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New Tigo RSD Device Rated for Solar Modules Up to 700 W

Tigo Energy Inc., provider of the Flex MLPE (module-level power electronics) product line, is now offering the TS4-A-F rapid shutdown device (RSD) with fire...

Fusion Renewables Working with iSun on 118 MW Solar Portfolio

Fusion Renewables has selected iSun Inc. to provide turnkey development and EPC services for the construction of 118 MW of solar projects across eight...

Nelnet and Partners Close Solar Tax Equity Co-Investor Fund

Nelnet Renewable Energy has closed its first solar tax equity co-investor fund for 2021, having teamed up with six banks to invest $11.9 million...

Work Under Way on New Utility-Scale Project in North Carolina

Duke Energy says construction has begun on its 22.6 MW Stony Knoll Solar power plant in Surry County, N.C. The project, which will be owned...

Partners Eye Development of 50 MW of Solar in Minnesota

Nokomis Energy and Rosemawr Sustainable Infrastructure Management say they are partnering on the deployment of more than 50 MW of solar power across Minnesota,...

OYA Solar, Omni Navitas Working Together to Tackle Community Solar

OYA Solar and Omni Navitas say they are partnering to develop, construct and own 600 MW of community solar projects across the Northeast U.S. OYA...

NEXT Shows Off Prototype of Photovoltaic Coating for Windows

NEXT Energy Technologies Inc., the developer of a proprietary transparent photovoltaic (PV) coating for commercial windows, has delivered a prototype of its “Window Wall”...

Solar Alliance Completes 1 MW Installation for Kentucky Utilities

Solar Alliance Energy Inc. has completed construction on a 1 MW project in Kentucky for Louisville Gas and Electric Co. and Kentucky Utilities Co. The...

Sunport Power Debuts Trio of New Solar Photovoltaic Modules

PV module manufacturer Sunport Power has released three new products featuring its proprietary metal wrap-through (MWT) back-contact technology: the C10 panel with higher efficiency...

JinkoSolar Makes Investment Aimed at Securing Polysilicon Supply

Solar module manufacturer JinkoSolar says its Shangrao JinkoSolar Industry Development Co. Ltd. subsidiary is investing $48.7 million in Inner Mongolia Xinte Silicon Materials Co....

Siemens Turbines Helping to Back Up 600 MW of Nebraska Solar Power

Siemens Energy is providing two SGT6-5000F turbines to power Omaha Public Power District’s (OPPD) new Turtle Creek Station peaking plant in Papillion, Neb., in...

GAF Energy, Anbe Roofing Finish Largest Installation To Date

Roof-integrated solar products manufacturer GAF Energy says it has completed its largest residential solar roofing project: a 31 kW system installed by partner Anbe...

Pennsylvania Utility Sends Out RFP for Alternative Energy Credits

PPL Electric Utilities has issued a request for proposals (RFP) seeking to procure 14,600 Photovoltaic, 219,000 PA Tier I and 292,000 PA Tier II...

Developers Making Headway on Large Texas Solar Project

Diode Ventures, a Black & Veatch company that develops infrastructure projects, has reached financial close on the Grizzly Ridge Solar Project, a 140 MW...

KiloVault Launches HLX+ Deep-Cycle Solar Lithium Battery

KiloVault has debuted its HLX+ series of solar lithium batteries - a premium product line that offers the features of the company’s HLX and...

Ameresco to Work on 1.9 MW Solar Installation in New Mexico

Cannon Air Force Base (AFB) and the Defense Logistics Agency Energy have awarded a $19 million Energy Savings Performance Contract (ESPC) project to Ameresco...

U.S. Solar Installations Top 100 GW

According to the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2021 report from the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and Wood Mackenzie, the U.S. solar market...

National Grid Renewables Begins Operation of its MiSolar Portfolio

National Grid Renewables, a company that develops, owns and operates large-scale renewable energy assets across the U.S., has begun operation of its MiSolar Portfolio...

Virginia Schools Now Permitted to Use Net Metering, Solar Finance Programs

Local government officials and Appalachian Power Co. (APCO) say schools and localities in the utility’s territory will be permitted to use net metering and...

BrightRidge, Silicon Ranch Break Ground on Tennessee Solar Project

BrightRidge, Silicon Ranch Corp. and the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) have broken ground on a new solar farm that is now under construction in...

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