Day: August 30, 2022

Independent power producer Soltage completed the construction and commissioning of a 2.7-MW community solar project in Pontiac, Illinois. Credit: Soltage The project is built on land owned by the city of Pontiac and its energy sales are managed by Chicago-based MC Squared Energy Services. The project features single-axis-trackers bifacial modules and native pollinator-friendly vegetation to …

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Credit: STG Solar The University of Virginia’s Weldon Cooper Center for Public Service issued a policy roadmap on planning and paying for the decommissioning of solar facilities, filling a critical gap in information as the clean-energy industry rapidly accelerates across the Commonwealth. Large- and utility-scale solar facilities are a fast-growing source of electricity in Virginia …

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Following the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), OMCO Solar has expanded its Pierceton, Indiana manufacturing plant and has reached a milestone of shipping 9.5 GW of solar mounting and racking solutions. In light of the company’s latest $5 million solar manufacturing investment, announced in April of 2022, OMCO Solar has now directed a …

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Logistics hub Ocean Point Terminals (OPT) will turn to BMR Energy to build a 10-MW solar project at the terminal in St. Croix, U.S. Virgin Islands. The facility will generate and deliver power to OPT’s marine logistics terminal and storage and blending complex, pursuant to a 20-year lease and operation and maintenance agreement. The facility will …

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Dominion Energy Virginia has chosen Generac’s Concerto platform to manage the utility’s various distributed energy resources. Dominion will use Concerto for grid reliability purposes, in addition to creating value for consumers by enabling approved DERs to participate in existing programs or through the PJM wholesale electricity market. The Concerto platform can be used to access …

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First Solar is expanding its manufacturing operations in the United States outside of Ohio. The thin-film solar panel manufacturer today announced it will invest up to $1.2 billion for its fourth domestic factory in the Southeast. A specific location has not yet been announced, but First Solar said the site will have an annual capacity …

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