Month: August 2024

RNWBL, a green energy project developer and O&M provider, has contracted SOLARCYCLE to recycle PV modules from decommissioned and repowered projects. RNWBL is an O&M solutions provider for customers across wind, solar and battery storage projects. The company decommissions aged solar assets across North America, with current projects in California, Texas, Florida, Utah, Georgia and …

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A new Michigan law gives members of homeowners associations the freedom to install solar, even if the bylaws previously prohibited it. Michigan Solar Solutions Massachusetts legislators fail to enact siting and permitting billBoston, Massachusetts Massachusetts legislators failed to enact an omnibus bill that would have introduced time limits for renewable energy permitting, as well as …

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Kitu Systems has secured a new patent for the “System and Method for Shared Control of Distributed Energy Resources.” Issued by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and authored by Kitu’s CEO Rick Kornfeld and Vice President of Engineering Chris Leclercq, this patent establishes a method for assigning rights to various parties to …

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Seneca Environmental, the energy solutions division of Seneca Holdings, the wholly owned investment arm of the Seneca Nation, is announced that it has won the first-ever solicitation for a tribal majority-owned business to sell energy attribute certificates (EACs) to the U.S. General Services Administration (GSA). In April, the GSA announced its intention to purchase the …

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An artist’s rendering of the array. Flint Hills Resources announced it will be building its second company-owned solar installation to help power its U.S. refinery operations. The new solar installation will provide electricity to the company’s Corpus Christi West refinery, which produces jet fuel, ultra-low sulfur diesel and gasoline, in addition to the chemical-building blocks …

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Nextracker announced during an annual earnings meeting that it acquired Solar Pile International (SPI), a manufacturer of proprietary ground mounts, for approximately $48 million on Wednesday. SPI produces a line of patented solar array foundations that drives a helical end into the ground using a rotating channel that moves independently from the exterior pile. The …

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