Phase One of the Solar Array next to Kansas City International Airport (KCI) in Missouri has moved closer to becoming a reality. Kansas City Mayor Quinton Lucas and City Manager Brian Platt recently announced the Solar Array Selection Committee recommended the city enter negotiations with the 816 Consortium for Phase One of the project. The […]
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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company LLC, a climate-focused investment manager and independent power producer, has closed on a new warehouse financing facility in an initial aggregate principal amount of $75 million, with the potential to increase up to $250 million. Greenbacker will use the proceeds to support the construction and operation of its renewable power generation […]
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Leeward Renewable Energy LLC (LRE) has completed construction of its 100-MW Oak Trail Solar project near Moyock, N.C., and the facility has reached commercial operation. Verizon Communications has supported the development of Oak Trail Solar through a long-term virtual power purchase agreement. LRE hosted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event, in partnership with the American Clean Power […]
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Commercial operation has begun at the new 75 MW Electrify America Solar Glow 1 solar photovoltaic renewable energy generation project in San Bernardino County, Calif. The project is the result of a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with developer Terra-Gen. The project’s parent company, Electrify America, is the largest open network of DC fast chargers […]
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Origis Energy, a renewable energy platform headquartered in Miami, has closed on a $750 million construction warehouse credit facility. The facility will fund large-scale solar and energy storage project construction totaling approximately 2 gigawatts (GW) across 15 states over the next three years. Construction of solar, storage and co-located solar plus storage projects have expected […]
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Recurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. focusing on global project development and power services, has secured a 20-year tolling agreement with Arizona Public Service (APS) for Papago Storage, a 1,200 MWh energy storage project under development in Maricopa County, Ariz. Construction of Papago Storage is expected to begin in the third […]
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Arcadis, a global design and consultancy organization, will be providing full architectural and engineering design services to solar manufacturer CubicPV for its 10 GW silicon wafer manufacturing facility in the United States. In addition to providing multi-disciplinary engineering, architecture, advanced industrial process design and project management services for the solar manufacturing facility, Arcadis will also […]
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UbiQD Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, has entered into a joint development agreement with First Solar Inc. to further collaborate on developing the potential to incorporate fluorescent quantum dot technology in advanced solar modules. The two companies have been conducting exploratory work since early 2022, and the initial results have supported this more formalized […]
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During a trip to Milwaukee this week, President Joe Biden stopped at the Ingeteam plant, where he took a tour and spoke briefly. Spain-based Ingeteam, an international company specializing in energy conversion, conducts business in 21 countries. On hand to welcome Biden were Mark Obradovich – Ingeteam’s director in the U.S. – and other company […]
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ENGIE North America is collaborating with Microsoft on the development of two community solar projects in Illinois that will serve historically excluded communities and significantly reduce their electricity costs. ENGIE will develop, construct and operate two new community solar gardens, one in Lena, west of Rockford, and a second in downstate Illinois. Together, the projects […]
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Arizona-based First Solar Inc. has released its 2023 Sustainability Report and established a new industry first benchmark for transparency by publicly disclosing details of onsite third-party social audits conducted across its global manufacturing footprint. First Solar is also believed to be the first among the world’s largest solar manufacturers to have conducted third-party social audits […]
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EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA), a renewable energy developer and operator, has debuted its first technician training Facility in Bloomington, Ill., to educate the next generation of clean energy workers who will keep its more than 470 operational utility-scale and distributed generation projects running safely and efficiently while supporting local jobs and investment in […]
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