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ECP Acquires Pivot Energy

ECP, an investor across energy transition, electrification and decarbonization infrastructure assets, has acquired Pivot Energy, a national commercial and community solar developer. Financial details...

JinkoSolar Tiger Pro Dual Glass Module Receives IEC Certification

JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd. says its Tiger Pro dual glass module has received the world's first IEC TS 62804-1-1:2020 certificate issued by DEKRA. Through DEKRA's...

Anheuser-Busch: Brewing with the Power of the Sun

Anheuser-Busch says its entire portfolio of domestic beer and seltzer brands is now brewed with 100% renewable electricity from solar and wind power. The Anheuser-Busch...

PVEL Reliability Scorecard Touts Techincal Advances, Reduced Cost of PV Modules

PV Evolution Labs (PVEL), an independent test lab for the downstream solar and energy storage industry, has published its 2021 PV Module Reliability Scorecard,...

Enteligent Launches the SolarUp Rapid Shutdown Module

Enteligent, a solar products start-up, has launched the SolarUp Rapid Shutdown Module with power optimization. Enteligent says this module-level power electronics (MLPE) product delivers higher...

CIT Group Provides Financial Services to Big River Solar Project

CIT Group Inc. says its Power and Energy business served as coordinating lead arranger for approximately $200 million in financing for the 149 MW...

Guzman Energy, Primergy Solar Partner on New Colorado Solar Project

Wholesale power provider Guzman Energy has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Primergy Solar for energy from the proposed 155 MW AC Hesperus Solar...

Duke Energy Breaks Ground on Speedway Solar Project

Expanding its growing clean energy portfolio, Duke Energy says it has begun construction on the 22.6 MW Speedway Solar power plant in Cabarrus County,...

DOE Issues RFIs Looking to Develop Workforce, Community Solar

The U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office has issued two requests for information (RFIs) to gather stakeholder input on workforce development programs...

Hull Street Energy Acquires Renewable Development Company

Private equity firm Hull Street Energy has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the management team and development pipeline of Foundation Solar Partners,...

BayWa r.e. Adds Polar Racking Ground Mount Products to Distribution Network

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems Inc., a provider of renewable energy solutions, says it has become a distributor for Polar Racking Inc., a Canadian manufacturer...

Burns & McDonnell Brings CenterPoint’s Utility-Scale Solar Project Online

Burns & McDonnell has completed the construction of CenterPoint Energy’s utility-scale solar project. Located near Troy, Ind., the 50 MW AC/65 MW DC project...

Targray Launches New Line of Solar Module for Commercial, Residential Buildings

Targray, an international company that specializes in the sourcing, transportation, storage, trading and supply of solar commodities and advanced materials, has unveiled a line...

State Fund Breaks Ground on California Solar+Storage Project

State Compensation Insurance Fund (State Fund), a California-based provider of workers’ compensation insurance, says construction has begun on a sustainability and solar energy program...

New Green Invest Partnership to Build Tennessee Solar Facility

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA), a provider of electricity for business customers and local power companies, has entered into a new Green Invest partnership...

Maxeon Solar Unveils Maxeon Air PV Panels

Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. says it is commercializing its new Maxeon Air technology platform.  The result of five years of research, development and testing, Maxeon...

BayWa r.e. Now Distributing Silfab Solar Modules

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC, a U.S.-based distributor of solar and energy storage components and systems, says it has become a distributor for Silfab...

Illinois University Brings Solar Farm 2.0 Project Online

The University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Facilities & Services (F&S) has completed construction of Solar Farm 2.0, totaling 12.3 MW DC, with the planting phase...

Q CELLS Invests in Next Generation of Solar Technology

Q CELLS says it is investing an additional €15.5 million into its global R&D headquarters in Thalheim, Germany, as part of the company’s ongoing...

Johnson Controls, Partners Team Up to Bring Community Solar to Pueblo

Johnson Controls, GRID Alternatives Colorado and Capital Dynamics say they will finance, operate and maintain a 2 MW community solar garden for the Housing...

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