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BLM Releases Final Environmental Analysis for Jove Solar Project

The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Jove Solar Project, which could generate 600 MW if...

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,...

SolarPanelRecycling.com Partners with Texas Green Energy

SolarPanelRecycling.com has formed a strategic partnership with Texas Green Energy, offering recycling solutions for Texas Green Energy PV panels and decommissioned equipment.  "By committing to...

We Recycle Solar Expands Partnership with Renewables.org

We Recycle Solar and Renewables.org have expanded their collaboration and are launching a program for developers, IPPs and manufacturers to make tax-deductible donations of...

DOE Reduces Regulatory Hurdles for Energy Storage, Transmission, Solar Projects

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is amending its list of categories of projects which, because they typically do not have significant environmental impacts,...

SEIA and Partners Balancing Boom in Solar with Need for Conservation

Major solar developers, conservation groups, agricultural organizations, environmental and environmental justice groups, and tribal entities have announced an agreement to advance large-scale U.S. solar development while...

Climate Change Impact on Solar Production Underestimated

Climate and energy analytics company Sunairio recently conducted a study and found that climate change is increasingly impacting solar energy generation in the United...

CEQ Proposes Rule to Modernize Environmental Reviews

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) has released its Bipartisan Permitting Reform Implementation Rule, a proposed rule that includes streamlining of permitting...

Solar Materials Recycling Facility to Serve Southwest

When fully operational, Mycrogrid Materials Recycling (MMR) is expected be the largest solar panel recycling facility in the Southwest, assisting California and Arizona in...

ETC Sets Out Actions Needed to Reduce Renewable Energy Deployment Delays

In its latest global Insights Briefing, “Streamlining planning and permitting to accelerate wind and solar deployment”, the Energy Transitions Commission (ETC) highlights how governments,...

Site Map Helps Companies Identify Low-Impact Renewable Energy Possibilities

The Nature Conservancy has publicly released a map to help companies and communities identify the most promising places in the central U.S. to quickly...

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...

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...

Biden Restores the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan

The U.S. Department of Interior has revoked amendments to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) filed by the Trump administration last month. "We are...

Amazon Becomes Largest Corporate Purachaser of Renewables

Amazon has invested in 26 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects totaling 3.4 GW of electricity production capacity, bringing its total investment in...

SCE: California Grid Needs to Adapt to Realize Clean Energy Future

Fundamental changes in how the electric power grid is planned, designed, built and operated are necessary to meet future challenges. These challenges are created...

New York Power Authority Approves the VISION2030 Energy Roadmap

The New York Power Authority’s (NYPA) board of trustees has approved a new strategic plan, VISION2030, which provides a roadmap for transforming the state’s...

New Alliance Formed to Support Low-Carbon Solar Energy

Renewable energy companies from a diverse cross-section of the solar industry have joined together to launch the Ultra Low-Carbon Solar Alliance. The alliance will work...

Terracon Enhances Site-Selection Tool

Consulting and engineering firm Terracon says it has further enhanced Stage1, a site-selection tool, to now include environmental and geotechnical condition assessment.  Stage1 combines Terracon's...

Cuomo Proposes Regulations to Speed up Renewable Siting, Construction

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has announced the availability of proposed regulations that would implement the Accelerated Renewable Energy Growth and Community Benefit Act.  The draft...

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