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Global retail giant Amazon has signed two power purchase agreements (PPA) with Virginia utility AES Corporation. AES will deliver renewable energy in the California Independent System Operator market sourced from a combined 450 MW of solar and 225 MW, four-hour duration battery from its portfolio of projects. Fluence will supply energy storage solutions for one …

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Clean technology integrator Ameresco completed a 911.25-kWDC/736-kWAC solar project at Brophy College Preparatory in Phoenix Arizona. Credit: Ameresco By using a solar services agreement, Ameresco developed and installed several solar arrays throughout the school’s campus, including 488.43 kW of rooftop solar systems and 422.82 kW of carport solar systems across 118 parking spaces. The solar …

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) announced the Foundational Agrivoltaic Research for Megawatt Scale (FARMS) funding opportunity, which will award $8 million in funding for projects that examine how agrivoltaics can scale up to provide new economic opportunities to farmers, rural communities, and the solar industry. Agrivoltaics is defined as …

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CenterPoint Energy announced its Indiana-based electric utility business, CenterPoint Energy Indiana South, received approval from the Indiana Utility Regulatory Commission (IURC) to enter into two PPAs for an additional 335 MW of solar energy as part of the next component in the company’s long-term electric generation transition plan. The PPAs consist of 185 MW of solar power …

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The final engineering, permitting and interconnection work has begun on the Continental Envelope’s Geneva, Illinois facility, where the company has contracted with Correlate Infrastructure Partners to install a large-scale rooftop solar project. The 908-kW rooftop solar project is being constructed at Continental’s manufacturing plant, which produces 2 billion envelopes per year. “Correlate Infrastructure Partners loves …

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Solarcycle, a new recycling company, officially launched today. The company based in Northern California was founded by industry pioneers, including Suvi Sharma (Solaria founder), Jesse Simons (National Program Director at the Sierra Club) and Pablo Dias (engineering lecturer at University of New South Wales). Discarded solar cells. Credit: Solar Power World “We’re proud to be …

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PowerFlex, an EDF Renewables Company, announced the unveiling of its PowerFlex X product platform, which provides real-time monitoring and intelligent control of onsite energy assets with patented software and hardware. PowerFlex X enables organizations and enterprises to integrate and co-optimize multiple technologies — including solar, battery storage, electric vehicle (EV) charging and microgrid systems — …

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Solar installer jobs are expected to increase more than 50% by 2030, one of the fastest growing occupations in the clean energy sector, and there is a need for more workers skilled in this field to meet the demand. That’s why the Florida Solar Energy Industries Association (FlaSEIA) partnered with the Florida Solar Energy Center …

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Sunnova Energy International will be launching an energy plan that will offer new customers a fixed percentage discount to prevailing utility prices and a 25-year market-based rate, all to offer price confidence to consumers regardless of volatile energy costs. “For the first time, homeowners will be able to lock in a fixed discount to their …

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The second-largest crystalline silicon solar panel manufacturer in the United States has stated in documents to the Dept. of Commerce that it is planning to establish a solar cell manufacturing outfit in the Southeast. But industry vulnerability related to Commerce’s investigation into AD/CVD circumvention by Southeast Asian solar companies has halted progress on the facility. …

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