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MMEX Acquires Additional Acreage in Texas for Solar Development

MMEX Resources Corp., a development-stage company focusing on planned hydrogen and ultra-clean-fuel projects with carbon capture, has completed additional site acquisitions of 632 acres...

SB Energy Contracts with First Solar for PV Module Supplies

SB Energy Global LLC, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., has placed a multi-year order for 1.5 GW of First Solar’s advanced, ultra-low-carbon, thin-film...

New Solar Financing Portfolio Launched by Cross River, Sunstone Credit

Cross River Bank and Sunstone Credit Inc. are partnering to add a new asset class to Cross River’s lending portfolio. Cross River Digital Ventures...

E-Commerce Dashboard Helps Commercial/Industrial Companies Personalize Clean Energy Solutions

Catalyst Power Holdings LLC, an integrated provider of cleaner energy solutions for the commercial and industrial sector, is launching its e-commerce dashboard for commercial...

IEA Wins EPC Contracts for Two Engie Solar Projects in Virginia

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA) has been awarded contracts to construct two solar projects in Virginia with a total contract value of $109...

Heliogen Preps New California Manufacturing Facility for Heliostat Production

Heliogen Inc., a provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar energy, has begun site preparation and setup at its first full-scale manufacturing facility, located in Long...

European Retraining Initiative Offers Solar Installation and Other Vocational Training to Millions

Iberdrola, together with other companies such as AstraZeneca, Nestlé, SAP, Sonae, Telefónica and Volvo Group, are co-leading European program Reskilling for Employment (R4E), along...

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...

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