos for 14 MW Portfolio

Erthos Inc., an energy technology company focused on utility-scale solar and creator of Earth Mount Solar PV, says it has 14 MW of projects...

ENGIE Picks Up 6 GW of Solar, Battery Storage Projects from Belltown Power

ENGIE North America (ENGIE) has acquired a 6 GW portfolio of solar, paired and stand-alone battery storage development projects from Belltown Power U.S. The...

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