Avangrid has received its final shipment of solar panels to the True North project site, a 238 MW solar farm under construction near Waco, Texas. “We are thrilled to have reached another major construction milestone at True North, which is set to become Avangrid’s largest solar facility and our first in Texas,” says Pedro Azagra, […]

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MCE and partner Renewable America (RNA) recently celebrated the 4.5-acre Fallon Two Rock solar farm, a 1 MW project located in Marin County.  To celebrate the milestone, MCE and RNA hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site in Petaluma on April 15. “We’re thrilled to celebrate Fallon’s commercial operation and toast the partnership with MCE […]

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Nova Clean Energy has acquired HyFuels, a 1 GW portfolio of mid-to-late-stage wind and solar development projects as well as an earlier stage green ammonia project located on the Texas Gulf Coast.  HyFuels, spread over approximately 25,000 acres, has its power supply split evenly between wind and solar. The first phase of the project is […]

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Sol Systems and SOLARCYCLE have formed a partnership with the aim of ensuring Sol Systems’ energy projects are sustainable throughout a solar panel’s lifecycle by addressing the challenge of recycling and reusing retired panels. SOLARCYCLE technology extracts materials such as silver, silicon, copper, aluminum and glass, allowing the company to divert materials from landfills and […]

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Origis Energy has closed on a $136 million construction financing facility and conversion to term loan with MUFG for its Rice Creek Solar project under construction in Putnam County, Fla. Rice Creek Solar, a 75 MW PV solar facility project the company says is nearing completion, is contracted by the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) […]

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Arevon Energy has signed a long-term tolling agreement with MCE for 188 MW of the Cormorant Energy Storage Project, a 250 MW stand-alone BESS set to be constructed in two phases in Daly City, Calif.  The first 188 MW phase is scheduled to begin construction at the start of next year and is anticipated to […]

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SolaREIT has closed $13 million in real estate financing for a portfolio of NineDot Energy’s New York City area-based BESS projects.  This is SolaREIT’s first standalone BESS deal since the company announced the expansion of its real estate financing solutions to storage developers.  “We are delighted to work with NineDot Energy to support the development […]

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GameChange Solar (GCS) has strategically partnered with Jiangsu Zhenjiang New Energy Equipment (JZNEE), with the aim of expanding local manufacturing capabilities for solar tracker components in the Middle East.  Under this partnership, JZNEE will establish a manufacturing facility in Dammam, KSA, to produce up to 3 GW, expandable to 5 GW, of solar tracker components […]

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Vast Renewables has executed engineering contracts with Afry, FYFE, Primero and Worley to complete Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) on its VS1 project, a 30 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant to be located in Port Augusta, South Australia.  Utilizing Vast’s modular tower CSP v3.0 technology, the company says VS1 is expected to generate power with […]

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Nelnet Renewable Energy has shifted in its solar EPC operations to focus exclusively on the commercial market.  “Nelnet is committed to being an industry leading commercial solar EPC contractor and consultant with resources, knowledge and people to deliver high quality projects and solutions for our customers,” says Jim Kruger, Nelnet chief financial officer. Nelnet Renewable […]

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The U.S. Department of Interior has permitted more than 25 GW of clean energy, including solar, wind and geothermal projects, surpassing this goal ahead of its timeline to do so by next year.  “Since Day One, the Biden-Harris administration has worked tirelessly to expand responsible clean energy development to address climate change, enhance America’s energy […]

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Bekaert has joined the Nautical SUNRISE project, aimed at advancing the mooring technology for offshore floating solar power generation and is set to support what the company calls the world’s largest offshore floating solar power installation.  The project aims to design and build a 5 MW offshore floating solar system using the modular solution of […]

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