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Month: April 2023

Summit Ridge Energy completes 6 MW of new Illinois community solar

Another Summit Ridge community solar project. ComEd and Summit Ridge Energy announced the completion of three community solar projects in Streator, Illinois, including the 80th community solar project in ComEd’s northern Illinois service region. The projects will enable residents to save money on their ComEd electric bills while supporting the expansion of renewable energy and …

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Solar microgrid water system brings water to where it’s needed

GivePower engineers make use of SolarAnywhere’s solar resource data to design custom solar-powered desalinization systems for remote locations. April 21, 2023 GivePower uses solar and battery storage technologies to deliver essential services to the developing world, including sustainable access to clean water produced by Solar Water Farm Max, which are solar-powered desalinization systems the company …

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Hardware giant Lowe’s plans solar on 174 rooftops in three states

Rooftop solar arrays of more than 133 MW are to be completed in partnership with DSD Renewables, Greenskies Clean Focus and Infiniti Energy, helping Lowe’s to reach sustainability goal of 50% renewable energy for its facilities by 2030. April 21, 2023 On the way toward meeting its sustainability goals, home improvement retailer Lowe’s announced additional solar …

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Sunrise brief: Republican debt ceiling bill guts clean energy in Inflation Reduction Act 

Republican debt ceiling bill guts clean energy in Inflation Reduction Act  The “Limit, Save, Grow Act” proposes to raise the debt ceiling $1.5 trillion while slashing federal spending on clean energy and removing barriers to domestic oil and gas production. Tracking the sun on uneven terrain  Terrain following trackers, relative newcomers to the solar market, …

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‘Very strong likelihood’ CRA legislation will pass House and Senate

Solar experts believe that an effort to undo the two-year moratorium on tariffs that President Joe Biden established in June 2022 is likely to pass both chambers of Congress. Invoking the Congressional Review Act (CRA), the U.S. House of Representatives Ways & Means Committee approved new legislation to repeal the moratorium by a vote of …

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Yellen Calls for ‘Constructive’ China Relationship

WASHINGTON — Treasury Secretary Janet L. Yellen on Thursday called for a “constructive” and “healthy” economic relationship between the United States and China, one in which the two nations could work together to confront global challenges in spite of their conflicting national security interests. Ms. Yellen’s comments, which she delivered at Johns Hopkins University’s School …

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Renewable Properties, Sonoma Clean Power sign PPAs for local solar and storage projects in California

Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility and community solar projects, and Sonoma Clean Power (SCP), a community choice aggregator (CCA), have signed power purchase agreements (PPAs) for two solar projects. One of the projects, located in Ukiah, California, will include energy storage. Both projects will contribute to SCP’s local resource plan for its EverGreen service, which …

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Republican debt ceiling bill guts clean energy in Inflation Reduction Act

The “Limit, Save, Grow Act” proposes to raise the debt ceiling $1.5 trillion while slashing federal spending on clean energy and removing barriers to domestic oil and gas production. April 20, 2023 A bill proposed by Speaker of the House Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) proposes to raise the national debt ceiling by $1.5 trillion and promises …

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Sunnova secures $3 billion for virtual power plant loan program

A $3 billion Department of Energy conditional loan is expected to support Sunnova’s loan program for disadvantaged communities. April 20, 2023 Sunnova Energy International secured a $3 billion conditional loan from the U.S. Department of Energy Loan Programs Office to support a new solar loan channel called “Project Hestia.” Project Hestia is designed to increase …

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Denowatts receives accreditation for fourth gen digital twin benchmarking technology

DNV has completed an independent technical review of Denowatts‘ Deno Digital Twin Benchmarking (DTB) technology, and the product has been accredited under the ISO/IEC 17025 standard for capacity testing. The Deno DTB technology uses wireless and self-powered sensors to streamline performance measurement. The sensors measure irradiance and temperature and compute expected power benchmarks to deliver …

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