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Month: July 2022

Florida community goes net-zero with help from sonnen

Pearl Homes Pearl Homes, a Sarasota-based homebuilder and real estate developer, and sonnen announced the activation of the first Net-Zero LEED Plus-certified home in the Hunters Point Energy Community. All 86 homes in the Cortez, Florida, village will be outfitted with solar + sonnen ecoLinx energy storage system capable of providing power for the home …

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Reports reveal which manufacturer is believed to have product seized under UFLPA

Reports claim that the shipment, seized until the vendor provides documentation showing the source of the quartzite, contains JinkoSolar product. pv magazine USA has reached out to Jinko for comment. July 1, 2022 The detained shipment of product seized under the recently-enacted Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) by U.S. Customs and Border Patrol (CBP), …

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Finance company Nelnet acquires Midwest renewables contractor GRNE Solar

Financial services company Nelnet has acquired Midwest solar EPC firm GRNE Solar. Nelnet has also acquired certain solar assets from a GRNE affiliate, including solar projects under construction. GRNE installers work on a large commercial rooftop project. Based in Palatine, Illinois, and Lincoln, Nebraska, GRNE was established in 2012 and has grown to more than …

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Sunrise brief: Reports reveal which manufacturer is believed to have product seized under UFLPA

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Hybridizing floating solar with hydropower

Scientists from the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have said that the combination of floating solar with hydropower could reduce PV curtailment. July 5, 2022 NREL scientists have tried to quantify the operational benefits of combining floating PV generation with hydropower plants. In “Enabling Floating Solar Photovoltaic (FPV) Deployment,” the researchers considered both the long- and short-term combination …

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July solar policy snapshots

Rhode Island officially has the most aggressive renewable energy plan in the nation thanks to a new law. Illinois rule changes will simplify solar + storage interconnectionSpringfield, Illinois The Illinois Commerce Commission recently revised the state’s rules regarding how solar and other DERs connect to the distribution grid. The changes will reduce the time and …

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Sunrise brief: Product seized under UFLPA believed to be JinkoSolar’s

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STATEMENT: Biden administration’s drilling proposal would put U.S. over a barrel

No need to continue offshore oil, gas leasing as renewable energy replaces fossil fuels WASHINGTON – The Biden administration released its latest draft of the National Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program on Friday. This proposal for future drilling off U.S. coastlines updates the 2017-2022 policy issued by the Obama administration and calls …

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