Month: May 2024

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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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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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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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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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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Jones Power has been selected by Babcock & Wilcox Solar Energy to execute the civil construction scope on two 25-MW utility-scale solar projects in Western Pennsylvania. Construction on the projects started in March 2024 and is scheduled to be completed in summer of 2024. Jones Power’s scope includes all erosion control, clearing, grubbing, construction entrances, …

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