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Also on the rise: Duke Energy’s 250MW Pisgah Ridge solar project finds offtaker in major US retailer. Coal company Peabody launches joint venture to develop solar in mining country. The Electrip by Letenda is a 30-foot bus with Cummins batteries and nearly 300kWh onboard. Lawrence Berkeley report outlines shifts in demographics of US residential solar …

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Midwest US retailer and grocer Meijer, along with two other corporate offtakers, will purchase a portion of the 250MW Pisgah Ridge solar project’s generation in pursuit of 50% renewable operations by 2025. March 3, 2022 Meijer, a major grocery and retailer in the Midwest US, recently stated goals to achieve 50% renewable energy-powered operations by …

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In a joint venture with Riverstone Credit Partners and Summit Partners Credit Advisors, R3 Renewables plans to develop over 3.3GW of solar PV and 1.6GW of battery storage capacity over the next five years. March 3, 2022 Peabody Energy, a coal company that serves power and steel customers in more than 25 countries on six …

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Less affluent households are adopting residential solar but higher incomes found among solar-plus-storage users. March 3, 2022 Researchers at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory released the latest edition of the annual report, Residential Solar-Adopter Income and Demographic Trends. The report looks at 2.3 million residential solar adopters across the country in 2020, representing 82% of all US systems. …

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Also on the rise: New York town plans floating-solar demonstration project. SB energy procures 1.5GW of First Solar modules. Solar Jobs Census seeks participants. Verizon Communications issues fourth green bond. Solarizing houses of worship in communities of color nationwide. Arizona Senate controls the fate of Phoenix anti-solar rate.

Cohoes, New York’s $6 million floating solar project will demonstrate how municipalities can turn reservoirs into clean energy plants, while serving the needs of low-income residents. March 2, 2022 Not many towns or cities in the US can claim to be powered 100% by renewable energy, but soon one town can make that claim, as …

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Verizon Communications Inc. settled its fourth green bond offering of $1 billion, with the net proceeds expected to be allocated entirely toward renewable energy investments. This is the fourth green bond issued by Verizon since 2019, for a total of $4 billion. Verizon made use of its second green bond, which was issued in 2020, …

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US added 5.4GW of small-scale PV last year Some northern states added as much small-scale PV per capita as the top states in the Southwest, taking advantage of solar irradiance in northern states that’s about 70% as high as that in the desert Southwest. US EV battery manufacturer demonstrates 750+ mile range, raises $65 million …

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Solar continues its march to take over the US electricity system, as five states meet more than 10% of in-state demand with solar PV, while another six states more than doubled their solar generation. February 28, 2022 Solar photovoltaics represented over 4% of the electricity generated in the United States in 2021, according to the …

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SOLV Energy CEO George Hershman joined pv magazine to offer his view on the antidumping/anti-circumvention case. February 28, 2022 Earlier this February, a new round of antidumping/anti-circumvention (AD/CVD) cases were filed against Malaysia, Thailand, and now Cambodia. A small US-based panel assembler, Auxin Solar, with about 120MW in development capacity in the US added its …

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