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DOE Announces Cleanup to Clean Energy Project at Hanford Site

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is set to enter into realty negotiations with Hecate Energy for a solar project capable of delivering 1...

BLM Advances Projects on Western Public Lands

The Department of the Interior today announced that the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is advancing nine solar projects on public lands.  “The Interior Department...

DOE Announces $33M to Deploy Solar Tech

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding $33 million for nine projects across seven states to advance concentrating solar-thermal (CST) systems technologies for...

Scenic Hill Solar Completes Project Featuring First Solar Series 7 Modules

Scenic Hill Solar has completed and begun commercial operation of a 1.2 MW distributed generation solar project featuring First Solar Series 7 TR1 PV...

TurningPoint Energy, Nexamp Partner on Delaware Community Solar Projects

TurningPoint Energy and Nexamp are collaborating on two community solar projects in Delaware’s New Castle and Sussex counties, totaling 9 MW.  TurningPoint developed the projects...

BLM Issues Libra Solar Project Final Analysis

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has published the final Environmental Impact Statement for the proposed Libra Solar Project in Mineral and Lyon counties,...

Heliene, Premier Energies to Partner on Domestic Solar Cell Manufacturing

Heliene and India-based Premier Energies are planning a joint venture to create a solar cell manufacturing facility in the U.S.  Under the terms of the...

Nexamp, Starbucks Partner on Illinois Community Solar Projects

Nexamp is partnering with Starbucks, which as a long-term renewables purchaser is set to anchor the deployment of 40 MW across six Illinois community...

AMPYR Energy USA Expands Solar, Battery Storage Capacity

AMPYR Energy USA has acquired 210 peak MW of utility-scale solar energy projects in North and South Carolina.  “This acquisition marks an important step on...

Catalyze, GreenSpark Solar Announce New York Partnership Expansion

Catalyze has selected EPC contractor GreenSpark Solar to construct 10 community solar projects within New York State, totaling 60 MW. The projects will be funded...

SolarMax Technology to Offer Stateside EPC Services

SolarMax Technology says it plans to offer EPC services for large-scale solar systems in the United States, including solar power and EV charging stations.  As...

Avangrid Begins Solar Grazing Operation in the Pacific Northwest

Avangrid has partnered with a local rancher to graze sheep at two solar farms in Oregon and Washington, launching what it calls the largest...

Clearway Closes Financing, Starts Construction on CA Solar+Storage

Clearway Energy Group has closed on $700 million in construction financing and begun construction on two projects in Fresno and San Bernardino counties, Calif.  Luna...

GameChange Solar Completes Third-Party Validation from Enertis Applus+

GameChange Solar has completed a third-party validation of its bifacial PV modeling performance through Enertis Applus+.The company uses the bifacial_radiance software tool developed by...

Manchin, Barrasso Release Bipartisan Energy Permitting Reform Legislation

U.S. Senators Joe Manchin (I-WV) and John Barrasso (R-WY), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee, have released the...

vHive Unveils Automated Solar Farm Inspection and Analytics Solution

vHive has released its latest product designed for autonomous digitization and AI analysis of solar farms.  The company's auto-discovery and multi-drone technology aims to offer...

Duke Energy North Carolina Pilot Program Enrollment Reaches 1,300 Customers

Duke Energy has enrolled more than 1,300 North Carolina customers in its PowerPair pilot, a one-time incentive-based program designed to help make home solar...

HKUST Engineering Researchers Increase Perovskite Solar Cell Reliability 

A research team at the School of Engineering of the Hong Kong University of Science and Technology (HKUST) have revealed the existence of surface...

Minnesota PUC Approves Additional 250 MW Solar Project Near Sherco Plant

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a site permit for the Sherco Solar 3 project, Xcel Energy’s 250 MW solar facility in Clear...

First Solar Takes Ownership of TOPCon Patents Through Acquisition

First Solar says it owns U.S. patents related to the manufacturing of tunnel oxide passivated contact (TOPCon) crystalline-silicon PV solar cells. First Solar secured the...

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