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Largest multifamily solar portfolio coming online in Texas

Real estate investment and redevelopment company Granite Redevelopment Properties enlisted The Solar Company to complete one of the largest multifamily solar panel installation project in the U.S. to date. At 16 of Granite’s apartment communities in Dallas and Tarrant counties, the company is installing solar panels to generate electricity and offset energy costs at its …

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The Solar Company will install 15 MW of PV across Dallas multi-family homes

Industry / By Staff

Dallas-based contractor The Solar Company is installing solar panels across 16 apartment communities in Dallas and Tarrant counties in Texas. Granite Redevelopment Properties, a real estate investment and redevelopment company, contracted The Solar Company to offset energy costs at its Class B and C communities, comprising more than 3,600 units. Credit: The Solar Company Solar …

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Washington DC University to install 2.5MW microgrid

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Gallaudet University, Scale Microgrid Solutions, and Urban Ingenuity collaborate on solar-plus-storage microgrid to power the university and surrounding homes through community solar plan. April 14, 2022 Gallaudet University is partnering with Scale Microgrid Solutions and Urban Ingenuity to build a microgrid on its campus in Northeast Washington, DC. The microgrid consists of 2.5MWof solar ppanels …

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D.C. university to install community solar project with microgrid backup

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A solar + storage microgrid is being installed at Gallaudet University, an institution of higher education for deaf and hard of hearing students, in Washington, D.C. A 2.5-MW solar portfolio will be installed on campus rooftops and parking garages, along with a 1.2-MW/2.5-MWh Tesla Megapack lithium-ion energy storage system and a 4.5-MW combined cooling, heat …

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Sunrise brief: Our nation’s renewables goals are at risk; the US Commerce Department must reject the latest tariff petition

Policy / By Staff

To speed interconnection, consider public control of grid operators, says law professor To speed interconnection of utility-scale solar and storage, “maybe we want somebody running the show that has more of an interest in getting all these resources in the grid,” said law professor Shelley Welton in a webinar for “100% clean energy states.” The …

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The sky may not be falling: Heliene CEO speaks on anti-circ investigation

Policy / By Staff

In the weeks that have followed the US Department of Commerce’s (DOC) announcement that it will pursue an investigation into solar cell and module manufacturers in Malaysia, Thailand, Cambodia, and Vietnam potentially using parts produced by Chinese companies, voices from across the solar industry have united around the belief that the institution of antidumping and …

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Meta signs 156-MW PPA on EDP Renewables Texas solar project

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Facebook parent company Meta has signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for 156 MW of the 240-MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, Texas. EDP Renewables North America developed and will construct, own and operate Cattlemen Solar Park, which will be operational in 2023. Cattlemen is the second PPA EDP Renewables and Meta have arranged, …

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To speed interconnection, consider public control of grid operators, says law professor

Markets / By Staff

To speed interconnection of utility-scale solar and storage, “maybe we want somebody running the show that has more of an interest in getting all these resources in the grid,” said law professor Shelley Welton in a webinar for “100% clean energy states.” April 13, 2022 With utility-scale solar and storage projects stalled in the PJM …

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86% of Florida voters, regardless of political party, want Gov. DeSantis to veto anti-solar bill

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In a Sachs Media poll of Florida voters, 86% said they want Governor Ron DeSantis to veto the bill, and only 3% of respondents across party lines said they support the bill. April 13, 2022 Last month, the Florida state legislature passed House Bill 741, which phases down the value of solar net metering, and …

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Nonprofits kick off Solar Education Week with virtual events, college campus gatherings

Industry / By Staff

Clean energy, environmental justice and solar equity nonprofit organizations and advocates are sparking a national conversation about solar through the eighth annual Solar Education Week. Taking place from April 15-22, the week leading up to Earth Day features a range of events across the country along with a campaign to spread clean energy education nationwide. …

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Month: April 2022