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Day: May 21, 2024

Cleanleaf Energy O&M portfolio grows to 1.8 GW

Cleanleaf, spun out of Borrego in 2022, signed agreements with Heelstone Renewable Energy to provide O&M services to five solar projects in Pennsylvania and Georgia. May 21, 2024 Cleanleaf Energy, formerly Borrego O&M, announced the signing of agreements to provide operations and maintenance (O&M) services to new utility-scale projects totaling 350 MW in Georgia and …

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Qcells residential solar financing arm closes its first asset backed securities totaling over $250 million

Qcells residential solar finance platform EnFin secured an asset backed securities transaction totaling $252.86 million. May 21, 2024 Qcells, a leading residential solar panel provider in the U.S. market, announced its solar project financing platform, called EnFin, secured its first asset backed securities (ABS) transaction. The transaction totals $252.86 million and comprises bonds backed by …

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Colorado governor signs bill to help localities site utility-scale solar projects

Bighorn Solar in Colorado. Credit: McCarthy Building Cos. The Colorado Renewable Energy Siting Coalition today celebrated the signing of Senate Bill 24-212 (Local Govs Renewable Energy Projects) by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. This bill provides resources to local governments to assess, site and permit utility-scale renewable energy projects, while considering community values, including impacts to …

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Minnesota legislature passes energy infrastructure permitting reforms

The legislation removes key roadblocks to the development of solar, wind and battery energy storage. May 21, 2024 The Minnesota Legislature has passed the Energy Infrastructure Permitting Act, a law that streamlines clean energy permitting processes, removes redundancies, and provides funds for optimizing rooftop solar permits. Find the full text of the bill here. The …

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Paradise Energy Solutions completes 1-MW solar rooftop project for ag equipment provider

Messick Farm Equipment, a provider of agricultural equipment and services in central Pennsylvania and beyond, has made a strategic investment in solar energy to enhance its operational efficiency and reduce energy costs. The company partnered with Paradise Energy Solutions to complete a 1.07-MW roof-mounted solar system at its corporate headquarters in Mount Joy. This solar …

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NYPA prequalifies 79 developers and investors for renewable projects

Th developers and investors were selected based on a Request for Information (RFI) issued in March that sought to assess potential interest and opportunities for solar, wind, battery storage, green hydrogen, geothermal, and related transmission projects. May 21, 2024 The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has pre-qualified 79 private developers and investors to collaborate on the development …

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Baldy Mesa solar + storage project now online and supporting Amazon operations

The Baldy Mesa solar + storage project in Southern California is now connected to the grid. The 150-MW solar/75-MW storage project is enabled by Amazon, and AES developed and will own the project. Machine learning (ML) models powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) are helping predict when and how the project’s battery unit should charge …

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Minnesota advances legislation to improve large-scale solar + storage permitting

An essential package of permitting reform provisions that just passed the Minnesota Legislature — now on its way to be signed into law by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — is the culmination of a nine-month effort by clean energy businesses, utilities, state agencies, regulatory staff and environmental nonprofits to improve the state’s energy permitting process. …

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Arevon breaks ground on 228 MW Posey Solar Project in Indiana

Breaking ground (from left): Katherine Gensler, VP of government affairs and marketing, Arevon; Ryan Hadley, executive director, Indiana Office of Energy Development Kevin Smith, CEO, Arevon; Connie Neininger, national policy advisor, Center for Infrastructure & Economic Development; and Richard Leger, senior VP, Indiana Electric at CenterPoint Energy. Construction is underway on the 228 MWdc Posey Solar …

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German company Emil Otto releases new biodegradable solar panel cleaner

The German flux and cleaning specialist Emil Otto is expanding its range of cleaning agents for the solar industry with four new products and will present them to trade visitors for the first time at Intersolar 2024 in Munich. All four products have been developed specifically for cleaning solar modules. “Our participation in Intersolar 2023 …

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