June 8, 2022 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

200 partners to help speed interconnection through US Department of Energy program

Three regional grid operators and two utilities have joined the DOE partnership, alongside renewables developers and trade groups, to pursue faster, simpler, and fairer interconnection of renewables and storage, on both the transmission and distribution grids. June 8, 2022 The US Department of Energy’s i2X partnership program, which aims for faster and lower-cost interconnection of solar, …

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GameChange Solar’s single-axis tracker successfully tests 500 ft spans

Industry / By Staff

GameChange Solar’s Genius Tracker system can now support up to 500 ft tables. The single-axis tracker system underwent wind tunnel testing and design updates to facilitate this new capability. “Due to customer requests, we have updated the Genius Tracker to allow for up to 500 ft tables,” said Traci D’Alessio, Director of Business Development at …

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New Jersey grants will help 46 communities make clean energy plans

Industry / By Staff

A Solar Landscape installation in New Jersey. The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) today approved Community Energy Plan Grants (CEPG) for 46 municipalities throughout New Jersey, totaling $820,000. In late 2021, the Board redesigned the program to incorporate a greater emphasis on equity and overburdened municipalities. The redesigned program also simplified the grant …

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Massachusetts bill bans residents from choosing clean energy suppliers

Policy / By Staff

Language buried in S.2842 would force residents back to their default utility, taking away competitive renewable energy options. June 8, 2022 Massachusetts residents’ rights to opt-in to electricity suppliers that provide renewable energy may be stripped away in the newly-introduced S.2842, which is pitched as a climate change focused bill. Buried in the bill in …

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US Department of Energy program to speed interconnection through 200 partnerships

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US utility-scale solar sets record: breaks 50 GW of instantaneous generation

Installation / By Staff

The EIA’s monitor of hourly utility-scale electricity generation for the lower 48 states has recently seen the solar fleet break 50 GW of generation on Sunday and Monday of this week for the first time. June 8, 2022 The utility-scale solar power plant fleet of the United States has surpassed 50 GW of instantaneous generation. …

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New sanctuary would protect the largest canyon along the Atlantic coast

News / By Staff

Trenton – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) announced Wednesday that it is taking the first step to designate the Hudson Canyon National Marine Sanctuary. Hudson Canyon is the largest of the more than 70 undersea canyons that line the North Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf, and is home to deep sea corals, bluefin tunas, sperm whales, sea turtles …

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Maryland passes a pair of community solar bills

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HB 1039 and HB 440 create tax incentives for the development of agrivoltaic community solar projects which serve low- and moderate-income customers on rooftops, brownfields, landfills, and clean fills, as well as increasing maximum project capacity to 5 MW. June 8, 2022 The Maryland legislature has taken steps towards strengthening its ongoing community solar pilot …

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Distributed solar and storage developer, owner, operator Agilitas Energy nets $350 million

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The investment is expected to support the national build-out of the company’s 500 MW+ pipeline of renewables and energy storage projects. June 8, 2022 Agilitas Energy, an integrated developer, builder, owner, and operator of distributed solar and energy storage systems in the Northeast United States, announced it raised $350 million of equity in a two-tiered …

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Standard Solar completes 7.1 MW community solar project in New York

Markets / By Staff

The single-axis tracker system will produce nearly 11,000,000 kilowatt hours of electricity annually. June 8, 2022 Standard Solar, a specialist in commercial and community solar assets, and SolarPark Energy, a New York-based community solar developer, completed a 7.1 MW community solar project in York, New York, bringing the state closer to achieving its goal of at …

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