The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a draft industry standard, with the aim of enhancing transparency of the solar and storage supply chain and helping companies comply with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) traceability requirements. The Standard 101 provides a rubric that manufacturers and importers can follow to trace product origins from […]
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Minnesota Power plans to build two solar projects in northern Minnesota as part of its transition toward prioritizing regional renewable energy investments. The Regal Solar project near Royalton and the Boswell Solar project in Cohasset were chosen in an open process from competitive bids in the company’s solar request for proposals last year. The process […]
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FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun construction on their third utility-scale solar site, in West Virginia. The 5.75 MW Marlowe solar project is located on a 36-acre property in Berkeley County that was previously an ash disposal site. In 2022, FirstEnergy completed the closure of the landfill, paving the way for its […]
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Valley Children’s Healthcare has broken ground on a microgrid project that is set to include solar panels, fuel cells and battery storage. The hospital says it will be one of the largest renewable energy microgrids connected to a hospital emergency system in the country. “Today marks a momentous milestone for Valley Children’s, and this initiative […]
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New Terminal One consortium that was selected to design, build and operate the new terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport have begun construction on a 13,000-panel solar array on the terminal’s roof. The array will be the largest in New York City and […]
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SolarBank has announced that it intends to develop a 7 MW ground-mounted solar power project known as the Hwy 28 project on a 45-acre site located in Middletown, N.Y. The company has secured a lease over the project site and received interconnection approval. The project, expected to be eligible for incentives under the New York […]
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IHI Power Services (IPSC) has been selected by Doral Renewables to provide asset management services for three utility-scale solar projects based in Starke County, Ind.: Mammoth South Solar, Mammoth Central I Solar and Mammoth Central II Solar. The award comes after Doral’s initial selection of IPSC to provide asset management services for the Great Bend […]
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Entergy Arkansas’ 100 MW Walnut Bend Solar Energy Center, located in Lee County, Ark., is now online. The company acquired Walnut Bend from Invenergy, which led the development, engineering and construction of the facility. “Walnut Bend will be a valuable addition to our generation fleet, which, in turn, complements our diverse mix of generation sources […]
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Alternus Clean Energy has terminated its Membership Interest Purchase and Sales Agreement (MIPSA) with C2 Taiyo Fund I to acquire 80MW in solar installations across eight U.S. states. The company says the agreement, originally announced in May, was terminated due to the seller’s failure to meet the required closing conditions and fundamental changes in the […]
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rPlus Energies has broken ground on the Green River Energy Center, a 400 MW solar PV and 400 MW battery storage project in Eastern Utah. The project is expected to supply power to PacifiCorp under a PPA. Sundt Construction is the EPC contractor for the project, with EliTe Solar supplying the solar modules and Tesla […]
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Google has signed a corporate PPA with Elawan Energy for the power produced by Elawen’s 37 MW solar project in Hill County, Texas. This agreement was facilitated through LevelTen Energy’s Accelerated Process (LEAP), co-developed by Google and LevelTen Energy with the aim of making sourcing and executing clean energy PPAs more efficient. The solar project […]
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Consumers Energy plans to break ground next spring on Blackman Solar, a 2.5 MW community solar array in Jackson County, Mich., that is slated to provide energy to customers through its Solar Gardens program. The company has received approval from Blackman Township for the project, which comprises 5,000 panels and is scheduled to start generating […]
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