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ForeFront Power built a 963-kW solar portfolio at Charles M. Schulz-Sonoma County Airport and Sonoma County Fleet Operations in Santa Rosa, California. The result of a five-year collaboration with the county is an 884-kW solar canopy in the airport parking lot and a 79-kW rooftop array at the fleet building. The 2,010-module solar canopy at …

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Growatt has announced the availability of its MAX 100-125KTL3-X LV inverter on global markets. “Designed especially for C&I solar applications, the new MAX model is set with a maximum output power of 125 kW, which is the highest power for string inverter with multiple MPPTs at 400VAC level,” said Lisa Zhang, Growatt’s marketing director. With …

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APsmart has announced that new FIMER and POMcube inverters are now listed under its Photovoltaic Rapid Shutdown Systems (PVRSS) Solution SunSpec standard compliance. The newly added inverters include the FIMER UNO-DM-TL-PLUS-US series and POMCube hybrid residential iCAN NetZero Plus series, ranging from 3 kW to 12.5 kW. Available throughout APsmart U.S. distribution partner networks, the …

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Cross River Bank, an infrastructure provider that offers embedded financial solutions and Sunstone Credit, a solar loan finance platform for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs), announced a partnership to further Sunstone’s mission of democratizing access to solar for businesses. This partnership will accelerate the transition to a clean energy future and add a new asset …

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Today, organizations representing hundreds of energy companies with thousands of clean energy workers called on New England officials to enact policies (H.4348) to improve the electric grid planning processes and better support integration of distributed energy resources such as solar and energy storage. The announcement came as clean energy supporters and industry from across the …

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The Brighter Future Solar project in Boone, North Carolina, has reached commercial operation. the 15.7-MW project was installed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries for Blue Ridge Energy. “This is the latest step on the path to a decarbonized world,” said Yoshihiro Shiraiwa, President and CEO, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America. “It is a blueprint for other communities …

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Orbital Energy Group announced that its wholly owned subsidiary, Orbital Solar Services, and its Joint Venture Partner, Jingoli Power, have signed a formal EPC contract and begun construction on a 130-MWDC/100-MWAC solar farm in Alabama for Lightsource bp. The contract calls for OSS JPOW to design, engineer and build a utility-scale solar array to be …

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Derry, NH’s unused capped landfill is the site for town’s new 2.2-MW solar array. The Derry, New Hampshire Town Council has finalized the contracts for a new 2.2-MW solar array to be developed by Encore Renewable Energy that will be one of the largest solar arrays in the state. Encore will finance, design, construct, install, …

2.2-MW landfill solar project to help New Hampshire town reach 100% renewable goal early Read More »

A new company has launched to revolutionize how waste is handled on large-scale solar sites. Green Clean Solar, founded by solar veteran Emilie Oxel O’Leary, is turning solar waste pain points into one turnkey solution that prioritizes recycling, refurbishing, reusing and waste diversion efforts. It’s not just solar panels that will require appropriate and streamlined recycling and …

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After a Feb. 22 decision approved by the board of directors in South Korea, LG Electronics announced it will exit the global solar panel manufacturing business. The company cited increased material and logistics costs, as well as severe supply constraints, as the main reasons behind the decision to stop solar panel manufacturing. LG will cease …

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