Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) and Cedar Ridge Community Church cut the ribbon on a 2.5 MWdc community solar project in Montgomery County, Maryland. TurningPoint Energy developed the project under the State of Maryland’s Community Solar Pilot Program. The array was built on Cedar Ridge Community Church’s (CRCC) property and will provide hundreds of subscribed households …
The facility bundles a letter of credit and equipment financing to support the company’s project pipeline. May 3, 2022 Origis Energy, a Miami, Florida-based developer of renewable energy projects announced the closing of a bundled $375 million credit facility that included both a letter of credit and equipment financing. The funds are expected to support …
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The Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL) has released a top ten list of observations on co-located wind or solar plus energy storage (hybrid), with each of the unique ideas referencing a research paper developed by the group. LBNL is covering this topic primarily due to the recent increases in deployment, and interest …
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From pv magazine Global US microinverter manufacturer Enphase Energy has predicted the record revenue generated in the first three months of the year will be bettered in the current quarter. The California-based company, which also manufactures batteries, posted revenue of $441 million in the January-March window, up 7% from the $413 million recorded in the …
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The Louisiana Public Service Commission (LPSC) has approved a power purchase agreement for the 132 MWDC/98 MWAC Bayou Galion solar project developed by Recurrent Energy and located in Morehouse Parish in Northeast Louisiana. The Bayou Galion solar project is expected to start construction and begin operation in 2024. Once in operation, the project is capable …
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WeSolar and the University of Maryland Medical System partner to develop 8 MW community solar installation May 3, 2022 WeSolar, a Baltimore-based WMBE (women-owned and/or minority-owned business enterprise), focuses on delivering community solar energy to underrepresented communities. The company has enlisted the University of Maryland Medical System (UMMS) as a development partner, which will pay …
NJR Clean Energy Ventures (CEV) has started construction on an 8.9-MW floating solar installation in Millburn, New Jersey, that will be the largest floating array in the United States. Using a floating racking system, 16,510 solar panels will be installed on a reservoir located at the New Jersey American Water Canoe Brook Water Treatment Plant. …
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In Oregon, for example, electric rates fell almost 1.5 percent in January and less than 1 percent in February, though some companies like Portland General Electric did raise rates modestly. Even so, rates at that utility remain well below the national average. The utility, the largest in the state, gets about 20 percent of its …
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Also on the rise: Using soot from biomass for solar thermal absorption. On Saturday April 1, 2022, California was 100% powered by renewables for the first time. California Governor calls on DOC to end anti-circumvention investigation but DOC says it can’t. Milwaukee startup claims hydrogen output for $0.85/kg or less via new water vapor electrolyzer.
$3.1 billion is available to increase production of American-made batteries, with a separate $60 million to support second-life applications for used EV batteries, along with development of processes for recycling materials back into the battery supply chain. May 2, 2022 US battery manufacturing got a boost today with the announcement of $3.1 billion in funding …
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