The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) Loan Programs Office (LPO) announced a conditional commitment for a loan guarantee of up to $861.3 million to Clean Flexible Energy. The loan guarantee will finance the construction of two solar PV farms equipped with battery storage and two standalone battery energy storage systems in Puerto Rico. The facilities …
First Solar today commissioned its new research and development (R&D) innovation center in Lake Township, Ohio. The Jim Nolan Center for Solar Innovation is dedicated to the late James “Jim” F. Nolan, a former member of First Solar’s Board of Directors and the architect of the company’s cadmium telluride (CdTe) semiconductor platform. The facility covers …
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The largest solar + storage project in the United States is now connected to the grid. The Gemini Solar + Storage project, built by Primergy Solar and Quinbrook Infrastructure Partners, will deliver power to Las Vegas and other Nevada and Southwest communities. Credit: Primergy “Gemini broke the mold with a historic amount of solar and …
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Greenskies announced the completion of a 575-kW roof mount solar system at Belvedere Place, a prominent Class A office complex in Mill Valley, California, located just north of the Golden Gate Bridge. With over 1,000 solar panels installed, the system is expected to meet 95% of the 105,000-square-foot buildings’ electricity demand, with tenants benefiting from …
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Peak Energy, a U.S.-based company developing giga-scale energy storage technology for the grid, will use its $55 million Series A funding round to launch full-scale production of its sodium-ion battery technology. Xora Innovation led the financing round with participation from Eclipse, TDK Ventures, Lachy Groom, Tishman Speyer, TechEnergy Ventures, Doral Energy-Tech Ventures and DETV-Scania Invest. “As …
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Generac Power Systems has been awarded a grant of up to $200 million over the five-year term of the award agreement with the U.S. Dept. of Energy as part of the $1 billion Puerto Rico Energy Resilience Fund (PR-ERF). Under the PR-ERF’s Programa Acceso Solar (Solar Access Program), Generac will facilitate the installation of residential …
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EDP Renewables North America today unveiled its Scarlet I Solar Energy Park in Fresno County, California during a ribbon-cutting hosting dozens of dignitaries and industry partners. The 200-MW project, which also includes a 40-MW battery energy storage system, will generate enough energy to power the equivalent of 68,000 average California homes each year. Scarlet I …
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Hawaiian solar installer RevoluSun celebrated its 15th anniversary this week. The company began its journey with the goal of building cleaner, smarter, solar communities one rooftop at a time and has now helped 10,000 families and hundreds of businesses go solar + storage. RevoluSun “My partners and I started RevoluSun with the intention of revolutionizing …
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North Carolina-based Sugar Hollow Solar is celebrating 14 years of installing solar in western North Carolina and upstate South Carolina and recently received its B Corporation certification. The B Corp certification is held by just a dozen companies in western North Carolina and highlights companies’ dedication to excellence in social and environmental performance, transparency and …
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The N.C. Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released its Q2 2024 edition of “The 50 States of Solar.” The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges, third-party …
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