April 3, 2024 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

Federal funding for clean energy projects to strengthen U.S. farms

The U.S. Department of Agriculture is investing more than $120 million in renewable energy projects in 44 states. The funding is aimed at lowering energy costs, generating new income and creating jobs for U.S. farmers, ranchers, agricultural producers and rural small businesses. Most of the projects are being funded through the Inflation Reduction Act, through the Rural Energy …

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ESA kicks off construction of 3 MW solar project at AdventHealth HQ in Florida

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AdventHealth is working toward reducing carbon emissions and achieving environmental sustainability goals with an on-site solar energy installation at its corporate headquarters in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The faith-based health system’s corporate headquarters employs nearly 5,000 people who work to support the system’s operations and care delivery across the country. Starting this week, the Maitland-based national solar …

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Two universities add solar to their energy mix

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Princeton University plans four solar installations on its New Jersey campus, while Northeastern University celebrates the completion of a highly visible rooftop solar project on the downtown Snell Library. April 3, 2024 More colleges and universities are adopting solar on their campuses, recognizing that solar installations can alleviate budget pressure, help schools meet clean energy …

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Microsoft signs two large solar power purchase agreements

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The software giant entered into two power purchase agreements for a total of 400 MW of solar energy from Texas solar plants. April 3, 2024 Leeward Renewable Energy announced that it entered into two 200 MW power purchase agreements (PPA) with Microsoft Corp. for power generated by the Morrow Lake Solar in Frio County, Texas, …

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ESA to install 3-MW solar portfolio for Florida hospital

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A rendering of AdventHealth’s new corporate solar portfolio. AdventHealth is taking another step toward reducing its carbon emissions and achieving its environmental sustainability goals with an on-site solar energy installation at its corporate headquarters in Altamonte Springs, Florida. The faith-based health system’s corporate headquarters employs nearly 5,000 team members who work to support the system’s …

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Tesla reports record energy storage deployment figures

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Tesla’s electric vehicle (EV) sales are plummeting, but its energy storage business is surging, with more than 4 GWh deployed in the first quarter of 2024 alone. April 3, 2024 From pv magazine global Tesla‘s energy generation and storage business is booming, despite a dramatic slowdown in its electric vehicle (EV) sales. The company has …

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Amphenol starts up America’s first solar junction box manufacturing lines

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Amphenol Industrial Operations officially announced that solar junction box manufacturing began in January 2024 at its new factory in Mesa, Arizona. The company spoke exclusively with Solar Power World about the planned solar supply chain factory last October. Amphenol’s Arizona factory can accommodate a dozen manufacturing lines, each with a capacity of around 100,000 junction boxes each …

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New factory in Arizona advances solar supply chain domestication

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Amphenol Industrial Operations has brought its new new solar product factory online in Mesa, Arizona. As of January, Amphenol began manufacturing and shipping U.S.-made solar junction boxes to solar manufacturers and developers across the country on a daily basis. Amphenol’s Mesa solar product factory can accommodate a dozen state-of-the-art manufacturing lines, each with a capacity …

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Maryland legislation would pave way for bidirectional EV charging, VPPs

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Toyota The Distributed Renewable Integration and Vehicle Electrification (DRIVE) Act (H.B. 1256) was passed by the Maryland General Assembly on April 2 and is now poised to modernize the state’s energy management and grid preparedness. Advanced Energy United, a national business association representing over 100 businesses including transmission developers, electric vehicle (EV) manufacturers and charging …

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Give distributed resources a greater role in grid reliability, say four law professors

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Distributed solar and storage, along with demand response, “perform during extreme weather events” and deserve a greater role in reliability planning, the law professors say, while a new public office of grid reliability could guide transmission planning. April 3, 2024 With “blackouts on the rise,” the primary cause of “our unreliable grid” is not the …

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