The City of San Diego via Gridscape Solutions has awarded Industria Power a construction contract for eight microgrids, saving an estimated $6 million over 25 years in avoided energy costs. Construction is moving out of engineering into mobilization and is set to conclude in December 2022. Industria Power is the general contractor for this multifaceted […]

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GE and its regional solution partner, Inogen, have selected by Sertavul to build one of the first hybrid wind and solar projects in Turkey. The plant comprises a 32 MW wind farm commissioned in 2020 that will be integrated with a 30 MW solar plant. Adding solar to the wind farm will enable an overall […]

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RWE Renewables has started operations for the Hickory Park Solar project, a 195.5 MW AC facility coupled with a 40 MW 2-hour battery storage system, located in Mitchell County, Ga. RWE is operator and manager of the solar facility, selling the energy and renewable attributes from the facility to Georgia Power through its Renewable Energy […]

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Generate Capital, a sustainable infrastructure investment and operating platform, has made a strategic growth investment in Pine Gate Renewables, a renewable energy developer for utility-scale solar and storage. The investment includes a $200 million equity investment and an additional $300 million commitment to a long-term asset partnership for solar project financing. The investment will provide […]

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The City of Norfolk and Nebraska Public Power District (NPPD) are celebrating the end of the construction phase for the largest solar farm in the state, which is paired with the NPPD’s first large-scale battery storage system. The 8.5 MW solar + battery storage system was developed and is operated by solar energy developer Sol […]

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Agilitas Energy has reached milestones for two Solar Massachusetts Renewable Target (SMART) projects in its pipeline. The company has completed the construction of its largest utility-scale, coupled solar PV and battery energy storage system in Auburn, Mass. Now in commercial operation, the project consists of a 7.3 MW DC solar array and a 3.6 MW/9.5 […]

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First Solar Inc. has signed a framework agreement with National Grid Renewables for 2 GW DC of thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. Scheduled for delivery in 2024 and 2025 throughout the United States, the contracted modules are part of First Solar’s advanced cadmium telluride (CadTel) thin-film module platform. Over the past decade, National Grid Renewables […]

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Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) has started construction on the 100 MW DC / 80 MW AC CPV Stagecoach Solar facility, located near Andersonville, Ga. Constructed by Vanguard Energy Partners, it is expected to be fully operational in early 2024. CPV Stagecoach Solar is CPV’s second solar project in Macon County, Ga. About 600 acres of […]

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The U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has named Jennifer Logan as CFO. She joins NREL from the Thomas Jefferson National Accelerator Facility (Jefferson Lab) in Newport News, Va., where she has served as CFO and business/finance director. “Jennifer brings extensive experience to the laboratory from her career in the national […]

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Legends Solar has debuted Legends Rooftop, an “’on-demand” solar investing platform that allows investors to directly purchase panels operating on commercial solar farms. With Legends Solar’s finance partner, SDC Energy, investors earn cash when their panels generate and sell electricity. “Locked out of the housing market and unable to install rooftop panels on their homes, […]

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SinglePoint Inc.’s The Boston Solar Co. LLC subsidiary has acquired Ecodaptive Inc. Ecodaptive, a clean energy company providing financial structuring solutions to expand the adoption of clean energy projects, will support Boston Solar’s growing commercial division. Ecodaptive is currently focused on developing the SunRAYS Energy Program in Massachusetts, which enables traditionally underserved customer segments to […]

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CS Energy has been awarded three utility-scale solar projects from the New York State Energy Research and Development Agency (NYSERDA) under its fifth annual Renewable Energy Standard request for proposals. As proposed, and once operational, these projects would deliver 270 MW AC / 365 MW DC of new renewable energy generation capacity to the state. […]

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