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Sunrun to aid California in its electricity imbalance with home solar and battery VPP

Over 16,000 Sunrun customers will supply the grid during peak electricity demand events. May 9, 2024 Residential solar and energy storage provider Sunrun announced it has connected more than 16,200 California homes in a virtual power plant (VPP) to supply electricity during high-demand events in the summer. A VPP is a virtual aggregation of small-scale, …

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Greenskies solar PPA covers rooftop installs at seven New Jersey schools

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Grandview rooftop solar project via Greenskies. Greenskies Clean Focus is funding rooftop solar at at seven schools and the District Administration Building for the Piscataway Township Schools in New Jersey — at no upfront cost to the district thanks to a 15-year solar power purchase agreement (solar PPA). In total, the Greenskies portfolio in Piscataway …

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Heliene inks supply agreement with UGE for U.S.-made solar modules

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With the Heliene supply agreement in place, UGE is projected to begin qualifying for the domestic content adder on projects that start construction as early as this summer. May 9, 2024 Heliene, Inc., a North American manufacturer of solar energy equipment, announced a multiyear supply agreement for U.S.-made solar modules with U.S.-made cells with UGE, …

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Adapture Renewables selects Alberici as EPC for Illinois solar projects

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Adapture Renewables (ARI) is starting work on two 128-MWdc projects in central Illinois. The projects are scheduled to break ground later this year with commercial operation expected in early 2026, and ARI says the projects will create more than 300 jobs during construction and bring more than $250 million in economic impact to the local …

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Energy transition needs batteries and more batteries

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A recent IEA report says China holds all the cards in chemistry and production. May 9, 2024 It’s almost impossible to calculate how much the developed world has invested in what is called the energy transition from fossil fuels to non-emitting sources, such as renewables and nuclear power, with a huge political emphasis on the …

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Greenskies builds 7-project solar portfolio on New Jersey school district

Industry / By Staff

Piscataway Township Schools partnered with Greenskies Clean Focus, a renewable energy solutions provider, to install a 1.67-MW rooftop solar portfolio in New Jersey. Greenskies installed over 3,700 solar photovoltaic (PV) panels at seven schools and the District Administration Building. The seven arrays installed in this portfolio are: Eisenhower Elementary School (243 kW) Grandview Elementary School …

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Sunrun creates largest VPP in the country to support California’s electric grid

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Sunrun has networked more than 16,200 customers’ solar + storage systems to support California’s electrical grid during the hot summer months. Sunrun’s CalReady power plant will reduce strain on the grid by supplying critical energy to communities that need it throughout California in order to reduce costs and help prevent power emergencies. For the second …

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Sunrise brief: Global electricity sector emissions may have peaked last year

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Nevados earns top marks in independent ranking of solar trackers

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A construction analysis and consulting firm found that the Nevados tracker requires only 118 person-hours per megawatt, lower than other comparable solar trackers. According on a new report from Eclipse-M, an independent technical consultant for solar project construction, the Nevados All Terrain solar tracker can be assembled and installed faster than any tracker in its class. The firm reported …

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Vermont utility approved for 5-MW energy storage project

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Not-for-profit public utility Morrisville Water and Light (MWL) is bolstering its grid reliability after the unanimous approval from its board of trustees for an energy storage service agreement with Encore Renewable Energy for the development of a 5-MW battery storage project in Morrisville, Vermont. “We are thrilled to embark on this innovative partnership with Encore,” …

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