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Rambler Solar Project Begins Commercial Operation

Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, says its 200 MW AC Rambler Solar project in Tom Green County, Texas, has begun commercial...

Sol Systems Launches Renewables Initiative with Microsoft

Sol Systems, a national solar energy finance and development firm, has launched a new initiative with Microsoft Corp. that creates the first community investment...

2019 Microgrid Installations Reach Record High

According to new research from Wood Mackenzie, 546 microgrids were installed in the U.S. during 2019 - more than during any previous year. Three...

Switch, Capital Dynamics Break Ground on Next Phase of Gigawatt 1

Switch and Capital Dynamics have broken ground on the next phase of Nevada’s Gigawatt 1 solar+storage project. With these new groundbreakings in Clark and Storey...

Enel Starts Construction on Lily Solar+Storage Project

Enel Green Power has started the construction of the Lily solar+storage project, its first hybrid project in North America that integrates a renewable energy...

LG Chem, SolarEdge Partner on Storage Solution

LG Chem, a South Korea-based manufacturer of advanced lithium-ion batteries, has partnered with SolarEdge Technologies Inc., a company that specializes in smart energy, to...

Recurrent Energy Closes on Maplewood Solar Projects

Canadian Solar Inc. says its wholly-owned subsidiary, Recurrent Energy LLC, a utility-scale solar+storage project developer, has closed $282 million of debt financing to construct...

Trina Solar Launches Next-Generation Vertex Module

Trina Solar Co. Ltd. has launched two next-generation Vertex series modules with a power output of up to 600 W. The company expects to...

FERC Rejects NERA Petition

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has rejected a controversial petition to end state and local jurisdiction over net metering programs.  The petition was brought...

NYPSC Extends Net Metering for Solar Customers Due to COVID

The New York Public Service Commission (NYPSC) has signaled that it will extend net metering through January 2022 for current customers based on the...

EnTech Solutions Unveils Xcape Energy and Storage Solution

EnTech Solutions has unveiled its new Xcape microgrid technology - a resilient energy and battery storage solution that can provide a seamless back-up power...

ForeFront Power Completes San Luis Obispo Solar Projects

ForeFront Power, a provider of solar energy and battery storage solutions for the public sector, utility, business and residential customers, has completed two solar...

SunPower, Enphase Partner to Produce New AC Module

SunPower Corp., a global solar technology and energy services provider, and Enphase Energy Inc., a global energy technology company and supplier of solar microinverters,...

GameChange’s Single-Axis Trackers Recieve U.S. Patent

GameChange Solar has received a broadly encompassing patent from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO). The patent covers the entire design of the...

NREL: No Plans to Manage PV Modules at End of Lifespan

Researchers at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have conducted the first global assessment into the most promising approaches to end-of-life management for solar...

Soltec Launches the SF7 Tandem Tracker

Soltec, a manufacturer and supplier of single-axis solar trackers, has launched its SF7 Tandem tracker.  This is the first tracker on the market to be...

Solar Poised to Drive Texas Coal Plants Offline

New utility-scale solar is poised to push much of the remaining coal-fired power fleet across Texas into retirement in the next few years, according...

GRID IE Breaks Ground on Community Solar Project

GRID IE, a subsidiary of GRID Alternatives, has been awarded a $2.05 million grant under the California Department of Community Services and Development (CSD)...

Alliant, DOE and IEDA Support Solar+Storage Solution

Alliant Energy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA) have jointly supported an innovative solar+storage solution in Decorah,...

Conservation Groups Take Legal Action in Arizona Court of Appeals

Five climate and energy-conservation groups have taken legal action in the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals to challenge an Arizona public power utility’s discrimination...

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