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Groundswell, a 501c3 Washington, D.C.-based organization that builds community power through community solar projects, is seeking responses and expressions of interest from developers and operations & maintenance (O&M) providers in relation to its Southeast Rural Power Program. The organization was one of the recipients of the Environmental Protection Agency’s Solar for All Award, receiving approximately …

RFI alert: Partners sought for 107 MW of community solar projects Read More »

From ESS News In California, Swedish company Eolus has sold the 100 MW/400 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) it had been developing since 2019 to an unnamed buyer, and Arevon Energy Inc. closed a $258 million finance package for its 200 MW/400 MWh Peregrine Energy Storage project. Further east, SMT Energy has secured $135 …

Deals for 1.12 GWh of battery energy storage in the U.S. Read More »

The BESS will be a standalone lithium iron phosphate system that will charge up to 150 MW of electricity with a two-hour duration. March 4, 2025 Alabama Power announced plans to develop the state’s first utility-scale battery energy storage system (BESS) on the site of a former coal plant. The Plant Gorgas coal-fired plant generated …

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One of the largest renewable energy projects in Kansas, the solar installations will power 40% of Fort Riley’s needs. March 3, 2025 The U.S. Army is powering 40% of Fort Riley’s electric needs with the competition of its onsite solar project. Located in Kansas, the 4.23 MW phase brought the fort’s total installed solar capacity …

U.S. Army completes third phase of Fort Riley solar project Read More »

Cypress Creek Renewables signed an environmental attribute purchase agreement with Meta to support the 505 MW Hanson Solar facility in Coleman County, Texas. March 3, 2025 Cypress Creek Renewables, a developer, owner and operator of solar power plants across the U.S., signed an environmental attribute agreement with Meta, a corporation that demands vast quantities of …

Meta signs on for more Texas solar Read More »

Medicine Hat, Alberta decided to drop a 325 MW solar project planned to be installed on contaminated lands down to 75 MW. February 27, 2025 Contaminated land in a region with more sunny days than anywhere else in Canada makes it ripe for solar energy to flourish. However, a 325 MW project, originally owned by …

Canada’s ‘Gas City’ downsizes 325 MW solar project Read More »

With states increasingly passing legislation to protect solar consumers, pv magazine USA investigated how solar installation companies hire and train their sales teams and got first-hand looks at the sales strategies of five different solar installers across the country. February 27, 2025 In the wake of complaints about allegedly deceptive or misleading sales tactics in …

Solar sales practices: A growing regulatory concern Read More »

Permitting and other “soft costs” account for over the half expense of residential solar projects, making rooftop solar less accessible for many Minnesotans, a new report finds. February 27, 2025 Inconsistent and resource-intensive permitting processes across Minnesota are hindering the growth of rooftop solar, a report from the Institute for Local Self-Reliance (ILSR) found, making …

Permitting processes place Minnesota’s rooftop solar in jeopardy Read More »

Researchers say the 10 countries with the most golf courses could install up to 842 GW of utility-scale solar or 659 GW of wind capacity on land equivalent in size to that used for the sport. February 25, 2025 From pv magazine Global There is more land taken up by golf courses across the world …

U.S. leads countries where golf courses occupy more land than solar, wind plants Read More »

The Ragsdale Solar Park, situated in Madison County, Mississippi, will provide power directly into Entergy Mississippi’s transmission system. February 25, 2025 The 100 MW produced by EDP Renewables’s new solar project that became operational in late Q4 will go to Amazon through a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA). According to the report Solar Means Business …

Amazon secures full capacity of 100 MW project in Mississippi Read More »