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Two Community Solar Farms Electrify New York’s Hudson Valley

Solstice Power Technologies and ForeFront Power say two community solar farms in Orange and Ulster counties, N.Y., have turned on for customers of Orange...

Canadian Solar Enters PPA Contract With Techgen

Canadian Solar Inc. has signed a 15-year power purchase agreement with Techgen that will allow Canadian Solar to finance and build a 103 MW...

NREL Research Improves Perovskite Stability, Strengthens Silicon Cells

A change in chemical composition has enabled scientists to boost the longevity and efficiency of a perovskite solar cell developed at the U.S. Department...

Virginia Senate Adopts Clean Economy Act

Advanced Energy Economy, a national association of businesses that are focused on making energy secure, clean and affordable, is supportive of the Virginia Senate...

Spruce Acquires 27.6 MW of Residential Solar Assets

Spruce Finance, a private owner and operator of distributed-generation solar and residential energy assets in the U.S., has completed its second-largest acquisition to date. The...

New Facility Supports Provider of Low-Income Residential Solar

PosiGen, a residential solar, energy efficiency and energy education provider for low-to-moderate-income families, has revealed a new debt facility originated by the Ares Infrastructure...

Navigant Research Report Reveals Potential Surge of Li-Ion Batteries

A new report from Navigant Research provides a database of global energy storage projects, along with a regional analysis of technology choice, capacity and...

Tokio Marine Acquires Renewable Energy Insurance Specialist

Tokio Marine HCC, a specialty insurance group, has signed a purchase agreement to acquire managing general agent GCube, a renewable energy risks specialist.   The transaction,...

Berkeley Lab Releases Income Trends Report on Rooftop Solar Adopters

Berkeley Lab, a company that tracks and analyzes solar-adopter demographic characteristics, has released a report describing income trends among single-family residential solar adopters.  The annual...

Grasshopper to Invest $300 Million in Pennsylvania Solar Portfolio

Grasshopper Solar, a developer and asset owner headquartered in Canada, has acquired a 278 MW DC portfolio of solar projects in Pennsylvania from Glidepath...

Schletter Supplies Mounting Systems for Midwest Solar Project

Schletter Group has supplied the mounting systems for a solar project on the grounds of a retired gravel pit near Chicago. According to the company,...

Florida PSC Approves Settlement Agreement for SolarTogether

The Florida Public Service Commission (PSC) has approved a settlement agreement for Florida Power & Light Co.’s (FPL) community solar program SolarTogether. FPL, Southern Alliance...

EnergySage, NABCEP Release 2019 Solar Installer Survey

EnergySage, an online comparison-shopping marketplace for rooftop solar, energy storage, community solar and financing, and the North American Board of Certified Energy Practitioners (NABCEP)...

Longroad Acquires Four Solar Projects from First Solar

First Solar Inc., a provider of comprehensive photovoltaic (PV) solar solutions, says Longroad Energy, a company that focuses on renewable energy project development, operating...

Construction Begins on Westlands Solar Park

CIM Group says it is advancing the development of Westlands Solar Park (WSP), a development that could produce more than 2,700 MW of renewable...

The Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia Issues Request for Proposals

The Solar Workgroup of Southwest Virginia has provided notice that it intends to issue a request for proposals (RFP) for a partnership in the...

Savion, Dominion Finalize Power Purchase Agreement

Savion, a utility-scale solar and energy storage development team, has signed a 20 MW power purchase agreement (PPA) with Dominion Energy Virginia for the...

Midsummer Appoints New Business Development Manager

Midsummer, a Swedish developer of thin-film solar technology and aesthetic BIPV solutions, has hired Jarno Montella as business development manager.  Montella previously worked as managing...

Panasonic Adds Elite Tier to Residential Solar Installer Program

Panasonic has added an Elite tier to its Residential Solar Installer Program to recognize and reward standout installers with best-in-class benefits.  This exclusive tier is...

RPCS, Total Power Strengthen Solar Partnership in Arkansas

RP Construction Services Inc. (RPCS), a solar tracker project design, engineering and installation subcontractor based in Monterey, Calif., says it has strengthened its partnership...

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