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Duke Energy Progresses Toward Climate, Sustainability Goals

Duke Energy has released a pair of data-driven reports outlining the company's recent accomplishments and path to advance its critical environmental, social and governance...

The Johnson Corner Solar Project Enters Commercial Operation

Sunflower Electric Power Corp. and Lightsource BP say the Johnson Corner Solar Project has entered commercial operation.  The $37 million project, which was financed and...

GM, DTE Energy Invest in Michigan’s Solar Future

General Motors and DTE Energy are working together to accelerate Michigan’s transition to renewable energy with a deal to source 500,000 MWh of solar...

PVComplete Releases Utility-Scale Solar Design Software

PVComplete, a solar sales and design software company, has released PVCAD Mega, a CAD software solution for utility-scale PV projects, built on Autodesk technology.  PVCAD...

Tallahassee International Completes Airport Solar Project

The team developing the new 320-acre, 42 MW AC solar farm at the Tallahassee International Airport (TLH) says the Tallahassee Solar II project has...

Cuomo Unveils Details for 17 Large-Scale Solar Projects

Governor Andrew M. Cuomo has unveiled the details of the awards for 21 large-scale solar, wind and energy storage projects across upstate New York,...

Utility-Scale Solar Survives in South Carolina

South Carolina’s 2019 Energy Freedom Act breathed a new hope for distributed solar in a state that recently maxed-out its net metering cap. And...

Sungrow Equips California’s Wright Solar Project

Sungrow, an inverter solution supplier for renewables, says the 200 MW utility-scale Wright Solar project, utilizing Sungrow SG2500U-MV turnkey inverter solutions, has been operational...

Kimberly-Clark, United Renewable and NextEra Partner on Solar Project

A 3 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) project has been completed and commercialized by United Renewable Energy, an engineering, procurement, and construction firm that develops...

MGE Increases Ownership in Wisconsin Solar

Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) has received preliminary approval from the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to move ahead with plans to own an...

Solar Monitoring and Control Assets Primed for Huge Increase

A new report has been released by Navigant Research that examines the global market for monitoring and control (M&C) of solar PV and wind...

NEXTracker Releases Control System for Utility-Scale Solar Plants

NEXTracker, a Flex company, has released NX Navigator, a next-generation software and smart control system that enables power plant operators to efficiently monitor and...

Utility-Scale Solar: Inside Trump’s NEPA Overhaul

On January 10, 2020, the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) published a proposal to comprehensively overhaul regulations adopted over 40 years ago to implement...

El Paso Electric Ready to Go Heavy in Solar+Storage

Texas-based utility El Paso Electric (EPE) is implementing a long-term energy-supply resource plan that includes the expansion of solar energy and introduction of utility-scale...

NV Energy Gets Green Light on Big Solar+Storage Plans

The Public Utilities Commission of Nevada (PUCN) has approved NV Energy's Integrated Resource Plan, which will bring an additional 1.19 GW of new solar...

Construction Starts on 100 MW Chicot Solar Energy Center

NextEra Energy Resources and Entergy Arkansas are beginning construction on what will become Arkansas' largest utility-scale solar energy project: the 100 MW Chicot Solar...

EPRI Receives Funding to Support Solar Research

The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) has been awarded $10.7 million in funding from the U.S. Department of Energy Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO)...

Florida Utility Puts $700 Million to Work for Solar and Storage

Duke Energy Florida, a subsidiary of Duke Energy, has completed a $700 million debt issuance for the utility’s first green bond, which will finance...

Largest Solar Project in St. Louis Comes Online

A 1.8 MW solar installation atop the BJC HealthCare employee parking garage in midtown St. Louis is now connected and sending power into the...

Utility Petitions CPUC for 200 MW of New Renewable Energy

Colorado Electric, a subsidiary of Black Hills Corp., has submitted a proposal to the Colorado Public Utilities Commission seeking approval of a plan that...

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