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Department of Veterans Affairs Approves Solar Exam Reimbursements
The Solar Foundation, the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP) and other partners in the Solar Ready Vets Network have obtained approvals...
sPower Closes on Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center Financing
sPower, a renewable energy independent power producer (IPP), has closed on the $700 million construction/term loan financing for the Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center in...
LG Launches Next Generation of LG NeON 2 Panels
LG Business Solutions, a provider of high-efficiency solar modules to the U.S. commercial and residential markets, has launched the next generation of its LG...
Maxeon Launches New Line of Bifacial Solar Panels
Maxeon Solar Technologies, the planned spin-off from SunPower Corp., has launched its new line of bifacial SunPower Performance 5 panels, the fifth-generation performance solar...
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...