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EIA Projects Solar Generation Will Account for 20 Percent of U.S. Electricity by 2050

According to U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Electric Power Annual, solar power has accounted for 3% of U.S. electricity generation from all sources in...

Greenbacker Picks Up Two Maine Community Solar Projects from ReneSola Power

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC, through a wholly owned subsidiary, has purchased a to-be-constructed solar portfolio in Maine from ReneSola Power Holdings. The portfolio’s two...

FTC Solar Providing Trackers for 504 MW Arizona Project

FTC Solar Inc., a utility-scale solar tracking technology company, has been awarded a 504 MW DC project in Arizona. FTC Solar will be providing...

JinkoSolar Focuses on High Efficiency with New Tiger Neo Solar Modules

JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. (JKS), a solar module manufacturer, has launched a new series of ultra-efficient 2021 Flagship Tiger Neo modules. The New Tiger...
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Concho Valley Solar to Provide Renewable Electricity for Targa Resources’ Texas Assets

Targa Resources Corp. has entered into agreements to source renewable electricity from Concho Valley Solar LLC to provide power to Targa’s natural gas processing...

CanREA Readies Electricity Transformation Canada 2021 Conference in Toronto

The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) says it is making the final preparations for its major annual event, Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC), which is...

New Jersey Regulator Approves 165 MW of Community Solar Projects

The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved 105 applications to participate in the second year of the state’s Community Solar Energy...

CenterPoint Energy Gains Approval for 400 MW of Solar in Indiana

CenterPoint Energy Inc.’s Indiana-based electric and natural gas business, CenterPoint Energy Indiana South, has received approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission to acquire...

SFOne: Soltec Consolidates Position Among Solar Tracking Companies

Soltec, among the world's leading companies in the supply and manufacture of solar trackers, has continued its focus on innovation in order to offer...

ReneSola, Terra Aurea Gela Collaborate on Italian Solar Projects

Solar project developer ReneSola Ltd. is partnering with Terra Aurea Gela, a project developer specializing in renewable energy power plant development in Italy, to...

Enphase Energy Introduces IQ8 Microgrid-Forming Microinverter

Enphase Energy Inc. has announced an all-in-one Enphase Energy System with IQ8 solar microinverters for customers in North America. IQ8 is capable of forming...

SolarEdge Offers Residential Battery and Power Inverters in North American Market

SolarEdge Technologies Inc. has announced the commercial availability of the SolarEdge Energy Bank residential battery in North America. This efficient DC-coupled battery provides 9.7 kWh...

Vesper Energy, Pfizer Sign PPA for North American Operations

Pfizer has entered into a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Vesper Energy, a developer, owner and operator of utility-scale renewable energy assets. Under the...

Heliogen, Woodside Collaborate on Innovative Solar Technology Project

Heliogen, a provider of AI-enabled concentrated solar energy, has taken further steps toward deployment of its new solar energy technology with Woodside Energy (USA)...

NREL, Mines Research Could Indicate Ways to Manufacture Better Silicon Solar Panels

Researchers at the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) and Colorado School of Mines are applying a new technique to identify...

Solar Industry Launches Diversity Improvement Certification Program

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released an online program to help energy companies take a series of actionable steps on diversity, equity,...

Wolverine Power Cooperative, Clenera Contract for Michigan Solar Array

Clēnera and Wolverine Power Cooperative have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between Wolverine and Clēnera's affiliate, Gemstone Solar LLC. Gemstone Solar is...

Amp’s Massachusetts Solar Farms Launch Commercial Operations

Amp, a global energy transition platform and renewable energy developer, has officially launched commercial operations for two solar farms in Massachusetts, both paired with...

Solar Alliance, Boyd CAT Contract for Kentucky Solar Project

Solar Alliance Energy Inc. has signed a contract for a 115 kW solar project for Todd County Pallets in Kentucky. The project is the...

Peninsula Clean Energy Inks California Power Purchase Agreement

Leeward Renewable Energy and Peninsula Clean Energy have entered into a 15-year solar-plus-storage power purchase agreement (PPA) involving Leeward’s 102 MW Chaparral Solar Facility...

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