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Hudson Sustainable Sells PV Portfolio to Solar Schumann

Hudson Sustainable Group (HSG) has sold its solar PV portfolio to Tokyo-based Solar Schumann.  The transaction marks HSG's second exit in Japan. The first was...

Magnachip Releases 1200V IGBT in TO-247PLUS Package

Magnachip Semiconductor Corporation has developed its 1200V 75A Insulated Gate Bipolar Transistor (IGBT) in a TO-247PLUS package, designed for solar inverters.  Magnachip entered the solar...

Rhode Island’s Largest Closed Landfill Solar Site Goes into Operation

The 6.9 MW Bristol Landfill Solar Project, Rhode Island’s largest closed landfill solar site, is now operational. Developed by NuGen Capital Management, the project occupies...

BLM Advances Projects on Western Public Lands

The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is advancing nine solar projects on public lands.  “The Interior Department...

TurningPoint Energy, Nexamp Partner on Delaware Community Solar Projects

TurningPoint Energy and Nexamp are collaborating on two community solar projects in Delaware’s New Castle and Sussex counties, totaling 9 MW.  TurningPoint developed the projects...

Catalyze, GreenSpark Solar Announce New York Partnership Expansion

Catalyze has selected EPC contractor GreenSpark Solar to construct 10 community solar projects within New York State, totaling 60 MW. The projects will be funded...

Avangrid Begins Solar Grazing Operation in the Pacific Northwest

Avangrid has partnered with a local rancher to graze sheep at two solar farms in Oregon and Washington, launching what it calls the largest...

HKUST Engineering Researchers Increase Perovskite Solar Cell Reliability 

A research team at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have revealed the existence of surface...

DOE to Fund Renewables for Puerto Rico Healthcare Facilities and Housing

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) intends to issue a $325 million funding opportunity for the new Programa de Comunidades Resilientes, funded by DOE’s...

Mammoth North Solar Project Anticipates Upcoming Commercial Operations

Doral Renewables is celebrating the upcoming start of commercial operations for its 400 MW Mammoth North Solar project. The project is the first phase of...

Aggreko ETS Acquires Infiniti Energy

Aggreko Energy Transition Solutions (ETS) has acquired Infiniti Energy from Upper Bay Infrastructure Partners.  Upper Bay, which transitioned Infiniti Energy into an IPP platform and...

Rio Tinto Completes Diavik Diamond Mine Solar Plant Construction

Rio Tinto’s Diavik Diamond Mine has completed installation of its 3.5 MW, 6,620 panel solar power plant in Canada’s Northwest Territories.  Construction began in February,...

Trinasolar Partners with University to Dive into Photovoltaics Research

Trinasolar has launched a long-term collaboration agreement with the Institute of Solar Energy at Universidad Politécnica de Madrid (IES-UPM) in order to pool their...

ACP Debuts Framework to Support Utility-Scale BESS

The American Clean Power Association (ACP) has published a model ordinance framework providing guidance for state and local governments that are developing siting and permitting rules...

Partners Complete Solar Project at Former New York Landfill

Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure, AC Power and GreenSpark Solar have announced the commercial operation of a 7 MW community solar landfill project located in Fort...

NYSEIA Pushing for 20 GW of Distributed Solar by 2035

The New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYSEIA) has released “20 Gigawatts by 2035: Raising New York’s Distributed Solar Goal,” a policy report that...

Lightstar Rolling Out Unique Agrivoltaics Initiative in Detroit

Lightstar and the City of Detroit are launching a solar initiative that combines urban agriculture and renewable energy. The Locally-Sited Utility-Scale Solar program is a...

South Dakota’s Largest Solar Project Comes Online

National Grid Renewables has initiated operations at its Wild Springs Solar Project in Pennington County, S.D. The largest solar project in the state to date,...

Birch Creek Energy Completes Earp Solar Financing

Birch Creek Energy has completed financing and full operation of Earp Solar, a 47 MW utility-scale solar project located in Warren County, Ill.   The project,...

ProLux Energy, SolarShips Installation Services Announce Merger

ProLux Energy is merging with SolarShips Installation Services, which the company says took place in order to consolidate sales and installation capabilities for the...

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