February 2022 | Page 4 of 40 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

CPUC Acts To Increase Broadband Deployment Throughout California

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC), in its ongoing commitment to bridging the digital divide, today established a new local agency technical assistance grant program in the California Advanced Services Fund (CASF) for eligible local agencies and Tribal entities to expand broadband deployment. The COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated affordability challenges and heightened the need for …

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Solar array on landfill in Derry, N.H. will be one of state’s largest at 2.2 MW

Projects / By Staff

A solar array to be developed by Encore Renewable Energy in Derry, New Hampshire, will be one of the state’s largest at 2.2 MW. Encore will finance, design, construct, install, operate, and maintain the ground mounted solar project. Derry Solar will be located on a closed and capped municipal solid waste landfill owned by the …

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Aspen Power secures $120 million, 200MW of distributed and community solar

Finance / By Staff

The developer is active in community solar, multifamily, commercial, industrial, and rooftop markets. February 24, 2022 Aspen Power Partners announced it raised $120 million in a funding round led by Ultra Capital, Redball Power, and others. The company was incubated at Energy Impact Partners, a global investor in sustainable energy transition. Aspen also entered into …

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Where renewable energy policies are working

Policy / By Staff

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, …

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15.7-MW ‘Brighter Future Solar project’ completed in North Carolina

Industry / By Staff

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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Hyperlight targets oil wells for new CSP + geothermal storage concept

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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 and partners break ground on 130-MW solar project in Alabama

Industry / By Staff

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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HES Solar commissions sizable behind-the-meter energy storage project with Energy Toolbase

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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. …

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2.2-MW landfill solar project to help New Hampshire town reach 100% renewable goal early

Industry / By Staff

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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Rooftop solar groups ask FERC to stop utilities from charging customers for anti-solar advocacy

Policy / By Staff

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 …

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Month: February 2022