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Georgia Power Inks PPA for New 195.5 MW Development

The U.S. division of RWE Renewables has entered into a 30-year power purchase agreement with Georgia Power Co. for RWE's Broken Spoke Solar project, a 195.5...

Nautilus, Borrego Working Toward 17.2 MW of Community Solar

Nautilus Solar Energy LLC has acquired a 17.2 MW community solar portfolio from Borrego Solar. The portfolio, which has been awarded NYSERDA Megawatt Block allocations and...

200 MW Sandrini Solar Park Nets 15-Year PPA

EDP Renewables SA (EDPR), through its EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA) subsidiary, and Shell Energy North America (US) L.P. (SENA) have closed on a...

Large Rooftop PV System Comes Online on Long Island

Dynamic Energy Solutions LLC has completed the installation of a rooftop solar array at Autronic Plastics Inc. in Central Islip, N.Y. The 852 kW rooftop system,...

Partnership Aimed at Enhancing Solar-Plus-Storage Projects

Stem Inc. has finalized a master supply agreement with NEC Energy Solutions, whereby Stem will resell and integrate its Athena AI platform with NEC’s GSS end-to-end...

DNV GL’s Battery Performance Scorecard Looks at Performance, Safety

DNV GL has released its second annual Battery Performance Scorecard, which provides an independent ranking and evaluation of different types of batteries based on...

Prism Solar Supplying Modules for JPMorgan Chase PV Installations

Genie Energy Ltd., a provider of energy services, says its Prism Solar Technologies solar manufacturing subsidiary has received additional purchase orders from JPMorgan Chase to supply...

CPPIB Acquiring Pattern Energy Group

Canada Pension Plan Investment Board (CPPIB) is acquiring Pattern Energy Group Inc., a large independent power company that owns a portfolio of 28 renewable...

Bye-Bye, Bifacial

The Office of the U.S. Trade Representative last week announced that it is eliminating the exclusion of bifacial solar panels from the 25% tariff...

SolarEdge Files Lawsuits Against Huawei in China

SolarEdge Technologies Inc. has filed three lawsuits for patent infringement against Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. in China. The lawsuits, filed in the Regional Courts of Jinan...

SunPower Inks Safe-Harbor JV Covering 200 MW of Product

SunPower has entered into a joint venture with Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital Inc. to acquire and deploy 200 MW of safe-harbored panels, preserving the federal...

QuickBOLT Seeking Salespeople on the East Coast, Midwest

With the introduction of a new and improved QuickBOLT product at SPI 2019, the company is looking to expand its presence on both...

Largest Solar Development in Tennessee Comes Online

Tennessee’s largest solar farm is now operational at Naval Support Activity (NSA) Mid-South in Millington. The project is the result of a public-private partnership among...

Duke Energy Renewables Buys North Rosamond Project

Duke Energy Renewables, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has acquired the 150 MW North Rosamond solar project in Kern County, Calif., from Clearway Energy...

Software Firm Nets New Round of Funding

Aurora Solar, a company that focuses on software solutions for distributed solar applications, says it has raised $20 million in a Series A funding...

Oracle Updates NMS with Distributed Energy Resources in Mind

Oracle has expanded its Utilities Network Management System (NMS) with a new Distributed Energy Resource Management (DERM) module that enables utilities to monitor and...

Tigo Energy Integrations with Growatt Inverters Get UL Cert

Tigo Energy Inc. says it has received new Underwriter Laboratories (UL) certification of its TS4 Platform Rapid Shutdown Systems (RSS) with Growatt, a provider...

DuPont Unveils New And Expanded Solar Product Portfolio

As an industry leader in solar solutions that delivers proven power and lasting value for the industry, DuPont Photovoltaic Solutions (DuPont) recently showcased a...

NREL: Pairing Solar With Low- To Moderate-Income Housing Is A Win-Win

A recent report from the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) finds that pairing solar PV with rooftops of low- and moderate-income...

Solar-Tectic Receives Patent for CIGS/Si Tandem Solar Cell

The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has awarded a patent to Solar-Tectic LLC (ST) for a copper indium gallium selenide (CIGS) thin-film tandem solar cell. The...

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