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Month: March 2022

Borrego to bring distributed generation solar and storage to hydropower facilities in New England

Partnership with FirstLight Power focuses on development of new DG solar, DG storage and utility-scale standalone storage at hydropower facilities in Massachusetts and Connecticut. March 31, 2022 Borrego Solar has been tapped by FirstLight Power, a clean power company with a portfolio that includes nearly 1,400MW of pumped-hydro storage, battery storage, hydroelectric generation, and solar …

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SunPower makes minority investments in two residential solar installers

SunPower is investing in two of its top residential installation dealers through the “SunPower Dealer Accelerator Program” to accelerate their growth. Credit: Freedom Solar Power SunPower is making minority investments in Freedom Solar Power (Texas) and Sea Bright Solar (New Jersey), two SunPower Master Dealers. As part of the deal, Freedom Solar and Sea Bright …

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Comcast to purchase 250 MW of solar energy from Illinois project

Comcast announced an agreement to purchase 250 MW of solar electricity from Constellation that will power approximately 12% of its U.S. operations and the vast majority of its Mid-Atlantic operations. The agreement will support construction of the 300-MW Blue Sky Solar Project currently being developed by Scout Clean Energy in Illinois, creating local jobs and …

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Solar Landscape completes final project under New Jersey’s community solar pilot program

The company looks now to complete the 50MW portfolio it was awarded in Year Two. March 31, 2022 Solar Landscape announced that it has energized its eighth community solar project awarded under New Jersey’s Community Solar Pilot Program Year One, marking the completion of the entire 20MW portfolio that the company was awarded in 2019. …

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Unique attributes of energy storage require new interconnection strategies, toolkit says

Courtesy of Burns & McDonnell Energy storage has a unique and pivotal role to play in the transition to a low-carbon economy because it can help the electric grid accommodate more renewable energy. However, a number of barriers currently impede the process of connecting energy storage systems to the distribution grid. A new suite of …

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Solar Landscape completes 20 MW of community solar pilot projects in New Jersey

Solar Landscape has energized its eighth and final community solar project in New Jersey’s Community Solar Energy Pilot Program Year One. The final installation — at World Harvest Church in Pennsauken, New Jersey — rounds out the company’s nearly 20-MW portfolio, which is now generating power for more than 3,000 New Jersey households. Solar panels …

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Evolving requirements in the solar + storage industry

According to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council, utility-interactive PV systems were a small percentage of PV systems installed in the United States before 2000. The primary standard for the power conversion hardware for solar PV in the United States, UL 1741, was originally published in May of 1999 by Underwriters Laboratories (UL). UL 1741 focused …

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SunPower solar + storage customers can now take advantage of OhmConnect’s incentive program

Residential energy management company OhmConnect has announced a new collaboration with SunPower to create grid-connected homes that leverage solar, storage and smart thermostats to strengthen and modernize the electric grid. Customers leveraging SunPower’s solutions will be able to access OhmConnect’s gamified user experience and get rewarded to manage their electricity use during peak usage periods. …

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