January 27, 2025 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

CPUC Issues Proposal to Enhance Safety of Battery Energy Storage Facilities

SAN FRANCISCO – The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) took action today to enhance the safety of battery energy storage facilities, and their related emergency response plans, by issuing a proposal that, if approved, would, among other things: 1) implement Senate Bill (SB) 1383 to establish new standards for the maintenance and operation of battery …

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Greenbacker secures nearly $1 billion for New York’s largest solar project

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The funds will support a 674 MW solar project developed by Hecate Energy. January 27, 2025 Greenbacker Renewable Energy, a publicly reporting, non-traded limited liability infrastructure company, announced it has secured $869 million in construction-to-term, letter of credit and tax equity bridge loan financing. The funds are intended to support the development of the largest …

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700-kW solar project installed on unused former farmland in Maine

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Norwich Technologies, Solaris Energy and Bridge Renewable Energy have completed a 700-kWAC solar project in Winthrop, Maine. The project was originated and permitted by Breakaway Renewables, the development division of Norwich Technologies, with early financing through Solaris Energy. Norwich Solar, a division of Norwich Technologies, completed the EPC work. Bridge Renewable Energy will be the …

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U.S. solar installations to drop 30% in 2025, said EIA

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After a record 37 GW of new solar added in 2024, the Energy Information Administration expects 26 GW in 2025 – and even less in 2026. January 27, 2025 Solar has grown rapidly in the U.S. and abroad, expanding from 0.1% of U.S. electricity generation in 2010 to over 6% today, the Solar Energy Industries …

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Colorado electric coop to receive clean energy from agrivoltaic project

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Silicon Ranch will build, own and operate the 150 MW Byers Solar Farm, with United Power signing a power purchase agreement for all the energy produced. January 27, 2025 Byers Solar Farm is a 150 MW agrivoltaic solar installation in Adams County, Colorado. Built, owned and operated by Silicon Ranch, an independent power producer, the …

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$35 Billion Loan Project, Led by the World Bank, Aims to Expand Electricity in Africa

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The leaders of more than half of Africa’s nations gathered this week in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania’s sprawling seaside metropolis, to commit to the biggest burst of spending on electric-power generation in Africa’s history. The World Bank, African Development Bank and others are pledging at least $35 billion to expand electricity across a continent where …

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Green Lantern Solar transforms reclaimed gravel pit in Vermont | Projects Weekly

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Green Lantern Solar has sold its 500 kW Brighton Solar project in Vermont to Sea Oak Capital. United Power and Silicon Ranch have partnered on 150 MW solar farm in Colorado. Encore Renewable Energy powers up 6 MW solar project in Maine. Read more about these solar installations in the latest edition of the Projects …

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SolaREIT purchases land for new 112-MW North Carolina solar project

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Solar and battery energy storage real estate investment company SolaREIT announced the closing of a land purchase for Headwater Energy’s 112-MWDC solar project in North Carolina. Headwater Energy worked closely with SolaREIT to ensure a smooth and efficient transaction. Gum Swamp Solar will generate clean energy to power the equivalent of 17,000 North Carolina households …

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180-kW solar project largest on multifamily building in New Jersey

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The largest solar installation on a high-rise multifamily residential building in New Jersey was recently built by Sunkeeper Solar of Brooklyn, New York. The Beach, a 336-unit rental tower in Jersey City’s waterfront Newport neighborhood, is owned by New York-based real estate developer LeFrak, and is now home to a 180-kW, 450-panel rooftop system that …

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Pinterest procures RECs from Tribal-owned agrivoltaic solar project

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Renewable energy credits (RECs) procured by Seneca Environmental and retired on behalf of Pinterest is a story about honeybees, a Tribal-owned company and Pinterest. The RECs come from the co-op-owned Connexus Athens Solar project in Minnesota, which has a sister site in Ramsey that sits its panels about 1 meter from the ground to enable …

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