March 5, 2025 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

California solar project powers homes and empowers communities

The project received a 20% investment tax credit for selling its electricity to low-income communities, according to developer, Renewable America. A solar project that provided jobs to low-income residents and will provide renewable energy to another, is operational according to the project’s developer, Renewable America. The 2.93 MW West Tambo Clean Power II project sits …

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Treaty Oak Clean Energy breaks ground on 100-MW Arkansas solar project

Industry / By Staff

Treaty Oak Clean Energy, alongside local officials, economic development leaders and community leaders, celebrated the ceremonial groundbreaking of the 100-MW Redfield Solar Project in Grant County, Arkansas. The project’s energy will be purchased by a single off-taker through a long-term power purchase agreement. The Redfield Solar Project will expand Arkansas’ power generation capacity at a time… …

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American Farmland Trust makes policy recommendations for agrivoltaics

Policy / By Staff

Solar and farming in the same land area can retain functional use of farmland while adding emissions-free power generation. March 5, 2025 In the United States, up to 83% of new solar development by 2040 is forecast to occur on farmland and ranchland, according to the American Farmland Trust. This highlights the need to build …

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Energy Toolbase expands grid services program to Massachusetts, Rhode Island

Industry / By Staff

Energy Toolbase has expanded its ability to model and deploy grid services in the Northeast. ConnectedSolutions and Clean Peak Standard (CPS) are now available for C&I developers to seamlessly model program revenues and utility bill savings in ETB Developer while maximizing value streams and performance using Energy Toolbase’s energy storage control software, ETB Controller. Energy… …

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Hanford, a Contaminated Nuclear Site, It Set to Be Largest US Solar Farm

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In the weeks since President Trump has taken office, he has pushed to unleash oil and gas production and has signed executive orders halting the country’s transition to renewable energy. But in Washington State, a government-led effort has just started to build what is expected to be the country’s largest solar generating station. The project …

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Tandem PV moves toward perovskite manufacturing with $50 funding announcement

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With a perovskite layer 200 times thinner than silicon and requiring just 10% of the energy needed to produce conventional panels, Tandem PV reports it will be able to reduce energy use during manufacturing. March 5, 2025 Tandem PV, a specialist in perovskite solar technology, secured $50 million in Series-A funding and debt, which the …

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S-5! teams up with Sustainable Technologies to develop commercial roof solar mount

Industry / By Staff

S-5!, a metal roof attachments provider, and Sustainable Technologies, a solar mounting manufacturer, are collaborating on the research, development and commercialization of the patented Facet Mount, a mounting solution designed for single-ply roofs, including TPO, PVC and KEE. “Our customers often ask if we have a mounting solution for their commercial single-ply roof projects,” said… …

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Balcony solar gains unanimous bipartisan support in Utah

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A new Utah bill allows portable solar power systems of up to 1.2 kWac to connect directly to 120V outlets without interconnection applications or utility fees, provided they meet NEC and UL certification standards. March 5, 2025 Utah State Representative Raymond P. Ward has introduced H.B. 340 S1, which allows 1.2 kWac or smaller solar …

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Deals for 1.12 GWh of battery energy storage in the U.S.

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From ESS News In California, Swedish company Eolus has sold the 100 MW/400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) it had been developing since 2019 to an unnamed buyer, and Arevon Energy Inc. closed a $258 million finance package for its 200 MW/400 MWh Peregrine Energy Storage project. Further east, SMT Energy has secured $135 …

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Navigating the challenges of domestic content compliance

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A report from Clean Energy Associates explains direct cost versus safe harbor methods of achieving the domestic content bonus, along with noted risks and challenges in each. March 5, 2025 Key provisions for the U.S. solar industry in the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) of 2022 are the clean energy manufacturing and production tax credits, along …

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