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Nextracker and the University of California Berkeley Engineering (UC Berkeley) formed a partnership aimed at advancing solar power plant technology to meet rising global energy demand. The collaboration will establish the CALNEXT Center for Solar Energy Research that will drive a research program and a planned state-of-the-art solar test field. Nextracker has contributed a $6.5 …

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Savant is partnering with energy sales and installation network Sunder Energy to expand access to Savant’s Smart Electrical Panel in the United States. Sunder will also begin offering Savant’s scalable energy storage solutions as part of a comprehensive intelligent power management system. “Savant’s groundbreaking ecosystem for easy-to-use energy management will elevate Sunder’s smart power offerings to …

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Ipsun Solar announced it is partnering with Montgomery County Green Bank on its innovative consumer solar funding program with OneEthos. The program provides Montgomery County residents access to subsidized solar loans with rates ranging from 0% for residents living in Equity Emphasis Areas to 4.99% for all other residents. Montgomery County residents are anticipated to …

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In a ribbon-cutting ceremony held in East Baltimore on January 13, the Climate Access Fund (CAF) and its partners flipped the switch on a $2.4 million, 808-kW rooftop community solar project that will reduce electricity costs for low-income households in Baltimore. Located on the rooftop of Elmer A. Henderson: A Johns Hopkins Partnership School (Henderson-Hopkins), …

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Renaissance Arts and Education (RAE), Tampa Bay Solar and Regenerative Shift will collaborate on a 2-MW rooftop solar project at ¡HOLA! Elementary, a bilingual elementary school in Palmetto, Florida, within RAE’s Manatee School for the Arts. The project is scheduled to be placed into service by summer 2025. The project intends to pursue the domestic …

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Energy Toolbase and Sol-Ark have partnered to provide an all-encompassing commercial energy storage system. This collaboration offers small C&I solar and storage projects with Sol-Ark’s energy storage solutions paired with the ETB Controller energy management system. The initiative integrates ETB Developer’s project economics modeling and proposal-building capabilities with ETB Controller’s energy storage control software and …

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ABB has acquired Lumin, a U.S.-based responsive energy management systems company, to expand ABB’s home energy management capabilities in the North American residential sector. The acquisition follows a strategic minority investment by ABB into the company in 2023. Financial terms of the transaction were not disclosed. “We’re excited to welcome Lumin into the ABB family …

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Maintaining a solar farm that spans acres can require an entire fleet of personnel deployed to remove weeds and clean the panels. Hylio has created a drone that can help automate solar panel maintenance. The Hylio AG-210 is a small and nimble drone produced by the Texas-based company. All of Hylio’s UAS, including the AG-210, …

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Artemis by Monalee Artemis by Monalee is introducing GoodLeap lease financing for fast-growing solar companies. Currently active across 12 states, consumers can easily select the lease option that best suits their needs and enjoy instant approval through soft credit checks, enabling savings of up to 30 to 50% on their monthly electric bills. To power …

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EQT announced that EQT Transition Infrastructure has agreed to acquire Scale Microgrids, a developer, acquirer, owner and operator of microgrids and distributed energy resources for commercial & industrial, EV fleet, data center, municipal, university, hospital and agricultural customers, developers and communities, from Warburg Pincus and other existing shareholders. Headquartered in Ridgewood New Jersey, Scale’s portfolio …

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