SCE: California Grid Needs to Adapt to Realize Clean Energy Future
Fundamental changes in how the electric power grid is planned, designed, built and operated are necessary to meet future challenges. These challenges are created by changes in electricity use and in...
View ArticleAmazon Becomes Largest Corporate Purachaser of Renewables
Amazon has invested in 26 new utility-scale wind and solar energy projects totaling 3.4 GW of electricity production capacity, bringing its total investment in renewable energy in 2020 to 35 projects...
View ArticleArctech Solar Provides Trackers to Largest Single-Site Renewable Energy Project
Arctech Solar, a solar tracking, racking and BIPV system provider, has delivered its 1P tracker SkyLine to a 3.2 GW solar park in the Qinghai province of China. The project was recently connected to...
View ArticlesPower Adds Nine New York Solar Projects to Portfolio
sPower, a renewable energy independent power producer (IPP), has acquired nine solar projects in New York from National Grid Renewables. The portfolio includes projects in Franklin, Jefferson,...
View ArticleTerra-Gen, Mortenson Team Up on Record-Breaking Solar+Storage Project
Terra-Gen, a renewable energy developer and operator, has entered an agreement with Mortenson, a builder, developer and engineering services provider, to proceed on the Edwards & Sanborn...
View ArticleUS Solar, Minnesota Power Enter PPA for Solar+Storage Project
US Solar and Minnesota Power have entered into a power purchase agreement (PPA) for a solar+storage project in Grand Rapids, Minn. The project is the result of a collaboration between US Solar,...
View ArticleSEIA: Solar Rebounds from Pandemic in Q3
U.S. solar companies installed 3.8 GW of new solar photovoltaic (PV) capacity in Q3 – a 9% increase from Q2 installations – as the industry experienced a recovery from the worst impacts of the...
View ArticleIllinois Power Agency Axes Renewable Incentives
The Illinois Power Agency (IPA) has ended all of Illinois’ renewable energy incentives, effectively dismantling the state’s renewable energy program. The renewable energy program, which launched in...
View ArticleMinnesota Customers Recieve Half of Energy Needs from Renewables
Minnesota Power says its customers are now receiving half of their energy from renewable sources. The achievement highlights the success of Minnesota Power’s EnergyForward strategy to transition to...
View ArticleNIPSCO, Capital Dynamics Ink 280 MW Solar PPA
Northern Indiana Public Service Co. LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., and the Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business of Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management...
View ArticleDOE Allots Funding to Advance Solar Tech
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) says it is investing up to $45 million in research to advance solar hardware and systems integration – including the creation of a consortium dedicated to...
View ArticleCon Edison, 174 Power Global Developing Queens Battery Storage Project
Con Edison and 174 Power Global have entered an agreement to install the largest battery storage project in New York on an industrial site in Astoria, Queens. The battery will be able to discharge 100...
View ArticleOrmat Acquires Shovel-Ready Texas Energy Storage Project
Ormat Technologies Inc. has completed the acquisition of a shovel-ready energy storage asset in Upton County, Texas. Ormat acquired the asset from Con Edison Development. Ormat’s wholly owned...
View ArticleBroad Reach Power Adds Montana Solar Project to Portfolio
Broad Reach Power, a Houston-based independent power producer (IPP), has acquired a 250 MW wind project and a 250 MW solar project – both located in Montana. “I am looking forward to developing these...
View ArticleEPRI, Partners Receive Funding to Research DER Grid Integration
The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Schneider Electric, General Electric and Smarter Grid Solutions, have received a $2.2 million award to develop a distributed energy resource management...
View ArticleDane County Powers on Wisconsin’s Largest Single Customer Solar Array
Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) say the 9 MW solar array at the Dane County Regional Airport is fully operational and delivering locally generated, sustainable...
View ArticleLeyline, NESG Enter Financing Agreement for Solar Development
Leyline Renewable Capital, a provider of pre-construction capital for renewable energy development, has entered into a financing arrangement with New England Solar Garden (NESG), a New Hampshire-based...
View ArticleCNIPA Rules in Favor of Maxeon Solar’s Patent Invalidation Action
Maxeon Solar Technologies Ltd. has received a positive patent validity ruling in a patent invalidation action filed in China by LONGi Green Energy Technology Co. Ltd., a Chinese solar manufacturer....
View ArticleBipartisan Bill Extends the Investment Tax Credit
Congress has reached a bipartisan deal that contains important emergency relief measures for the renewable energy industry, including a two-year extension of the investment tax credit (ITC) – critical...
View ArticleAPsystems’ APsmart RSD, SMA Inverters PVSRE Compliant
APsystems, a global multi-platform MLPE solution provider, has welcomed SMA to its growing network of inverter manufacturers compatible with its APsmart brand of Sunspec standard-compliant...
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