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sPower Closes on Tax Equity Commitment for Virginia Solar Project

sPower, a renewable energy independent power producer (IPP), has closed on a $350 million tax equity commitment for Spotsylvania Solar Energy Center in Spotsylvania...

SEIA’s National Affiliate Network Adds RENEW Wisconsin

The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), the national trade association for the U.S. solar energy industry, says RENEW Wisconsin is now a formal SEIA...

University of Pennsylvania Signs PPA with Community Energy

The University of Pennsylvania (Penn) has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Community Energy for the creation of a solar power project that...

COVID-19 Decimating Clean Energy Jobs

More than 106,000 clean energy workers lost their jobs in the month of March, and hundreds of thousands more clean energy job losses are...

Powin Unveils Three Lithium-Ion Energy Storage Systems

Powin Energy Corp., a company that specializes in scalable battery energy storage systems, has released three new products: the Stack225, Stack230 and Stack230P, its...

Mississippi Public Service Commission Approves the Sunflower Solar Facility

Recurrent Energy LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., has received unanimous approval from the Mississippi Public Service Commission for the build-transfer...

GameChange Solar Completes Wind Tunnel Testing on Fixed-Tilt Systems

GameChange Solar has completed wind tunnel testing for the east-west configuration for all GameChange fixed-tilt products.  The completion of this study adds to the repertoire...

Pearce Services Partners with Maintenance and Repair Providers

Pearce Services LLC, a provider of telecommunications infrastructure maintenance, repair and engineering, has acquired MaxGen Energy Services and World Wind & Solar (WWS), independent...

NREL’s Six-Junction Solar Cell Nears 50 Percent Efficiency

Scientists at the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have created a solar cell with an efficiency of nearly 50%. The six-junction solar cell now holds...

Standard Solar Elects New Senior Vice President of Structured Finance

Standard Solar Inc., a solar energy company specializing in the development and financing of commercial solar electric systems, says Peter Coleman has joined the...

Northam Signs the Virginia Clean Economy Act

Virginia Governor Ralph Northam has signed the Virginia Clean Economy Act (VCEA). The act passed in the state senate and the house of delegates in...

SOLAR 20/20: Renewable Energy Vision Conference Goes Virtual

The American Solar Energy Society's (ASES) 49th Annual National Solar Conference, SOLAR 20/20: Renewable Energy Vision, will now take place 100% online in their...

First-Quarter Corporate Funding in Solar Sector Close to $2 Billion

Total corporate funding - including venture capital, public market and debt financing - into the solar sector in the first quarter reached $1.9 billion,...

IEA Begins Construction on the Appling Solar Farm

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA), an infrastructure construction company, has begun construction on the 25 MW AC Appling Solar Farm, located near the...

Longroad Completes Financing for Little Bear Solar Projects

Longroad Energy, a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has reached financial close and started the construction of Little Bear Solar - comprising...

DOE Allots Funds to Train Emergency Response, Building Professionals

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has allotted $4.5 million in funding to training programs for professionals who interact with distributed energy resources, including...

Renewable Energy Accounts for Majority of New Capacity in 2019

The renewable energy sector added 176 GW of generating capacity globally in 2019, slightly lower than the 179 GW added in 2018. However, new...

New York Passes Accelerated Renewable Energy Act

New legislation in New York will speed up the siting and construction of clean energy projects to combat climate change and help the state’s...

Littelfuse Expands its SPXI Series of Solar Fuses

Littelfuse Inc., a global manufacturer of technologies in circuit protection, power control and sensing, has expanded its SPXI series in-line solar fuses to include...

Envision Solar Launches EV ARC 2020 Off-Grid Charging

Envision Solar International Inc., a producer of sustainable infrastructure products for electric vehicle (EV) charging, has launched the upgraded generation of EV ARC solar-powered...

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