GreenBiz

APRIL 15, 2021

Organic Valley, the primarily dairy organic farmer-owned co-op, is the latest to join this burgeoning trend. And not all lenders are comfortable lending for solar.". And so when a farmer has to choose between what projects to do, sometimes solar doesn’t make the list.". But Organic Valley hopes this is just the start.

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 15, 2020

The Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources unveiled emergency revisions this week that double the capacity of a state incentive program designed to spur small- and medium-scale solar projects. Under new regulations effective April 15, the Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target Program, known as SMART, will increase from 1.6

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Swift Current Energy, a Boston-headquartered developer, owner and operator of utility-scale clean energy assets, has contracted with First Solar for 500 MW of its Series 7 thin-film modules. GW of First Solar modules last year. “As This order will see modules delivered between 2027 and 2028.

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Solar Industry

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

EnergyAid , a California-based provider of service, maintenance, tune-ups and system evaluations for residential customers, is expanding throughout the United States. The company was founded in 2012, but two years ago EnergyAid began offering solar maintenance and repair services. Expansion appeared first on Solar Industry.

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Solar Industry

AUGUST 24, 2023

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC (GREC) , a climate-focused investment manager and independent power producer, has purchased, through a wholly owned subsidiary, three solar projects totaling 12 MW DC in southwestern Colorado from OneEnergy Renewables. The acquisition comprises the Rocky Ford (2.6 MW DC), Totten (2.8

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Envirotec Magazine

APRIL 15, 2021

Unlike wind or solar energies, and similarly to hydropower, it can deliver electricity continuously, and is easily dispatchable to meet the grid baseload power requirements. Our next-generation membrane technology, based on state-of-the-science nanotechnology, will be its key enabler.”.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 21, 2023

NYSERDA has awarded Swift Current Energy ’s Mineral Basin Solar project a 20-year power contract as part of New York’s state investment in renewable energy. is the largest solar facility in Pennsylvania and one of the largest solar facilities in the U.S. The 402 MW AC project, in Clearfield County, Pa.,

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GreenBiz

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

To expand the impact of their investments in the energy sector, development finance institutions (DFIs) and private investors should pay more attention to empowering African-led energy firms by adjusting their risk analyses and to closing gaps for off-grid solar project financing. Salma Okonkwo. Thu, 02/25/2021 - 00:10. From China to the U.S.,

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Solar Industry

DECEMBER 14, 2023

solar sites, totaling over 12 MW. MW community solar project with Finger Lakes Health as the anchor commercial utility off-taker. While the sites are co-located, they connect to the New York State Electric & Gas (NYSEG) distribution infrastructure by two different interconnection points. The first site is a 6.63

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GreenBiz

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

In the Age of Renewables, electricity is increasingly abundant and cheap (or free or even negatively priced, as in you get paid to take it) when solar power dominates the midday grid. The physics of solar are transforming both the economic and environmental feasibility of green hydrogen.

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Solar Industry

DECEMBER 15, 2023

The California Energy Commission (CEC) has voted to award Form Energy a $30 million grant to support deployment of a 5 MW multi-day energy storage system in the state. Expected to come online by 2025, this will be Form Energy’s first project in California and the first multi-day energy storage project in the state.

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Envirotec Magazine

SEPTEMBER 7, 2023

Research engineers at Heriot-Watt University in Dubai are launching a solar energy testing facility to help companies in the UK and other countries to develop and test new solar technologies. We also look at using solar for cooling applications or for water desalination, which are both really important here in the Middle East.”

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GreenBiz

APRIL 1, 2021

Solar panels can be widely distributed, scaled to need, locally controlled and built and maintained by modestly capitalized companies with roots in neighborhoods, communities and tribes. Bureau of Reclamation donated its ownership of 500 megawatts of NGS transmission capacity to the Navajo Nation to help get tribal solar resources to market.

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Solar Industry

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

GW portfolio of four utility-scale solar projects. million solar modules manufactured in Ohio by First Solar. Billion for Domestic Energy Projects appeared first on Solar Industry. billion in construction debt to support a 1.3 Three of the projects are also the first utility-scale projects in the U.S.

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GreenTechMedia

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

And yet, utilities across the United States are expecting to spend more money with their guaranteed rate of return, which clearly means higher electricity bills. For the first time, a team of researchers led by Dr. Christopher Clack looked at the holistic grid and incorporated local solar into grid and system planning.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 16, 2021

Utility-led expansions, competitive prices, and favorable state policies are developing Florida into the Southeast’s leader for solar capacity, according to a new report by S&P. “Some are also setting aggressive renewable energy goals, [for example,] Florida Power & Light Co.”

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 3, 2020

As battery prices continue to fall and the penetration of variable wind and solar generation rises, power plant developers are increasingly combining wind and solar projects with on-site batteries, creating “hybrid” power plants. gigawatts of wind, gas, oil and photovoltaic power plants co-located with batteries in the U.S.,

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GreenTechMedia

APRIL 9, 2020

based solar developer backed by BP, secured a power-purchase agreement for a 132-megawatt solar project in Arkansas that would nearly double the state’s utility-scale capacity, currently at 147 megawatts. solar market, even as the economy takes a significant downturn. Lightsource BP, the U.K.-based

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Terra Infirma

MARCH 13, 2024

In the post I described how I use our local Co-wheels car club to cover the times we want/need a car rather than owning one. Co-wheels themselves retweeted it and ended up getting a torrent of grumbles about how their service only covers certain areas of Tyne & Wear. The best (only?)

