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Day: August 2, 2022

Renewable Properties completes first 10.6 MW of large New York community solar portfolio

Renewable Properties announced that two of its first community solar projects in New York, part of a planned portfolio of 70 MW, came online in June and July of this year. The first completed projects include the ​​5.7-MW Bullis Road Solar project in the Marilla and the 4.9-MW Rock Island Road Solar project in ​Gouverneur. …

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Community solar market expected to grow by at least 7 GW by 2027

A Nexamp community solar project The U.S. community solar market will continue to grow over the next five years, with at least 7 GWDC of community solar expected to come online in existing markets between 2022-2027. New program guidance for community solar programs in existing markets and potential new community solar markets will bring significant …

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Nautilus completes first community solar portfolio in Maine

The 7.3-MW Farmingdale, Maine, community solar farm is one of three fully operational projects in Nautilus Solar Energy’s first completed 18.5-MW portfolio. Nautilus Solar Energy announced the completion of its first community solar portfolio in Maine. The 18.6-MW fully operational portfolio is comprised of three projects located in Kennebec, Knox and Somerset Counties. The projects …

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Maryland offering $400,000 to help state and local agencies deploy solar power

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has announced the opening of the Solar Technical Assistance Program. This program provides technical assistance to state and local government agencies to evaluate the potential for and site solar arrays on or around government buildings. Funded through the Strategic Energy Investment Fund, the program also offers access to technical resources …

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Bill Gates-backed fund invests in automated utility-scale solar installation platform

Terabase Energy raised $44 million in funding round, supporting digital and robotic platform for building utility-scale solar power plants. August 2, 2022 Terabase Energy announced a $44 million Series B financing co-led by Breakthrough Energy Ventures and Prelude Ventures with additional investments by SJF Ventures and others, bringing the company’s total funding to $52 million.  Based in Berkeley, Calif., the company …

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New Tigo tool will help identify powerline communications issues in design phase

Tigo has unveiled the Solar PLC Signal Integrity Tool and expanded training material to empower solar installers and EPCs to provide high-quality solar solutions for C&I solar system owners. Following the recently announced Tigo Pure Signal technology, Tigo is once again leveraging its technical expertise for its customers with a design validation tool and companion …

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Greenskies develops 390-kW solar project across New Jersey school district

Wanaque Public Schools in New Jersey and Greenskies Clean Focus energized 390 kW of new solar projects on two of the district’s schools. Pfister Energy installed a 140 kW solar array atop Haskell Elementary School. Greenskies Clean Focus Greenskies partnered with Pfister Energy, a commercial solar developer and EPC contractor based in Hawthorne, who installed …

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DOE launches $20 million consortium to advance US-made cadmium telluride solar cells

The Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium will work toward making continued cost and efficiency improvements that will make CdTe more competitive on the global market. August 2, 2022 US Department of Energy (DOE) is launching the Cadmium Telluride Accelerator Consortium, a $20 million initiative designed to make cadmium telluride (CdTe) solar cells less expensive, more efficient and develop …

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It’s time to fix our nation’s broken interconnection process

The good news is that we know what to do. Interconnection has been studied extensively by numerous industry groups and research organizations, which have arrived at some essential guiding principles for reform. August 2, 2022 Commercial and industrial solar projects in the US are often forced to wait more than three years on average to …

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