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The Catholic University of America Completes Community Solar Project

The Catholic University of America has completed its 7.5 MW West Campus Solar Array, developed in collaboration with Standard Solar. The array, located in Washington,...

NYSERDA Allots $5M for Demo Projects Co-Locating Solar and Agriculture

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has made $5 million available for demonstration projects that co-locate solar siting and agricultural...

Entergy, NextEra Energy Resources to Develop 4.5 GW of New Solar + BESS

Entergy and NextEra Energy Resources have agreed to jointly accelerate the development of up to 4.5 GW of new solar generation and BESS projects...

JUWI Sells Two Colorado Solar Projects to Tri-State

JUWI has sold two of the three PV projects the company is building across Colorado to energy supplier Tri-State.  The first is the 186 MW...

New BLM Final Rule Is Favorable to Renewable Energy

The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) recently released a prepublication copy of a final rule that will reduce annual rent and capacity fees...

Lotus Infrastructure Partners Acquires Utility-Scale Developer PNE USA

Lotus Infrastructure Partners has completed its acquisition of PNE USA from PNE AG, a renewable energy company based in Cuxhaven, Germany. Led by CEO Karl...

Copperhead Solar and Storage Project Commences Operations

National Grid Renewables’ Copperhead Solar and Storage Project, located in Falls County, Texas, has begun commercial operations. Located within the ERCOT market, the project is...

Renewables Investments This Year Set to Outpace Fossil Fuel

Global investment in clean energy is on track to reach nearly double the amount going to fossil fuels in 2024, according to the IEA’s...

Pivot Energy, GreenSpark Solar Complete 22 MW New York Portfolio

Pivot Energy and EPC provider GreenSpark Solar have completed a four project, 22 MW Upstate New York solar portfolio with agrivoltaics.  The projects, owned and...

U.S. Solar Panel Manufacturing Soared in Q1

During Q1 2024, 11 GW of new solar module manufacturing capacity came online in the U.S., per the U.S. Solar Market Insight Q2 2024...

Ameren Missouri Expands Community Solar Program

Ameren Missouri has plans to build a new solar facility alongside its existing Montgomery Community Solar Center in New Florence, an hour west of...

DOE Announces First Projects Under Clean Energy Initiative Cleanup Project

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has selected the first proposed projects under the department’s Cleanup to Clean Energy initiative, an effort to repurpose...

LRE, Pacific Gas & Electric Sign Long-Term Agreement for BESS Project

Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE) has signed a 15-year resource adequacy agreement with Pacific Gas & Electric Co. (PG&E) for LRE’s 112.5 MW Sierra Pinta...

5N Plus, First Solar Renew, Expand Semiconductor Supply Agreement

5N+ has renewed its supply agreement with First Solar, under which 5N+ is slated to increase its supply of cadmium telluride semiconductor materials to...

SC Solar Establishes U.S. Subsidiary in Dallas

SC Solar’s U.S. subsidiary has opened the doors to its production facility, located in Dallas.  The company says it has provided 30 of its automated...

Macquarie Asset Management, Sol Systems Invest $85M in Midwest Solar

Macquarie Asset Management and Sol Systems have jointly invested $85 million in support of the construction and operation of five utility-scale solar projects in...

Recurrent Energy Closes on $500M BlackRock Investment

Canadian Solar subsidiary Recurrent Energy has closed on a BlackRock investment funding its platform, totaling $500 million once fully complete. The investment will represent 20%...

NMPRC Approves PNM 2026 Energy Resources

The New Mexico Public Regulation Commission (NMPRC) has approved an application by PNM Resources subsidiary Public Service Company of New Mexico for new energy...

CPUC Launches New Community Solar Program

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) is slated to expand its existing community solar programs, as well as launch a new one, in order...

Minnesota Approves Otter Tail Power Modified Integrated Resource Plan 

The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission has approved a modified version of Otter Tail Power’s Integrated Resource Plan, which lays out the utility’s plans for...

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