Industry

Gov. Kathy Hochul announced a new large-scale renewable energy solicitation to deliver clean electricity to New Yorkers. Building on New York’s 10-Point Action Plan, this solicitation seeks proposals for the development of new large-scale land-based renewable energy projects, which are expected to spur billions of dollars in clean energy investments and create thousands of family …

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Solar renewable energy certificate (SREC) aggregator RECmint announced it has rebranded and relaunched after doing business as Sun Tribe Trading since 2020. RECmint is an SREC aggregator and broker in the Mid-Atlantic that streamlines the process for residential customers to mint and sell SRECs from their solar PV systems. In addition, RECmint has been purpose-built …

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An example profile. Recheck, a verification platform for the residential solar industry, announced the launch of its industry registry in partnership with the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) and other solar finance, contractor and technology partners. The first platform of its kind, Recheck offers an industry-wide registry of residential solar salespeople and installers to guarantee …

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Saft, a subsidiary of TotalEnergies, has unveiled it will boost the energy density of its lithium battery energy storage system from 3.3 to 5 MWh in 2026, and the company will use a new AI algorithm with its I-Sight monitoring platform to improve the reliability of ESS installations. Since Saft installed its first systems in …

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Steel solar panel frame producer Origami Solar has secured a fully American supply chain, including working with three U.S. steel fabricators. The three partnerships – with Welser Profile of Valley City, Ohio; Priefert, of Mt. Pleasant, Texas; and Unimacts of Houston, Texas – will enable Origami to ship steel solar frames to customers in the first quarter of 2025. …

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The U.S. Department of the Treasury and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) released final rules today on prevailing wage and registered apprenticeship (PWA) requirements in the Inflation Reduction Act. As part of the Biden-Harris Administration’s Investing in America agenda, the final rules will help build a strong pipeline of highly skilled workers to support the growth …

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Nextracker, a global manufacturer of solar trackers and related software solutions, and Unimacts, an industrial manufacturing and supply chain solutions provider, have started a new factory in the Las Vegas area. Credit: Nextracker This is the second dedicated manufacturing line for Nextracker that Unimacts has opened in the last year. The new, 160,000-sq-ft facility in …

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SolarEdge announced the global rollout of SolarEdge ONE for C&I, a comprehensive software-based energy optimization platform for Commercial and Industrial (C&I) solar applications, expected to become generally available in the coming months. SolarEdge ONE for C&I is the company’s energy optimization platform, developed by SolarEdge specifically for EPCs, O&M providers and businesses. It is designed …

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On June 15, the Zen Center of Denver (ZCD), in partnership with RE-volv, celebrated the commissioning of their new 9.7-kWDC solar installation. The center, which formed in 1974 and moved into a new temple in 2019, will now save nearly $80,000 in electricity costs over the next 20 years and avoid the emissions from buying …

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GAF Energy, a Standard Industries company and manufacturer of solar roofing products, said it will build a new testing facility for building-integrated solar photovoltaics (BIPV) products, thanks to an investment from the Dept. of Energy. GAF Energy is currently searching for location for the new facility. The company operates two manufacturing facilities in San Jose, …

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