DSD Renewables (DSD) has secured a $40 million tax equity investment from U.S. Bank to support its 2022 and 2023 build plans. The financing will fund a 45 MW portfolio consisting of a mix of community solar, power purchase agreement and feed-in-tariff projects. About half of the projects are located in New York, with the […]
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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has formally accepted a report, entitled Grid Modernization Study: New Jersey Board of Public Utilities, which includes a full set of recommendations, and authorized the public release of the report. In recommending the board’s acceptance of the report, staff indicated that the report outlines a framework for […]
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Marine Corps Base (MCB) Camp Lejeune has awarded Duke Energy a $22 million utility energy service contract (UESC) for the design and construction of a microgrid at the military base. The microgrid solution includes upgraded electrical infrastructure; 5 MW of on-site natural gas-fired generation; a 5.4 MW battery energy storage system; integration of an existing […]
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Michigan energy provider Consumers Energy has selected ESS Inc., a manufacturer of long-duration iron flow batteries for commercial and utility-scale energy storage applications, to provide a battery system for a solar and storage microgrid. Consumers Energy will deploy ESS’s Energy Warehouse platform as part of a microgrid powering a gas compression facility in Michigan. The […]
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Pineapple Energy Inc., a provider of sustainable solar energy and back-up power to households and small businesses, has acquired SUNation Energy, a New York-based installer of solar and battery energy storage systems for residential and small commercial customers. Over the course of almost 8,000 projects since inception, SUNation has installed over 275,000 solar panels representing […]
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Every day, utilities across the country receive applications from customers requesting to connect their rooftop solar systems to the grid – up to hundreds per day and thousands per week. This high volume of interconnection requests shows no signs of slowing down as the price of photovoltaic (PV) systems decrease and states and local governments […]
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OYA Renewables and energy company Oil Well Shares (OWS) have formed Chrysalis Energy, a joint venture to develop and construct community and utility-scale solar, wind and energy storage infrastructure projects across the PJM region. The partnership allows for the development, construction and operation of over 3 GW of renewable energy assets across 1.5 million acres […]
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FTC Solar Inc. has developed a novel clamping solution that enables the rapid installation of First Solar Series 6 and Series 6 Plus modules. To support First Solar’s thin-film module technology, FTC developed a new product variant of its novel Voyager mounting solution. The variant uses FTC’s patented Slide and Glide methodology and First Solar’s […]
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Minnesota Power, a utility division of ALLETE Inc., is advancing its EnergyForward plan by significantly increasing the amount of renewable energy it provides over the next 15 years, based on an agreement reached with stakeholder groups. In a letter filed with the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission as part of the Integrated Resource Plan (IRP) proceedings, […]
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Westbridge Renewable Energy Corp.’s wholly owned subsidiary, Georgetown Solar Inc., has obtained power plant and battery energy storage system (BESS) approval and a substation permit and license from the Alberta Utilities Commission (AUC) for its flagship project, the Georgetown Solar + Energy Storage Project. The Georgetown Project marks the first of four Alberta projects of […]
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The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has filed responses to the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s request for public comments on the clean energy tax provisions of the landmark Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). As part of its ongoing efforts to support implementation of the IRA, SEIA is working with its members to provide industry insight […]
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Primergy Solar Management LLC, a developer, owner and operator of utility scale solar, distributed solar and energy storage, has submitted its initial permit application to La Plata County, Colo., for the proposed 155 MW AC Hesperus Solar Project. The proposed project is located eight miles from Durango and is expected to deliver enough zero-emission electricity […]
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