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Ørsted Kicks Off 460 MW Solar-Plus-Storage Development

Ørsted says it has commenced construction on the company's first utility-scale solar-plus-battery-storage project, the 460 MW AC Permian Energy Center. The facility is located in...

Dominion Energy Gets Behind Buildup of Solar, Wind Careers

Dominion Energy and nearly two dozen other organizations recently launched SHINE - Solar Hands-On Instructional Network of Excellence to train solar installers at Southside...

Korean Utility KEPCO Makes First Investment in Mexican Solar Market

Canadian Solar Inc. has sold 49% interest in three solar photovoltaic projects in Mexico totaling 370 MWp (294 MW AC) to Korea Electric Power...

Stakeholders Push for Community Solar Policy Change on Long Island

A coalition of over 40 elected officials, industry organizations, environmental groups, public advocates, and electricity ratepayers recently gathered at the Cradle of Aviation Museum...

Virtual PPA Tied to Enel’s Roadrunner Solar Project

The Clorox Company and a wholly owned subsidiary of Enel Green Power North America have signed a 12-year, 70 MW virtual power purchase agreement...

Vision Solar to Leverage Enphase Enlighten

Enphase Energy Inc. says Vision Solar, a full-service renewable energy company headquartered in Pennsylvania, is now using Enphase products to enhance the customer experience...

Vivint Solar Adds Battery Storage Option to Solar PPAs

Residential solar provider Vivint Solar has debuted a new power purchase agreement option that offers California customers a single rate for both solar and...

SMA, EnergyHub Integration Addresses Utility Solar Issues

SMA America says it will be offering inverter management functionality to utility clients of EnergyHub, a company that focuses on providing distributed energy resource (DER) solutions. Utilities...

779 kW Array Coming Online At Colorado’s Auraria Campus

The Auraria Sustainable Campus Program (ASCP), in partnership with the Auraria Higher Education Center (AHEC) and Namastè Solar of Boulder, is nearing the completion...

Open C-PACE Program Goes to Work in New York

Counterpointe Sustainable Real Estate has closed $507,000 in C-PACE financing for the development of a 102 kW solar array atop a mixed-use industrial office...

Co-Op Will Hit 100 Percent Daytime Solar Ahead of Schedule

Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) has finalized an agreement with Torch Clean Energy to purchase and develop two new solar array and storage facilities for a...

CIGS Thin-Film Solar Module Nears 19 Percent Efficiency

MiaSolé says the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems ISE has independently confirmed an 18.64% aperture area conversion efficiency rate on one of its...

SunPower Splits, Creating Maxeon Solar Technologies

Solar PV module maker SunPower says it is splitting the company in two: SunPower on one side, and the newly formed Maxeon Solar Technologies on the...

DTE Restructures to Support Growth of Renewable Energy Portfolio

DTE Energy has made three senior executive moves that the company says are aimed at accelerating its progress toward enhancing its renewable energy business, development strategies...

Grasshopper Solar, BrightNight Energy Join SEIA Board

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, says multinational solar project developers Grasshopper Solar and BrightNight Energy...

‘This Is What the Future of Energy Looks Like’

The Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) is partnering with 8minute Solar Energy LLC to build the Eland Solar & Storage Center –...

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,...

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