The 2022 Community Power Scorecard developed by the Institute for Local Self-Reliance grades the states on which give communities the most power to advance clean energy and which present barriers to local economic development through renewable power. Only four received top grades, indicating that most states have a lot of work to do. February 24, …
The Brighter Future Solar project in Boone, North Carolina, has reached commercial operation. the 15.7-MW project was installed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Blue Ridge Energy. “This is the latest step on the path to a decarbonized world,” said Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, President and CEO, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America. “It is a blueprint for other communities …
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Concentrated solar power (CSP) tech company Hyperlight Energy is launching a new concept, Tectonic Sun, to use solar and stored heat energy to decarbonize oil wells. The combination of its flagship solar thermal solution Hylux and the new Tectonic Sun use the existing infrastructure at oil wells to provide zero carbon electricity while reducing emissions …
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Orbital Energy Group announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Orbital Solar Services, and its Joint Venture Partner, Jingoli Power, have signed a formal EPC contract and begun construction on a 130-MWDC/100-MWAC solar farm in Alabama for Lightsource bp. The contract calls for OSS JPOW to design, engineer and build a utility-scale solar array to be …
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Energy Toolbase sent word of a behind-the-meter energy storage project it commissioned with HES Solar, a San Diego-based, full-service solar development and installation company. HES Solar installed a BYD Chess energy storage system, integrated with Energy Toolbase’s Acumen EMS controls software, alongside a SunPower solar PV system for a Fortune 100 food and beverage industry client. …
Derry, NH’s unused capped landfill is the site for town’s new 2.2-MW solar array. The Derry, New Hampshire Town Council has finalized the contracts for a new 2.2-MW solar array to be developed by Encore Renewable Energy that will be one of the largest solar arrays in the state. Encore will finance, design, construct, install, …
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Four groups that support rooftop solar have asked federal energy regulators to disallow the “common” utility practice of charging their customers for their anti-solar advocacy. February 24, 2022 The Center for Biological Diversity has asked federal energy regulators to stop utilities from charging customers for their payments to industry groups that are “undermining the renewable …
A new company has launched to revolutionize how waste is handled on large-scale solar sites. Green Clean Solar, founded by solar veteran Emilie Oxel O’Leary, is turning solar waste pain points into one turnkey solution that prioritizes recycling, refurbishing, reusing and waste diversion efforts. It’s not just solar panels that will require appropriate and streamlined recycling and …
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