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Turquoise Solar Project Achieves Commercial Operation

McCarthy Building Companies’ Renewable Energy & Storage group has recently completed construction of the Turquoise Solar Project in Washoe County, Nev.  The new 61 MW...

Competitive Power Ventures Aims to Convert Maryland Mining Site to Solar

Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a subsidiary of OPC Energy Ltd., says it plans to file an application with the state of Maryland for a...

Solar FlexRack Supplies Trackers for Largest U.S. Agrivoltaic Research Project

Solar FlexRack, a division of Northern States Metals that specializes in photovoltaic mounting and solar tracker solutions, says it has supplied its TDP Turnkey...

California Utilities Submit Proposal to Modernize Rooftop Solar Program

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), San Diego Gas & Electric Co. (SDG&E) and Southern California Edison (SCE) have written a proposal to modernize...

SEIA: Solar on Track to Quadruple Capacity by 2030

The U.S. solar industry installed a record 19.2 GW DC of capacity in 2020, according to the U.S. Solar Market Insight 2020 Year-in-Review report,...

New UL Tool Helps Developers Optimize Renewable Power Systems

HOMER Energy by UL, a developer of energy modeling software, has unveiled its newest service - HOMER Front + UL Analysis.  The new capability helps...

We Energies, WPS Developing Large-Scale Solar+Storage Project

We Energies and Wisconsin Public Service (WPS), subsidiaries of WEC Energy Group, say they are advancing plans for a new 325 MW solar and...

New Software Predicts Extreme Weather Events, Power Production

DNV, a provider of advisory,  monitoring, verification and certification services for the energy value chain, says it has generated and analyzed 20,000 years of...

CPUC Sets Sights on Nevada to Bolster Renewable Generation

As part of its Integrated Resource Plan (IRP), the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) has identified more than 2,000 MW of new renewable energy...

KiloVault Adds Deep Cycle Battery to Company Offerings

KiloVault, a provider of residential and commercial renewable energy solutions, has unveiled the 2 V 1000 XLC advanced lead-carbon, sealed AGM, deep cycle battery....

Nextracker Settles Patent Infringement Lawsuit Against Solar FlexRack

Nextracker has settled its patent infringement lawsuit against Northern States Metals Co., which conducts its solar energy business under the name Solar FlexRack.  Nextracker filed...

Trina Solar Launches New Line of Vertex Module

Trina Solar Co. Ltd. has unveiled a new generation of its Vertex module with a single panel power of 670 W.  According to Dr. Zhang...

Bipartisan Bill Proposes Tax Credits for Energy Storage

Rep. Mike Doyle, D-Pa., was joined by Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Fla., and Rep. Earl Blumenauer, D-Ore., in introducing the Energy Storage Tax Incentive and...

Array Technologies Creates Tech Center to Showcase Solar Products

Array Technologies, a manufacturer of ground-mounted systems used in solar energy projects, has created the Array Tech Research Center, a site dedicated to researching,...

California Utility Delivers Over 35 Percent Renewable Energy to Customers

Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E), a subsidiary of PG&E Corp., says it has exceeded California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal requiring energy providers...

Renewable Sector Faces Increasing Loss Due to Extreme Weather

Extreme weather events that fall outside of traditionally modeled natural catastrophe (Nat Cat) definitions - including hailstorms, wildfires and extreme cold - are continuing...

RIC Energy, GSRP Partner to Develop Community Solar Projects

RIC Energy, a renewable energy project developer, and Goldman Sachs Renewable Power LLC (GSRP) have partnered to develop a portfolio of solar projects in...

IEA Adds Solar Services Group to Company Offerings

Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA), an infrastructure construction company with renewable energy and specialty civil expertise, says the solar project development and engineering...

Source Renewables Looks to Convert New York Landfill to Community Solar

Source Renewables, a renewable energy company focused on community solar and clean energy development throughout New York, says it plans to develop two community...

U.S. Energy Storage Solidifies Record-Breaking Year

There was a total of 2,156 MWh of new energy storage systems  brought online in Q4  2020 - this was an increase of  182%...

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