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Renewable energy developer Green Lantern Solar completed a solar array for Chroma, a certified B Corporation in the precision optical filter industry. The 500-kW ground-mount array is producing enough energy to offset one-third of Chroma’s annual energy expenses. The 500-kW ground-mount solar array is covering one-third of Chroma’s energy costs. Green Lantern Solar “This array …

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A new report released today finds that reconductoring and rebuilding existing transmission pathways using Advanced Conductors can help lower costs for consumers and accelerate the decarbonization of the power grid. The report, “Advanced Conductors on Existing Transmission Corridors to Accelerate Low Cost Decarbonization,” was prepared by Grid Strategies LLC for the American Council on Renewable …

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More than 28 municipalities and school districts across Jefferson, Lewis and St. Lawrence counties in New York are reducing their electricity costs and boosting the state’s clean energy portfolio with solar energy. Standard Solar, a national solar energy company, and its partner, U.S. Light Energy, a New York-based distributed solar developer, have completed an 11.52-MW …

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Enphase Energy announced the acquisition of SolarLeadFactory LLC. Founded in 2012, the company provides high-quality leads to solar installers. SolarLeadFactory has joined Enphase with the objective of substantially increasing lead volumes and conversion rates to help drive down the customer acquisition costs for installers. Enphase has set out to build a digital platform for installers …

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Raptor Maps published its fourth annual report on global PV system underperformance and found loss of power production by outside forces is growing. The company used machine learning to analyze 2021 data from unmanned and manned aircraft inspections across 20 GW of utility and C&I systems. The proprietary dataset spans 66 million modules in 32 …

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In late December 2021, President Joe Biden signed into law the Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act, which bans all imports from the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of the People’s Republic of China unless suppliers can prove the products were not made with forced labor. The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS), on behalf of the …

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Solar Alliance Energy announced it has commenced construction on a 500-kW shared solar project in Kentucky for Louisville Gas and Electric Company and Kentucky Utilities Company, regulated utilities that serve more than 1.3 million customers. The project represents section five of LG&E and KU’s Solar Share Program, a cost-effective option available to the utilities’ residential, …

Kentucky utilities start first project in 4-MW shared solar portfolio Read More »

After announcing a similar pilot program with GM earlier this week, California utility PG&E said it will also test Ford’s new F-150 Lightning electric vehicles as on-demand power sources for homes. The utility says that one in five EVs in the country are on the road in PG&E’s service area of Northern and Central California. …

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Duke Energy has completed three battery projects in Florida totaling nearly 34 MW. The projects were first announced in 2020. “Duke Energy Florida is committed to a clean energy future for our customers and communities,” said Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida state president. “With each new battery site, Duke Energy takes another important step in …

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Shoals Technologies, an electrical balance of systems (EBOS) solutions provider for solar, storage and electric vehicle (EV) charging infrastructure, has opened a new manufacturing facility in Portland, Tennessee. The new 219,000-sq-ft facility, which is expected to be operational in Q2 2022, will double Shoals’ manufacturing capacity. “Our new facility will allow us to optimize our …

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