Projects

A new portfolio of seven community solar projects in Illinois and New York will benefit low- to moderate-income (LMI) households. The projects will help approximately 5,000 households, along with area non-profits, businesses and a public school district, save as much as 20% on their monthly electricity costs. Reactivate (an Invenergy company) has collaborated with Walmart and U.S. Bancorp Impact Finance (a U.S. Bank subsidiary) to close on a …

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Renewable Properties has launched a new electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging service. The service will leverage the company’s extensive community solar development, land acquisition and electrical infrastructure expertise to provide a turnkey charging solution for companies transitioning their truck fleets from fossil fuels to electric power. “The already-growing need for EV fleet charging is now …

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Bayer’s new solar panel installation at its main U.S. offices in Whippany, New Jersey. Healthcare and agriculture company Bayer has installed two solar arrays at facilities in New Jersey and California. A new solar array installation at Bayer’s vegetable research and development site in Woodland, California, will provide 70% of the site’s electrical energy demand. …

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Empact Technologies will provide Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) compliance management through its software and services in a new multi-year agreement with Ampliform. Ampliform originates, develops, builds and operates utility-scale solar and solar plus storage projects.  Under the terms of the agreement, Empact will manage IRA compliance for Ampliform’s current and future projects. Ampliform has approximately 700 MW of projects in …

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Renewable Properties has launched a new electric vehicle (EV) fleet charging service. The service will leverage the company’s extensive community solar development, land acquisition and electrical infrastructure expertise to provide a turnkey charging solution for companies transitioning their truck fleets from fossil fuels to electric power. “The already-growing need for EV fleet charging is now …

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Borrego Solar installation at 3651 Middle Country Road in Calberton, NY. (Photo By: Greg M. Cooper / Borrego Solar) The utility-scale solar sector is poised for growth in 2024. To understand the challenges and opportunities available, your faithful editors at Solar Builder tapped into some of the industry’s top minds to understand the market. We …

Utility-scale solar outlook: Top concerns for development in 2024 Read More »

Strata Clean Energy celebrated the start of construction on its Scatter Wash battery storage complex in Phoenix. The 255 MW / 1.02 GWh facility is expected to become operational in April 2025. A groundbreaking ceremony included executives from Strata, along with representatives from Arizona Public Service (APS) and other local dignitaries. Scatter Wash will provide APS …

Strata breaks ground on 1 GWh Scatter Wash energy storage project in Phoenix Read More »

Over the next two years, the United States will experience a remarkable acceleration in the energy transition in the electricity sector, according to new figures released the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). Utility-scale solar generation is set to grow by 75% in just two years, pushed by the anticipated addition of 79 GW of new …

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Community solar is inherently a way to expand equity in solar access, as advocates describe it, since it makes clean energy and savings accessible to people who lack the capital or the space to install their own arrays.  The Inflation Reduction Act has the potential to drive a boom in community solar development, with bonus …

IRA offers lucrative incentives for low-income community solar, but also creates new challenges Read More »

Mercom Capital Group reported that solar companies raised more capital in 2023 than in any other year in more than a decade. The clean energy communications and consulting firm released its annual report on funding and merger and acquisition (M&A) activity for the solar sector in 2023.  Total corporate funding, including venture capital (VC) funding, …

Solar companies raised $34.3 billion in corporate funding in 2023 Read More »