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Pattern Energy Begins Construction on the Phoenix Solar Project

Pattern Energy Group LP, a privately-owned developer and operator of wind, solar, transmission and energy storage projects, has completed financing and has started construction...

Marathon Advises MRP on the Successful Sale of California Solar Project

Marathon Capital LLC, a financial advisory and investment banking firm, has advised the successful sale of the High Desert Solar Project (HDSI) on behalf...

UCI Researchers Exploit Solar Inverter Vulnerability

Cyber-physical systems security researchers at the University of California Irvine have disrupted the functioning of a power grid using about $50 worth of equipment...

Duke Energy Renewables Closes on Tax Equity Funding

Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has closed $109.4 million in preferred tax equity funding from Goldman Sachs' Alternative Energy Investing Group. The...

Helios Infrastructure Buys Solar Portfolio from Cypress Creek Renewables

Helios Infrastructure, a joint venture between Nationwide and Sol Systems, has completed its project purchase from Cypress Creek Renewables. The $200+ million portfolio spans...

174 Power Global Completes Construction of Texas Solar Facility

174 Power Global has completed and energized its Oberon Solar Power Facility, one of the largest utility-scale solar generation facilities in Texas.  Chariot Energy, an...

Northam Steers Virginia Towards a Clean Economy

Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act, which establishes bold energy efficiency standards and provides a pathway for new investments in...

Capital Dynamics, Tenaska to Develop Energy Storage in California

Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, says its Clean Energy Infrastructure business has signed an agreement with the U.S. energy company...

BayWa r.e., Generac Partner on Energy Storage Solutions

BayWa r.e. Solar Systems LLC, a U.S. distributor of solar and energy storage components and systems, has partnered with Generac Power Systems, a global...

ReneSola Completes Portfolio of Minnesota Solar Projects

ReneSola Ltd., a fully integrated solar project developer, has completed a 21.05 MW portfolio of community solar projects in Minnesota.  ReneSola Power developed and subsequently...

CIT Serves as Lead Arranger for East Blackland Solar Project

CIT Group Inc., a financial holding company, says its Power and Energy unit served as sole lead arranger on a $162 million financing for...

Generac Power Systems, Momentum Enter Strategic Partnership

Generac Power Systems, a global designer and manufacturer of energy technology solutions, and Momentum Solar have forged a strategic relationship that aims to accelerate...

Lightsource bp, McCarthy Building Partner on Bighorn Solar Project

In Sept. 2019, Xcel Energy and Lightsource bp signed a long-term power contract for a new solar power facility in Pueblo, Colo. One of...

TVA: New Solar Facility to Support Facebook Operations

The Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) says the new 70 MW solar facility in Madison County, Tenn., will support Facebook’s operations in the region. TVA...

Saturn Power, UPower Begin Construction on Texas Solar Portfolio

Construction has begun on a portfolio of seven distribution-connected ground mount solar projects that will service the territories of five electric cooperatives in central...

Tokyo Gas America Acquires the Aktina Solar Project

Marathon Capital LLC, a financial advisory and investment banking firm, says Tokyo Gas America Ltd., a wholly owned subsidiary of Tokyo Gas Co. Ltd.,...

SPI, ESI, North America Smart Energy Week Goes Virtual

Solar Power Events says SPI, ESI, and North America Smart Energy Week 2020 will be completely virtual.  The outdoor portion of SPI, ESI and North...

DOE Funds Perovskite Solar Technologies Research

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced $20 million in funding to advance perovskite solar photovoltaic technologies.  Perovskites are a family of materials with...

D. E. Shaw Upgrades Solar Fleet with Nextracker Tech

Nextracker, a Flex company, says D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI), a developer and producer of renewable energy in North America, will be upgrading...

Durbin Introduces America’s Clean Future Fund Act

U.S. Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., has introduced America’s Clean Future Fund Act, a bill aimed at spurring job creation by investing in a clean...

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