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Silicon Ranch contracted Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives to construct the 70-MW Cedar Springs Solar Ranch in Early County, Georgia. The array will supply power to Green Power EMC, the renewable energy provider for 38 Georgia electric cooperatives. Nashville, Tennessee-based independent power producer Silicon Ranch is funding Cedar Springs’ installation and will own and operate the …

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The Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC) approved on Tuesday a significant expansion of new solar and energy storage projects for Dominion Energy Virginia customers. Once in operation, the projects will provide nearly 1,000 megawatts of carbon-free electricity, enough to power about 250,000 Virginia homes at peak output. The approved expansion includes 15 Dominion Energy Virginia …

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Cypress Creek Renewables placed a multi-year order for approximately 315 MW of Maxeon Solar Technologies‘ shingled bifacial Performance line modules. CCR has agreed to procure up to 315 MW of Performance line modules to power multiple solar projects in both Washington and Texas. “Cypress Creek Renewables is excited to be working with Maxeon Solar Technologies …

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Canadian Solar has started mass production of a new 54-cell solar module with M10/182-mm cells ideal for rooftop solar projects. Shipment of this new format module already started this month. The CS6R-MS module alongside a 72-cell panel in the same series CS6R-MS, the new module type under the HiKu6 series, has a power output of …

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Mayfield Renewables has expanded upon its core design and engineering services with the launch of new technical services for the clean energy industry, including market research, technical content production and professional training. Mayfield Renewables’ new services will be provided by the company’s newest hires: David Brearley, Justine Sanchez, Joe Schwartz and Kyle Bolger, all of …

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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 …

Report finds transmission grid upgrades would save $140 billion or more over next decade Read More »

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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