Month: March 2025

US panel assemblers secure domestic frame supply with Origami Solar steel designs

American steel module frame manufacturer Origami Solar has recently inked supply agreements with a number of U.S. panel assemblers. Deals have been signed with Heliene (Minnesota), Solx (Puerto Rico) and Sirius PV (Texas). Origami Solar is establishing frame manufacturing sites throughout the United States and commissioned its first line in Arkansas last month. Starting in… …

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SolRiver start construction Longleaf Solar Project in N.C. | Projects Weekly

This edition of Projects Weekly highlights SolRiver and DC Green Bank breaking ground on new solar projects in North Carolina and Washington, D.C., respectively, while the new EV chargers are impacting the community of Davis California. Continue reading to learn about these projects in solar project news. Construction has begun on SolRiver Capital’s 7 MW …

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Community solar developer’s credit facility doubled to $300 million

Dimension Energy, a community solar and battery energy storage developer, owner, and operator, announced its financing upsized from $150 million to $300 million to deploy a 3.5 GW community solar pipeline in thirteen states. The corporate credit facility is co-led by Deutsche Bank and Nuveen Energy Infrastructure Credit. The initial $150 million close of the …

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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

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

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

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

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

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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