Month: April 2024

Growth Opportunity Partners, a community financial institution and Green Bank, and the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers (IBEW) announced a groundbreaking agreement to collaborate on the implementation of the Solar for All program, funded under the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund. Growth Opps is the lead applicant for the $250 million grant …

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Credit: Standard Solar New York legislators approved the inclusion of the Renewable Action Through Project Interconnection and Deployment (RAPID) Act in the final FY 2024-25 State Budget. Gov. Kathy Hochul introduced the RAPID Act in January with a goal to create a one-stop-shop for the environmental review and permitting of major renewable energy and transmission …

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Catalyze Catalyze, a clean energy transition company that finances, builds, owns and operates solar, battery storage and electric vehicle charging systems for commercial and industrial customers, announced the operation of a 252-kWDC solar + 125-kW storage project installed at 66 Galen, a purpose-built life science building owned in a joint venture by Davis and Boston …

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Desta Rudolph, president of solar energy company Independent Energy, has donated $50,000 to Project Empower, a non-profit that has focused on helping Maui recover from deadly wildfires that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, displacing thousands of residents. Solar has been installed on the prototype home at Ohana Hope Village. Credit: RevoluSun Nearly eight months …

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Solar developer UGE and commercial real estate developer Wildflower, both based in New York City, completed their first solar project together in 2019. Now five years into their partnership, their seventh rooftop community solar project together is under construction. For the two mission-driven companies, the partnership is symbiotic. UGE leases rooftop space on Wildflower’s commercial …

UGE to complete seventh community solar project in NYC with Wildflower this summer Read More »

Clearway Energy Clearway Energy Group announced on April 17 that the Victory Pass and Arica solar and storage projects in Riverside County, California, have been placed in service. The projects’ combined capacity of 463 MW solar and 186 MW battery storage will generate enough electricity to power 205,000 homes. “We are delighted to bring online …

Clearway completes massive solar + storage complex in Riverside, California Read More »