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Caelux Closes on Funding for Solar Perovskite R&D, Production Facility

Caelux, a California-based company specializing in perovskite solar technology, has closed a $12 million Series A3 funding round led by Temasek, a global investment...

Emeren Sells First PV Power Project to MET Group

Emeren Group Ltd., a global solar project developer, owner and operator, recently sold an 11.5 MWp PV project to energy company MET Group, headquartered...

Vitesco Technologies Partners Up for Central Texas Solar Project

Global automotive supplier Vitesco Technologies, San Antonio-based Big Sun Solar and the Guadalupe Valley Electric Cooperative (GVEC) are jointly developing a solar project in...

CSI Solar Invests Big, Executes on Capacity Expansion, Vertical Integration

CSI Solar Co. Ltd., a majority-owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc., has entered into a multi-year investment agreement with the municipal government of Hohhot,...

Arizona Public Service Issues RFP to Meet Growing Power Demands

Arizona Public Service (APS) has issued a 2023 All-Source Request for Proposal (RFP), seeking project proposals from developers for flexible and innovative energy resources...

Ormat Technologies Inks PPA with San Diego Community Power

Ormat Technologies Inc., a renewable energy company, and San Diego Community Power (SDCP), California’s second largest community choice aggregator, have signed a power purchase...

Michigan Budget Invests Big in Clean Energy Transition

The Michigan legislature passed a fiscal year 2024 budget which received bipartisan support and will go into effect immediately after approval from Gov. Gretchen Whitmer. The...

EPA Kicks Off $7 Billion Solar for All Grant Contest

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a $7 billion grant competition through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to increase access to...

Duke Energy Indiana to Offtake Up to 199 MW of Solar Power

Duke Energy Indiana, a subsidiary of North Carolina-based Duke Energy, is adding to its Indiana solar energy resources. Currently the state’s largest electric supplier,...

Panasonic Debuts Advanced Energy Storage Solution

Panasonic Corp. of North America is releasing a new generation of the EVERVOLT Home Battery System: a modular residential storage system that supports both...

BLM Proposes Rules for Energy Projects on Public Lands

The United States Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently published new proposed rules governing leasing and rental rates for renewable energy projects on public...

Ameren Missouri Adding 550 MW of Solar to Portfolio

Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corp. and a provider of electric and gas service for central and eastern Missouri, intends to acquire or...

Ideematec Trackers Tapped for 640 MW Texas Solar Project

Ideematec Inc., a provider of utility-scale solar tracking systems, has reached an agreement with Parliament Solar LLC, the initial asset for Parliament Energy Holdings...

First Solar Unveils Novel Bifacial Thin-Film PV Module

First Solar Inc. is planning a limited production run of the world’s first bifacial solar panel utilizing an advanced thin-film semiconductor. The fully functional...

Supply Chain, Interconnection Issues Hinder Energy Storage Market

The recently released U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report, by the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie, states that across all segments of...

Fortress Fencing Acquisition Adds to DSI Portfolio

Directional Services Inc. (DSI), a utility-scale solar energy and electrical contractor, has acquired Fortress Fencing, a company specializing in solar and commercial fencing solutions.  "The...

Redflow Batteries Chosen for California Solar+Storage Project

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has granted funding and approval for Redflow’s scalable flow batteries to be utilized in a large-scale solar+storage project that...

Lightsource bp Launches Operation of Solar Farm Outside Indianapolis

Utility-scale solar developer and manager Lightsource bp is beginning commercial operation of its 152.5 MW AC/173 MW DC Bellflower Solar project, located about 40...

Panasonic Promotes Authorized Installer Program Participants

Panasonic has elevated 12 authorized members of its Panasonic Installer Program to Elite- and Premium-level status. “The expanded installer network will give more homeowners the...

Suntuity Renewables to Combine with Beard Energy and Go Public

Suntuity Renewables, a provider of renewable energy solutions, and Beard Energy Transition Acquisition Corp., a special purpose acquisition company, have entered into an agreement...

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