August 2022 | Page 6 of 25 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

Bear Creek, Alliant Energy’s first utility-scale solar project, is now operational

Alliant Energy’s first utility-scale solar project is now operational. At 50 megawatts (MW), the Bear Creek Solar Project in Richland County is Wisconsin’s newest large-scale utility solar farm. The site can generate enough electricity to power approximately 13,000 homes. “This project represents a significant, long-term investment in our community,” said Van Nelson, town of Buena …

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50 States of solar incentives: West Virginia

Installation / By Staff

A state that is in the heart of coal country has been slow to adapt to clean energy, but the tide may be turning, slowly. August 24, 2022 The pv magazine USA tour of solar incentives state by state now takes us to our third stop in the south Atlantic states: West Virginia. According to the …

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SPI Energy will start 1.5-GW silicon wafer manufacturing site stateside by 2023

Industry / By Staff

SPI Energy, the company that took over the former Sunergy solar panel manufacturing plant in Sacramento, California, and has been making Solar4America-branded solar panels out of the facility since March of this year, announced it has signed a letter of intent to secure solar wafer manufacturing equipment. The company is targeting delivery and production of solar …

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Sealed Air adds solar array to power manufacturing via TotalEnergies

Projects / By Staff

Sealed Air has invested $9 million in a solar farm that is now powering its Madera, Calif., manufacturing facility. The solar panels, which sit on 11 acres of company-owned land adjacent to the facility, are expected to help reduce energy spend at this site by $1 million annually. The 265,000 square foot plant, which manufactures …

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Ohm sees a 90% disconnect in California’s emergency electricity policy

Markets / By Staff

OhmConnect said its demand response network of customers offer a technology that matches the needs of the California Emergency Load Reduction Program (ELRP). The program pays significantly higher rates for electricity than the program in which Ohm’s customers are enrolled. Ohm communicated this after Tesla’s Virtual power Plant got big headlines for participating in the …

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Solar and home battery program will aggregate 35 MWh this year

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ES Solar and sonnen are leading the expansion of Rocky Mountain Power’s Wattsmart Battery Program across Utah and Idaho. August 24, 2022 Over 2,000 customers are enrolled in utility Rocky Mountain Power’s Wattsmart Battery Program, a model for selling grid-interactive solar and utility controlled residential batteries. The program is an alternative to solar “grid defection” …

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OYA Solar rebrands as OYA Renewables to reflect expanding services

Industry / By Staff

OYA Solar has announced its rebranding to OYA Renewables to reflect its transformation from solar developer to renewable energy transition solutions platform. OYA has developed over 1,440 MWDC and has a pipeline of 6 GW of utility-scale, distributed and community solar projects across North America. OYA anticipates placing an additional 1 GW in operation and …

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Ten Ohio counties have banned large scale wind and solar

Policy / By Staff

After implementing SB 52 last fall, ten rural Ohio jurisdictions have banned large “single interconnection” wind or solar facilities in unincorporated areas. August 24, 2022 Ten Ohio counties have banned large-scale wind and solar farms, and two more are currently considering a ban. This was enabled by Ohio putting into law SB 52 in the …

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California extends solar property tax exemption, Missouri does not

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A property tax exemption brings some sense of stability to California solar owners, whereas the repeal of a 2013 ruling creates an obstacle to clean energy adoption in Missouri. August 24, 2022 Property tax exemptions are an important way for states (and towns) to promote the use of clean energy, by not taxing the value …

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Clean Energy Job Fair will be held at RE+ Conference next month

Industry / By Staff

The solar industry is slated to expand exponentially with the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022, which makes historic investments in solar energy. Some reports suggest that the industry could employ more than one million Americans by 2030. According to the Interstate Renewable Energy Council’s (IREC) 2021 National Solar Job Census, the U.S. …

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