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KKR Acquires Majority Stake in Avantus

KKR has signed an agreement to acquire a majority stake in Avantus, with it and existing investor EIG being sole equity investors.  Founded in 2009,...

Burns & McDonnell Completes Role in Wisconsin Alliant Energy Solar Program

Burns & McDonnell has completed EPC and self-perform construction services for nine Wisconsin solar projects that are part of Alliant Energy’s Clean Energy Blueprint. Burns...

Infinity Rack Develops Modular BIPV Framing System

Infinity Rack has developed a modular BIPV framing system that it says works with any standard framed PV module to create a mechanically watertight...

CSIRO Sets Record for Next-Gen Roll-to-Roll Printed Solar Cells

Scientists from Australia’s national science agency, CSIRO, have led an international team to what it calls a breakthrough by setting an efficiency record for...

Eagle Creek Renewable Energy Acquires Lightstar Renewables

An Eagle Creek Renewable Energy affiliate has acquired Lightstar Renewables, a portfolio company of funds managed by Elda River Capital Management and Magnetar, with...

Fluke Advances Utility-Scale Solar Testing with Curve Tracer Launch

Fluke Corp, a Fortive subsidiary, has launched its PVA-1500 Series I-V curve tracer, which the company says is designed to empower utility-scale solar technicians...

Construction Begins on Second Utility-Scale West Virginia Solar Site

FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun construction on their second utility-scale solar site in West Virginia, the Rivesville project, located in...

Schletter Supplies 130 MW Dominican Republic Project

Schletter Group will be supplying the mounting systems for the 130 MW ground-mounted Coastal Solar Project located off the coast of San Pedro de...

Arevon, San Diego Community Power Sign Agreement for Avocet Storage Facility

Arevon Energy has entered into a 15-year energy storage service agreement with San Diego Community Power (SDCP) for the full capacity of the Avocet...

Enfinity Global Completes Minority Sale of Operating Portfolio to Kyushu Electric

Enfinity Global has sold a 40% stake in its 400 MW U.S. operating portfolio to Kyushu Electric Power, leaving Enfinity with 60%, as well...

Masdar to Acquire 50% Stake in Terra-Gen from Energy Capital Partners

Masdar has signed a definitive agreement to acquire a 50% stake in Terra-Gen Power Holdings from Energy Capital Partners (ECP), who will fully exit...

UPenn Celebrates Great Cove I and II Becoming Operational

Solar production has begun at the Great Cove I and II solar facilities in central Pennsylvania, spread across Fulton and Franklin counties in central...

Sunrise Mountain Partners, CleanCapital Expand Development Collaboration

Sunrise Mountain Partners has expanded its strategic co-development partnership with CleanCapital, accelerating the parties’ investment into development of community-based solar farms. The joint effort has...

Silfab Solar to Secure Additional Glass from SOLARCYCLE Georgia Facility

Silfab Solar has made an agreement with SOLARCYCLE to purchase ultra-low carbon domestic glass for its PV panels from the glass manufacturer’s forthcoming Georgia...

Arizona’s Largest BESS Comes Online, to Support Google Mesa Campus

Salt River Project (SRP) and NextEra Energy Resources have put the 260 MW Sonoran Solar Energy Center, located south of Buckeye, Ariz., into operation.  The...

Largest Floating Solar Array in Southeast U.S. Unveiled

Orange County, Fla., has unveiled what it calls the largest floating solar array in the Southeastern U.S., located on a 3.6-acre pond at its...

Barclays, Lightsource bp Agree to Tax Equity Deal for Louisiana Project

Barclays and Lightsource bp have committed to a $140 million tax equity transaction slated to finance construction of the 180 MW Prairie Ronde solar...

Polar Racking, Leidos Complete Bankability Report for True-Terrain Tracker

Leidos Engineering has completed its independent engineer report review for Polar Racking’s Sol-X True-Terrain trackers, which Polar is now sharing with select customers and...

Bright Green to Power Extension Project with Solar Field Install

Bright Green Corporation says it will install a 102 MW solar field to power the electricity and heating requirements for its forthcoming $250 million...

Raptor Maps’ Global Solar Report Finds $4.6B Annual Revenue Loss

Raptor Maps has released the sixth edition of its Global Solar Report, featuring data this year that it says demonstrates the underperformance of solar...

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