Projects

Students from the University of Kansas School of Architecture & Design built a house outfitted with a 16-panel rooftop solar system as part of a graduate degree program. The 432 Indiana Street House is the 16th consecutive LEED Platinum project completed by Studio 804, a hands-on learning program at the University of Kansas for graduate students …

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The newly launched 3.8 MWdc Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm in Adelanto, California, marks the first project under California’s Enhanced Community Renewables (ECR) program to be contracted by one of the state’s three investor-owned utilities. As one of the first community solar farms in Southern California, Sheep Creek Community Solar Farm is designed to generate clean energy …

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Canadian Solar Inc. and EDF Renewables North America have signed a multi-year module supply agreement. According to the deal, Canadian Solar will deliver up to 7 GW of high efficiency N-type TOPCon solar modules to be produced at the manufacturer’s new factory in Mesquite, Texas. Canadian Solar will supply its latest high efficiency N-Type TOPCon (Tunnel Oxide …

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The Public Service Commission of Wisconsin (PSCW) approved two Alliant Energy battery energy storage projects totaling 175 MW. The PSCW approval clears the way for construction to begin on the 100 MW Grant County Battery Project and 75 MW Wood County Battery Project. They will be located alongside the company’s Grant County and Wood County solar sites. The integration …

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Energy storage provider Electriq Power Holdings Inc. has signed of an agreement to provide solar + storage solutions in Goleta, California. Through a new program with the city, Electriq will deliver affordable, sustainable and resilient energy to residents through fully financed residential microgrids. Through the program’s city-vetted power purchase agreement (PPA), called the PoweredUp Network, all …

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LevelTen Energy’s recently released Q2 2023 PPA Price Index report shows that solar prices began to stabilize — and decrease — for the first time since Q1 2020. One exception is with ERCOT, which experienced some uncertainty after series of proposals in the Texas legislature. According to the report, North American P25 solar PPA offer …

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Renewable Properties has closed its Fund 9 portfolio, which includes close to 22 MW of community solar and small-scale utility projects in California, Maine and North Carolina. The $53.5 million Fund 9 expands the developer’s relationships with tax equity investor SOLCAP and project lending partners 1st Source Bank and West Town Bank & Trust. Fund 9 includes five projects across the three states, …

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Summit Ridge Energy LLC has awarded $20 million in contracts to Babcock & Wilcox Solar Energy Inc. for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of 25 MW of community solar energy projects in Illinois. Babcock & Wilcox Solar Energy (B&W), a subsidiary of Akron, Ohio-based Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc., has successfully executed multiple projects …

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Solar Landscape has partnered with a national self-storage company on a portfolio of more than 130 rooftop community solar projects across the United States. The developer is working with Public Storage on the multistate initiative and just began construction on the first of the projects. Together, the 133 community solar installations in Maryland, New Jersey …

Solar Landscape starts construction on 87 MW multistate community solar portfolio Read More »

Empact Technologies is making it easier to take advantage of Inflation Reduction Act tax incentives when developing solar projects. The company provides software solutions to manage clean energy tax incentives and has just launched a new platform specifically designed to maximize project incentives under the IRA. Empact combines powerful software with incentive compliance expertise into the industry’s …

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