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Solar Power World

JANUARY 13, 2023

By Tom McCalmont, CEO and co-founder of Paired Power The recent $5 billion in funding promised by the Inflation Reduction Act will inevitably help fuel the fire in demand for electric vehicle charging infrastructure in the United States. Go off-grid appeared first on Solar Power World.

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GreenTechMedia

JULY 31, 2020

Dominion announced Friday that CEO Tom Farrell would step down in October and be replaced by Robert Blue, now executive vice president and co-chief operating officer. Farrell will continue to serve as executive chair and chairman of the board of directors, while current co-COO Diane Leopold will be promoted to sole COO.

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Solar Industry

DECEMBER 4, 2023

The portfolio, comprising utility-scale transmission and storage, onshore wind and solar generation, as well as offshore wind, will leverage these investments to advance its stated mission of decarbonizing U.S. Project Portfolio appeared first on Solar Industry. energyRe has raised a $1.2 The post energyRe Raises $1.2

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Solar Power World

NOVEMBER 21, 2019

Don McEachin and co-sponsored by over 150 members could set the United States on a path to an economy powered by 100% clean energy by mid-century. A new bill introduced today by Rep.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 12, 2021

Earlier this month, the New Jersey legislature passed two pieces of legislation that will help increase solar development across the state. It also includes a new competitive solicitation process to incentivize at least 1500 MW of large-scale solar power facilities by 2026, and develops siting criteria for large-scale solar projects.

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Smart Energy International

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

” “In addition to combining technological capabilities, our alliance with Swell will unite our complementary approaches to market entry and expansion, increasing the distribution of a range of energy solutions,” added Forest Frizzell, co-founder and CEO of Shifted Energy. .”

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GreenTechMedia

OCTOBER 2, 2020

This is a conversation between co-host Shayle Kann and his colleague at Energy Impact Partners, Andy Lubershane. In this interview, they touch on the state of the EV transition, the state of the technology and consumer habits, and the impact of lots of EVs on the grid. Optimize your solar power plant.

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ThinkGeoEnergy

MAY 2, 2024

The project is co-financed by Japan Bank for International Cooperation (JBIC), ING Bank N.V. Eavor-Loop has started developing a second project in Germany to supply 15-20% of the demand for district heating in Hanover in the German state of Lower Saxony. The EIB loan comes with a guarantee by the European InvestEU programme.

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GreenTechMedia

DECEMBER 15, 2020

And unlike their large investor-owned utility counterparts, co-ops, which deliver about 12 percent of all U.S. But the tethers binding co-ops to coal are not confined to the region, and Guzman has plans for national expansion, Riley told Greentech Media. ” Guzman has so far concentrated its work in the West.

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Solar Industry

MARCH 18, 2024

Sunrise Mountain Partners has expanded its strategic co-development partnership with CleanCapital, accelerating the parties’ investment into development of community-based solar farms. The joint effort has so far resulted in 35 projects across three states.

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Renewable Energy World

JULY 21, 2021

Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2GW solar portfolio, including 450MW solar-plus-storage projects, from Dakota Renewable Energy. The portfolio comprises 24 projects in the development stage, will be located in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and Western United States and are planned for commercial operation beginning in 2023.

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Solar Power World

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

By Mike Feazel, Co-Founder and CEO at Roof Maxx Many solar companies face the challenge of homeowner reluctance to install solar panels over an older roof that may fail a few short years after installation, and the cost of a new roof gets in the way of a solar investment.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 17, 2021

CS Energy is expanding its footprint in the Southeast with three new solar + storage projects under construction in Florida. The third project is a 1 MW solar carport paired with 23 MWh of energy storage at a school. The solar and storage projects in Florida will be completed in advance of hurricane season, the company said.

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Charged

FEBRUARY 14, 2024

Power electronics startup Amperesand has developed silicon-carbide solid-state transformer technology that it says can make transformers more capable and more compact. A solid-state transformer features “an active front end” that can smooth out voltage and power levels, helping renewable generators and EVSE function more efficiently.

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Greentown Labs

JULY 10, 2023

Imagine putting solar panels on top of an EV to extend its range, or rolling out modules to provide power following a natural disaster. Or picture putting solar atop every warehouse and distribution center in the United States, which would reportedly generate enough energy to power all homes in each state’s largest city.

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Renewable Energy World

AUGUST 16, 2021

EIA expects most of the new storage capacity to come from systems co-located or connected to solar projects. battery storage that is co-located with generation is expected to increase from 30% to 60%. battery storage that is co-located with generation is expected to increase from 30% to 60%. Growth in U.S.

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Solar Power World

MARCH 31, 2020

By Jason Steinberg, COO and co-founder, Scanifly Over the past few weeks, we at Scanifly have spoken to customers around the world to check on how they’re responding to COVID-19. Specific to the United States, sales have slowed, especially in the residential market.

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Envirotec Magazine

AUGUST 14, 2023

” “It offers detailed advice on everything from sourcing products from green suppliers and reducing emissions from freight and logistics to the most cost-effective ways of installing solar panels and electric vehicle (EV) charging points.”

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