March 17, 2025 | San Diego's Top Solar Company

California community choice aggregator activates 600 MW solar, 390 MW storage

Two projects are expected to generate enough electricity to power the equivalent of 270,000 homes and created an estimated 950 construction jobs. March 17, 2025 Clean Power Alliance (CPA), the largest community choice energy aggregator in the United States, announced it achieved commercial operations for two large solar and energy storage projects that together add …

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Residential UL 3741: EnergyWise explains code-compliant install for unhoused community

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Peter Greenberg, owner of EnergyWise Services in Oregon, has been in the solar business since 2010. A former firefighter, Greenberg has struggled with the unreliability of module-level power electronics. This is why he chose to pursue a UL 3741 compliant system for the Hub City Village’s community center — a tiny house community for the …

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Rooftop solar saved California ratepayers $1.5 billion last year, finds report

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In California, large-scale investor-owned utilities and residential solar installers have clashed over rulemaking decisions related to billing structures and regulations for rooftop solar. Utilities have generally been successful in their campaign to propose rulemaking changes and gain approval from state regulators to make cuts to rooftop residential solar electricity export rates and assess fixed charges …

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The Republicans Pushing Trump to Save Biden’s Clean Energy Tax Credits

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A growing group of Republicans and business leaders is rallying behind an unlikely cause. They want to protect Biden-era tax credits for wind, solar and other clean energy. President Trump has made dismantling federal efforts to address climate change a signature part of his agenda, eliminating environmental regulations, withholding congressionally approved funding, firing workers, halting …

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What’s next for American battery manufacturing

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From ESS News The passage of the Inflation Reduction Act set in motion a nationwide push to reshore clean energy manufacturing. But the recent change in administration has left the industry wary of what lies ahead in a volatile trade environment. A group of solar and storage executives recently gathered at the Intersolar and Energy …

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T1 chooses site outside Austin for 5-GW silicon solar cell factory

Industry / By Staff

T1 Energy, the solar panel manufacturing player formerly known as FREYR, announced in its 2024 full-year report that it has chosen a site in Milam County, Texas, to establish a 5-GW solar cell manufacturing facility. The site located northeast of Austin will be labeled “G2 Austin,” while T1’s existing solar panel assembly outfit in Wilmer… …

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DTE Energy issues RFP for 450 MW of standalone energy storage

Industry / By Staff

DTE Energy has issued a Request for Proposal (RFP) for new standalone energy storage projects totaling approximately 450 MW. These projects will support DTE Electric’s CleanVision Integrated Resource Plan and Michigan’s new standard of 60% renewable energy by 2030, both of which contribute to DTE’s overarching carbon reduction goals. The RFP requires the standalone energy… …

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Wind and Solar Firms Have a Pitch for Trump: ‘You’re Going to Need Us’

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As President Trump works to blunt the growth of wind and solar power and expand fossil fuel production in the United States, the renewable energy industry is making a new pitch: You need us. Wind and solar developers are increasingly pointing out that America’s demand for electricity is soaring, driven by a boom in data …

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