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RP Construction Services (RP), a distributor serving the utility-scale solar industry, is partnering with Hubbell Incorporated to include products to include the manufacturer’s new end-to-end electrical balance-of-system offering. Credit: RP Construction Services “Our approach has always been to take the most basic site parameters and turn them into an accurate, fully designed structural package, kitted …

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Affordable Wire Management (AWM) announced the company has achieved a 630 A rating from the Renewable Energy Test Center (RETC), a Nationally Recognized Testing Laboratory (NRTL). AWM’s CMS is the first in the industry to achieve this rating, qualifying their offerings to support Sungrow’s recently released 4.4-MW SG4400UD-MV modular inverter in North America. “Sungrow’s 4.4-MW …

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The Cutlass Solar 2 project in Fort Bend, Texas, is complete and generating electricity at full capacity. Bechtel constructed the 218-MW project, which is owned and operated by Sabanci Climate Technologies. “We’re delighted to get Cutlass Solar 2 to maximum capacity to provide more renewable power for Texans, support America’s energy transition, and help achieve …

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SunPower announced it will begin offering the Tesla Powerwall 3 through its residential dealer network. The company had exclusively been promoting its own Sunvault energy storage system to residential customers. “Homeowners are increasingly turning to battery storage to protect themselves against ongoing utility rate hikes and grid outages. We witnessed record-breaking battery storage sales in …

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The Dept. of Treasury, Internal Revenue Service and Dept. of Energy (DOE) announced today that the DOE Qualified Advanced Energy Project Credit Program Applicant Portal (48C Portal) is now open for any interested applicants to register for a new round of allocations. Interested manufacturers must submit their concept papers by Friday, June 21, at 5 …

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GoodWe Technologies announced that it has been added to the approved vendor list of Sunnova Energy to provide GoodWe’s SMT-US inverter for medium- to large-scale C&I sites. This partnership allows GoodWe and Sunnova to meet the growing demand by commercial and industrial customers that want to stabilize energy costs, take advantage of IRA production and …

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Bighorn Solar in Colorado. Credit: McCarthy Building Cos. The Colorado Renewable Energy Siting Coalition today celebrated the signing of Senate Bill 24-212 (Local Govs Renewable Energy Projects) by Colorado Gov. Jared Polis. This bill provides resources to local governments to assess, site and permit utility-scale renewable energy projects, while considering community values, including impacts to …

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Messick Farm Equipment, a provider of agricultural equipment and services in central Pennsylvania and beyond, has made a strategic investment in solar energy to enhance its operational efficiency and reduce energy costs. The company partnered with Paradise Energy Solutions to complete a 1.07-MW roof-mounted solar system at its corporate headquarters in Mount Joy. This solar …

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The Baldy Mesa solar + storage project in Southern California is now connected to the grid. The 150-MW solar/75-MW storage project is enabled by Amazon, and AES developed and will own the project. Machine learning (ML) models powered by Amazon Web Services (AWS) are helping predict when and how the project’s battery unit should charge …

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An essential package of permitting reform provisions that just passed the Minnesota Legislature — now on its way to be signed into law by Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz — is the culmination of a nine-month effort by clean energy businesses, utilities, state agencies, regulatory staff and environmental nonprofits to improve the state’s energy permitting process. …

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