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EPC contractor Orbital Solar Services worked with the first round of trainees from its Unbound Horizons program at two Lightsource bp project sites — Black Bear Solar in Alabama and Conway Solar at Happy in Arkansas. “As we develop solar projects across America, we look for partners who are helping further diversity, equity, inclusion and …

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C2 Energy Capital On April 20, the White House announced a new partnership between the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) National Community Solar Partnership (NCSP) and the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) that will develop and pilot a digital platform to enable more low-income households to access community solar by connecting project …

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TerraSol Energies recently completed a 1-MW SunPower solar power system at Phoenix Contact located in Middletown, Pennsylvania. In 2017, Phoenix needed to expand its operations and warehousing capacity, and that meant building a new 70,000-sq.-ft foot addition on its campus. A key feature of the new expansion is the LCA building’s LEED Silver Certification as …

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EDP Renewables SA, through its fully owned subsidiary EDP Renewables North America, and Bristol Myers Squibb have executed a 15-year PPA for 60 MW at the 240-MW Cattlemen Solar Park in Milam County, located in central Texas. Facebook parent company Meta also recently signed a PPA for 156 MW of the project. The agreement will …

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Clean energy advocacy group American Clean Power Association (ACP) has finished a market impact survey to assess the immediate impacts of the Dept. of Commerce’s investigation into alleged AD/CVD circumvention by solar panel companies working in Southeast Asia. ACP collected data from utility-scale solar developers representing over 150 active solar projects. ACP notes that this …

38,000 solar jobs could be lost due to AD/CVD circumvention investigation, says ACP Read More »

Blue Planet Energy has successfully deployed a hybrid solar + storage microgrid to support the residents of Shungnak, a remote community above the Arctic Circle in Alaska. Funded by the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and Northwest Arctic Borough (NAB) – with initial feasibility study and engineering completed by NAB, NANA Regional Corporation and …

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237.3-MWdc Wright Solar Park project in Los Banos, California In another sign of progress toward a carbon-free power grid, the California Independent System Operator (ISO) set a new record on April 3, when 97.6% of electricity on the grid came from clean, renewable energy. The peak, which occurred briefly at 3:39 p.m., broke the previous …

California grid set record of 97% renewable power on April 3 Read More »

Solar racking manufacturer Nextracker launched a new facility with JM Steel to produce tracker components for solar power plants throughout the southern United States. A dedicated solar tracker production line is at the new Steel Dynamics facility near Corpus Christi, Texas. Credit: Nextracker “Customers want protection from steel and logistics cost volatility and logistics delays …

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Pictured is a rooftop solar system installed at Amazon’s fulfillment warehouse in Avenel, New Jersey. The company met a goal to install solar at 50 of its distribution centers worldwide. With on-site arrays alone, Amazon has approximately 11,700 modules at its warehouses. P2 Photography Amazon today announced 37 new renewable energy projects around the world, …

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Swiss BIPV company SunStyle is expanding into the United States. The company’s distinctive solar roofing shingles have been installed on hundreds of projects in Europe, including residences, churches, schools, businesses, government and industrial sites. In the United States, SunStyle’s “dragonscale” tiles can be seen on Google’s new campus in Mountain View, California, and are being …

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