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SunPower Names Solomon CFO of Maxeon Solar

SunPower Corp. has named Joanne Solomon as the chief financial officer (CFO) of Maxeon Solar Technologies, the planned spin-off from SunPower.  A seasoned executive with...

Canadian Solar Names New Director, Advisor

Canadian Solar Inc. has appointed Lauren C. Templeton as an independent director, increasing the number of company independent directors to five. Canadian Solar also...

Stanley Consultants Promotes Sulzen to Lead Energy Practice

Stanley Consultants, promoted Lance Sulzen to lead its energy, power and environmental activities. The company is a worldwide provider of engineering, environmental and construction...

Two Kit Carson Electric Arrays Become Operational

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) has energized two new solar arrays, bringing an additional 3 MW of solar power to its New Mexican customer...

Alternus Energy Expands into The Netherlands

Alternus Energy Inc. has acquired Zonepark Rilland B.V. and its 11.75 MW ground-mounted solar photovoltaic power plant in Rilland, the Netherlands from Coöperatie Unisun...

Canadian Solar Finishes First Taiwanese Solar Project

Canadian Solar Inc. has achieved commercial operation on the 1.98 MW Hualien Rongkai solar project in Taiwan. The installation and powered by 6,384 Canadian Solar...

Enel Completes First Piece of Roadrunner Solar Project

Enel Green Power North America has initiated operations on the first phase (252 MW) of the Roadrunner solar project in Texas. The second phase, totaling...

LG Appoints New President and CEO for North America

LG Electronics Inc. has named Thomas Yoon president and CEO of LG Electronics North America and president and CEO of LG Electronics USA Inc.,...

CleanPowerSF, EDF Enter into PPA for Maverick 6 Solar

EDF Renewables North America has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) with CleanPowerSF for a 100 MW AC tranche of the Palen Solar...

OCI Solar Power Tweaks Alamo I Project in San Antonio

OCI Solar Power has renovated its Alamo I solar farm in San Antonio, Texas, with the installation of new trackers from Array Technologies Inc. "Alamo...

El Paso Electric Ready to Go Heavy in Solar+Storage

Texas-based utility El Paso Electric (EPE) is implementing a long-term energy-supply resource plan that includes the expansion of solar energy and introduction of utility-scale...

Solar Canopy Completed at MGM Springfield

Distributed Solar Development (DSD) has completed a 1.4 MW solar canopy project for MGM Springfield in Springfield, Mass. The canopy, which DSD designed and...

IPP Solar Frontier Americas Wraps Up Financing for CA Project

Solar Frontier Americas (SFA), the U.S.-based renewable energy business of Idemitsu Kosan Co. Ltd., has closed on the tax equity commitment and debt financing...

Solar ITC Extension Fails to Make it Into Extenders Package

The House mobilized this week to pass legislation that would avert a government shutdown, but that legislation did not include an extension of the...

Municipal Utility Signs PPAs for 10 MW in Virginia

TurningPoint Energy, Navisun and the City of Danville, Va., have initiated construction on two 5 MW AC solar plants that have power purchase agreements...

New York Hits 2 GW of Installed Solar Capacity

The New York Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) says 2 GW of solar capacity has been installed across the state, representing nearly 1,800%...

Enphase Energy: 1 Million Systems in Circulation

Enphase Energy Inc. has announced the installation of the company’s one-millionth Enphase microinverter-based solar system. The one-millionth installation was part of the Enphase low-income solar partnership...

EDP, ConnectGen Buy Trio of First Solar Developments

First Solar Inc. has sold three projects with a total nameplate capacity of 278 MW AC to a partnership between EDP Renewables and ConnectGen. The...

SEIA Appoints New Board Members, Division Chairs

The Solar Energy Industries Association has elected three at-large members and five division chairs to serve on the SEIA board of directors. The elected...

CHINT Supplying 122 MW of Bi-Facial Modules to Atlas

CHINT Solar/Astronergy has signed a new contract with solar energy provider Atlas Renewable Energy to supply 122 MW of bi-facial PV modules to one...

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