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New Jersey Faces Solar Project Increases, Interconnection Backlog and Incentive Cuts

DG+Design’s latest New Jersey Solar Market Report shows that the state installed a record 3.8 GW of new capacity during 2021. Despite overcoming challenges...

U.S. Reaches 200 GW Clean Power Capacity Milestone, ACP Observes

American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) Clean Power Quarterly 2021 Q4 Market Report shows the U.S. surpassed more than 200 GW of total operating utility-scale...

Enphase, Swell Debut Solar, Battery and Virtual Power Plant Collaboration in Three States

Enphase Energy Inc. is launching a partnership that enables Enphase Energy Systems, powered by IQ Microinverters and IQ Batteries, to participate in Swell Energy...

Swell Energy Debuts New Distributed Energy Resource Management System

Swell Energy Inc., an energy and smart grid solutions provider, has rolled out GridAmp, its proprietary distributed energy resource management system (DERMS). The enhanced DERMS...

ACCIONA’s Largest PV Installation to Follow Texas Project Investment

ACCIONA Energía has acquired Red-Tailed Hawk, a 350 MW AC/458 MW DC photovoltaic (PV) project near Houston in Wharton County, Texas, from Avondale Solar...

AES Chooses Fluence Market Optimization Software to Maximize Solar Ventures

Fluence has signed an agreement with The AES Corp. to employ the AI-powered Fluence IQ Bidding Application to maximize the value of a 1.1...

MPC Energy Acquires Los Santos Solar Project in Mexico

MPC Energy Solutions (MPCES) has completed the acquisition of Los Santos Solar I project, located in the state of Chihuahua, Mexico. The plant is operational...

NREL-Led Solar Permitting Platform Lessens Project Times by Nearly Two Weeks

The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has released a new pilot study on the Solar Automated Permit Processing (SolarAPP+) tool – a free, web-based...

Maxeon, Omnidian Team Up to Increase Direct Solar Panel Sales in the U.S.

As part of an expanded sales initiative in the U.S. commercial and industrial (C&I) solar market, Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. will sell Maxeon-branded IBC...

Southern California Edison Chooses Generac for Virtual Power Plant Program

Southern California Edison (SCE) has selected Generac Grid Services as one of the virtual power plant (VPP) providers for the company's Power Flex program. The...

Altus Power Names Alcombright as New Chief Platform Officer

Altus Power Inc. has chosen Dan Alcombright to fill the newly created position of chief platform officer. Alcombright, who most recently worked for Duke Energy,...

Utility Proposal Includes 1,600 MW of Battery Energy Storage Projects

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) is proposing nine new battery energy storage projects totaling approximately 1,600 MW, to further integrate renewable energy resources...

Two Nevada Primergy Solar+Storage Projects Receive Approval for Sale to NV Energy

NV Energy has received final approval from the Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) to purchase from Primergy Solar LLC the Iron Point and...

Cordelio Power Acquires New York Project Portfolio from SunEast

Cordelio Power has acquired a 900 MW AC pipeline of utility-scale solar projects from SunEast Renewables LLC. The projects are located primarily in New York,...

Standard Solar Obtains an Additional Community Solar Project in Maryland

Standard Solar Inc. has acquired the 2.9 MW Klees Mill community solar project in Carroll County, Md., from developer partners Ogos Energy LLC and...

Q CELLS, Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure Partner to Develop, Finance Solar Projects

Q CELLS North America has partnered with Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure LLC (KSI), a development and finance firm that manages investments in distributed scale impact-producing...

Lightsource bp Finalizes Financing for Multiple Solar Projects

Lightsource bp has successfully closed on a $533 million multi-project financing package and will soon mobilize construction on its 135 MW DC Conway Solar...

EDP Renewables Reorganizes Company with New Regional Operating Model

EDP Renewables (EDPR) is implementing a new operating model reflecting the expansion of its markets worldwide, including the acquisition of Sunseap, as well as...

Palmetto Maps Solar Potential of More Than 100 Million Buildings

Palmetto’s Mapdwell division has mapped the solar potential and energy load profiles of over 107 million rooftops – approximately 75% of all U.S. buildings...

Recurrent Energy Sells 150 MW AC Virginia Solar Project

Canadian Solar Inc.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy LLC, has completed a purchase and sale agreement with Appalachian Power for Recurrent's Firefly Energy solar...

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