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Nexamp has just launched a new fellowship program in partnership with the City Colleges of Chicago that is designed to create opportunities for underserved or underrepresented populations to gain exposure to the many rewarding career opportunities in the renewable energy field. The company, which recently announced that its Chicago office would serve as its second …

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Boviet Solar has officially announced its plans to start a solar panel manufacturing facility in Greenville, North Carolina. The move has been referenced as “Project Gen” in county records for a number of months. Boviet Solar will use incentives and grants from Pitt County and the North Carolina Dept. of Commerce for the $294 million …

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Gordian Energy Systems has completed a 595-kW solar system at the Maryland SoccerPlex in Boyds, Maryland. New Energy Equity was the development firm on the project. The Maryland SoccerPlex boasts 24 professionally maintained fields and a 66,000-ft2 fieldhouse. It is a popular venue for youth and amateur soccer as well as hosting other sports such …

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JM Steel, a subsidiary of JENNMAR Holdings, announced today it has expanded its Nextracker-dedicated manufacturing lines at its facility in Leetsdale, Pennsylvania. The facility is the former Bethlehem Steel factory, run by BCI Steel. The site began producing tracker torque tubes for Nextracker in 2022, and Solar Power World visited the plant.  A crane operator hauls …

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Array Technologies will officially break ground today on its previously announced $50 million manufacturing campus in Bernalillo County, New Mexico. U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm, and U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich and Ben Ray Luján will join Array officials at today’s groundbreaking. “Array’s new manufacturing facility will create good-paying jobs in New Mexico, strengthen the …

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The Dept. of Treasury and Internal Revenue Service issued final regulations today describing rules and definitions for the transfer of eligible credits in a taxable year, including specific rules for partnerships and S corporations. The Inflation Reduction Act and the Creating Helpful Incentives to Produce Semiconductors act (CHIPs) enable taxpayers to take advantage of certain …

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Schneider Electric has unveiled an energy storage system for grid-scale applications. The company’s Battery Energy Storage System (BESS) is the cornerstone for a fully integrated microgrid solution driven by Schneider Electric’s controls, optimization, and world-renowned digital and field services. Distribution company Graybar is the first channel partner for Schneider Electric’s new BESS, offered as part of …

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Ameresco has announced the installation of a 230-kW solar portfolio for the Wakefield Municipal Gas & Light Department (WMGLD) in Massachusetts. The project is split into two separate systems, the first of which was installed in front of the meter for off-site energy utilization in the form of community solar. The second system was installed …

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Today, the Solar and Storage Industries Institute (SI2) released a comprehensive white paper on interconnection challenges in the solar and storage industry and proposed new solutions to accelerate the clean energy transition. The report builds on recent analyses from Lawrence Berkley National Laboratory and the U.S. Department of Energy and recommends that grid operators and …

Advocates unveil new solutions to improve clean energy interconnection Read More »

Late last week, the California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) dealt a blow to the state’s goal of rapidly growing local energy storage capacity, according to the California Solar & Storage Association (CALSSA). The CSLB voted to approve a new rule that would prohibit licensed solar contractors from installing new battery storage capacity to existing …

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