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TC Energy Building Saddlebrook Solar Project

TC Energy Corp. is beginning pre-construction activities for the 81 MW Saddlebrook Solar Project, located near Aldersyde, Alberta - its first Canadian solar power...

RWE Acquires Renewable Energy Plants from Con Edison

RWE AG has signed a purchase agreement with Con Edison Inc. to acquire all shares in Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses Inc. (Con Edison...

Last Module at Arrow Canyon Solar Is Installed

McCarthy Building Companies Inc. says it has installed the final solar module on the Arrow Canyon Solar project, a 274 MW solar and 91 MW/455 MWh...

California Utility Leaning on Sunnova for Grid Management

Sunnova Energy International Inc. says it will be deploying energy from its aggregated “Adaptive Homes” to alleviate peak capacity needs and strengthen the grid...

Enerflo Solar Sales Tool Now Tied Into Energy Storage Option

Enerflo, a business automation software platform for the solar industry, has developed an integration with Storz Power, a manufacturer of energy storage systems. The companies...

UNIQLO, Luminace Install First 3.4 MW Solar Panel Roof

Global retailer UNIQLO has unveiled its first solar paneled roof in the U.S. with Luminace, the North American decarbonization-as-a-service business of Brookfield Renewable. The...
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Massachusetts Focuses on Training Equity, MWBE Workforce with New Funding

The Baker-Polito administration is releasing $3.6 million in Minority- and Women-Owned Business Enterprises Support Implementation and Planning Grants and Equity Workforce Training Grants to...

Ashtrom Signs First PPA Agreement in Texas with CPS Energy

Ashtrom Group has signed its first PPA agreement for a long-term sale of electricity in the U.S. market. As part of the agreement, a...

New York Competitive Solicitation Calls for 2,000 MW of Wind, Solar Projects

Gov. Kathy Hochul has released New York's sixth competitive solicitation, calling for 2,000 MW or more of new large-scale renewable energy projects. The projects will...

Jingoli Power Opens EPC Unit for Utility-Scale Solar Projects

Jingoli Power has launched a new solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) division as part of its renewable energy services portfolio. Jingoli Power LLC...

Toledo Solar Expands Manufacturing Plans at Ohio Facility

Toledo Solar, an American manufacturer of PV solar panels, is expanding its domestic manufacturing plans at its Perrysburg, Ohio, manufacturing facility to reach 2.8...

Azure Power Orders 600 MW of Thin-Film Photovoltaic Modules from First Solar

Azure Power Global Ltd., an independent sustainable energy solutions provider and renewable power producer, has entered into an agreement for 600 MW DC of...

GameChange Debuts New Terrain-Following Solar Tracker

GameChange Solar has unveiled the terrain-following Genius Tracker TF. This system allows for greater slope change, allowing the tracker system to follow the undulations...

Prospect14, Partners Launch Ampliform for Utility-Scale Solar Developments

Prospect14, a solar energy developer, has partnered with a group of energy investors and operators with expertise in power generation and quantitative trading to...

Fractal Integrates Ampt Solar Products into Energy Storage Modeling Software

Ampt, a DC optimizer company for large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, has integrated its products into the energy storage modeling software solution from Fractal Energy...

Former Orsted Exec Forms Bluestar Energy Capital

Declan Flanagan, former CEO of Orsted’s onshore business, has launched Bluestar Energy Capital, a new global renewable energy investment platform with an initial $100...

McDonald’s Signs 15-Year VPPA with EDF Renewables for Apollo Solar Project

EDF Renewables North America has signed a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with McDonald’s Corp. The 255 MW AC / 332 MW DC...

CSI Solar Introduces EP Cube Energy Storage with Power Management Control

Canadian Solar Inc.’s majority-owned subsidiary, CSI Solar Co. Ltd., is launching the EP Cube, a lightweight all-in-one residential energy storage solution. The EP Cube...

bp Acquires EDF Energy Services to Integrate with bp Energy Businesses

bp is purchasing EDF Energy Services (EDF ES) to expand its presence in the U.S. commercial and industrial (C&I) retail power and gas business. Based...

Report Finds Solar Market Optimism Following Inflation Reduction Act, Tariff Pause

The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) will help the U.S. solar market grow 40% over baseline projections through 2027, equal to 62 GW of additional...

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