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Solar Organizations, Legislators Voicing Worries Over Tariff Investigation

The U.S. Department of Commerce has opened public comment regarding its recent decision to conduct a circumvention investigation related to solar imports from Cambodia,...

Lithion Attains UL 9540 Certification for Solar+Storage Inverter Solution

Lithion has completed testing and evaluation to acquire UL 9540 certification for its HomeGrid Stack'd Series (9.6 kWh to 38.4 kWh) energy storage solution...

Greenbacker Purchases 50 MW Solar Portfolio of New York Projects

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC (GREC), through a wholly owned subsidiary, has purchased three pre-operational, utility-scale solar projects in New York from Hecate Energy...

Dominion Opens RFP for 1,200 MW of Virginia Solar, Wind Projects

In a new request for proposals (RFP), Dominion Energy Virginia (DEV) is soliciting proposals for the acquisition of up to 1,200 MW of new...

Duke Energy Begins Jackpot Solar Construction with Idaho Power PPA in Place

Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, a nonregulated commercial brand of Duke Energy, has started construction of the 120 MW Jackpot Solar project in Twin Falls...
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TotalEnergies Acquires Core Solar to Expand U.S. Renewable Energy Portfolio

TotalEnergies is further expanding its presence in the U.S. renewable energy industry by acquiring Austin, Texas-based Core Solar LLC, which has a portfolio of...

Nuclear Energy Generation Surpassed by Renewable Energy in 2021

Electric power sector generation from renewable sources totaled 795 million MWh in the United States during 2021, surpassing nuclear generation, which totaled 778 million...

Leeward Signs Additional 1 GW PV Module Deal with First Solar

Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) and First Solar Inc. have signed an additional multi-year framework supply agreement, through which First Solar will provide LRE with...

Tandem PV Secures Financing to Grow Commercial-Grade Solar Panel Manufacturing

Tandem PV, a California-based photovoltaic technology company specializing in ultra-high-efficiency tandem metal-halide perovskite solar panels, has closed the initial $6 million of its $12...

CyrusOne Signs Renewable Energy PPAs with Gexa for Texas Operations

CyrusOne Inc., a global data center developer and operator specializing in delivering state-of-the art digital infrastructure solutions, is purchasing solar and wind power delivered...

SunStyle Begins Distributing Building-Integrated Solar Roof Shingles to U.S. Markets

SunStyle, a provider of fully building-integrated photovoltaic (BIPV) roof systems, has expanded its operations to customers in the U.S. SunStyle provides an edge-to-edge, full-coverage solar...

ALLETE Completes New Energy Equity Acquisition

Allete Inc. has closed the previously announced acquisition of distributed solar developer New Energy Equity for approximately $165.5 million. New Energy Equity, with headquarters in...

Raptor Maps Receives Financing for Solar Lifecycle Analytics

Raptor Maps, a solar lifecycle management software provider, has closed $22 million in Series B funding for its Raptor Solar software platform. The round...

Castillo Provides Engineering Services for ClearPath N.Y. Solar Portfolio

ClearPath Energy has contracted with Castillo Engineering to provide electrical design and engineering for a 38.25 MW portfolio of six community solar projects in...

New York Solar Project Incorporates Community Solar Needs

Empire State Realty Trust (ESRT) has shared plans for a community solar project at their office property in Harrison, N.Y. The property improvement will...

Solar Insure Adds QuickBOLT Mounting Solutions to Approved Vendor List

QuickBOLT says it has become Solar Insure’s preferred mounting provider on its approved vendor list. Solar insurance policies are a popular add-on to help build...

National Energy Partners Rebrands as Novitium

National Energy Partners, a solar energy development company, has officially rebranded as Novitium Energy, a National Energy Partners company. Along with a new name...

Comcast Signs 250 MW PPA With Constellation

Comcast has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 250 MW of solar electricity from Constellation that will power approximately 12% of Comcast’s U.S....

GameChange Chosen to Provide Single Axis Trackers for New York Project

GameChange Solar (GCS) will be supplying it Genius Tracker for solar projects located in Albany County, N.Y. The total system size is 50 MW...

Department of Commerce Decision Could Have ‘Devastating Impact’ on Solar Market

The enforcement and compliance arm of the U.S. Department of Commerce intends to investigate whether imported solar cells and modules from Vietnam, Malaysia, Thailand...

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