Day: October 18, 2022

The Byron Highway Solar project. Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility and community solar projects, is adding two new projects to its growing portfolio with MCE, California’s first community choice aggregator (CCA). The two new Renewable Properties projects are the first major solar projects in the Byron area, located in unincorporated Contra …

Renewable Properties to add 19 MW of community solar to MCE portfolio Read More »

Castillo Engineering announced today that the company has been selected by Solar Generation to provide electrical design and engineering for a 75-MW portfolio of 11 community solar projects in New York. Castillo Engineering’s site optimization expertise resulted in significant cost savings for each of these projects, all of which use fixed tilt mounting technology and …

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The Universal 6-kW System from Humless has received UL 9540 certification. The system includes the Humless AC/DC-coupled, hybrid inverter in combination with Humless 5-kWh LFP batteries (rackmount or flat wall mount). The Humless inverter may be uniquely installed as a solar inverter with the option of adding batteries later. Outdoor IP65 rated waterproof batteries are available. …

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced $14 million in funding to researchers to study how solar energy infrastructure interacts with wildlife and ecosystems. These projects are part of DOE’s nearly $100 million renewable power research portfolio that invests in innovative, cost-effective solutions to minimize wildlife impacts — and maximize the environmental benefits — of …

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Three-hundred and eighteen clean energy companies are calling on International Code Council (ICC) voters to reject a code proposal from FEMA that could cause a spike in cost for U.S. clean energy projects, and instead proposed a set of compromise solutions. The proposed FEMA change to the 2024 International Building Code, S76-22, would require solar, …

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The financial impacts of extreme weather and natural catastrophe events are outpacing the development of mitigation strategies in the North American renewables market, concludes the latest market insights report from GCube Insurance. In its “North American Nat Cat Update,” GCube reports that market correction hasn’t gone far enough to address the growing severity of natural …

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Axium Infrastructure and Canadian Solar subsidiaries Recurrent Energy and CSI Energy Storage today announced that Crimson Storage, a 350-MW/1,400-MWh standalone energy storage project, is now in operation and providing flexible capacity to the California grid. A fund managed by Axium owns 80% of the project and Recurrent Energy, the project developer, retains 20% ownership. CSI …

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