Impact Power Solutions (IPS Solar) has been acquired by New Energy Equity LLC; ALLETE Inc. is acquiring New Energy Equity – which includes IPS Solar – for $165.5 million. IPS Solar will retain its branding and corporate headquarters in Roseville, Minn. “The IPS team is excited to join New Energy Equity and the ALLETE family […]
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Primergy Solar LLC, a developer, owner and operator of utility and distributed scale solar and storage, has selected major equipment suppliers and construction partners for the $1.2 billion Gemini Project located near Las Vegas. After a comprehensive and detailed procurement process, Primergy selected Kiewit Power Constructors Co. as Gemini’s engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) partner […]
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ALLETE Inc. is expanding its interests in the solar energy sector with the acquisition of 100% of the membership interests of distributed solar developer New Energy Equity LLC for approximately $165.5 million, subject to a working capital adjustment. New Energy Equity, with headquarters in Annapolis, Md., is a distributed solar development company that has successfully […]
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Retailer Meijer has signed a renewable energy power purchase agreement (VPPA) with developer Duke Energy Sustainable Solutions, which states Meijer will purchase a portion of the energy generated by the project for the first 15 years of operation. The project broke ground in Navarro County, Texas, on 1,800 acres of land and is expected to […]
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North Macedonia’s first large-scale photovoltaic (PV) plant is under construction and about to be completed. The Oslomej solar project, financed by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD), is being built alongside a coal-fired power plant located in Kichevo and is equipped with eight Ingeteam solar inverters of 1,400 kW each. This PV plant […]
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MMEX Resources Corp., a development-stage company focusing on planned hydrogen and ultra-clean-fuel projects with carbon capture, has completed additional site acquisitions of 632 acres for its West Texas projects, bringing its total land ownership to 1,082 acres. “We announced on February 22, 2022, that, along with Polaris Engineering, we had completed significant milestones on the […]
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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) reports that the state’s solar market surpassed 150,000 installed systems in 2021. Despite ongoing challenges from the COVID-19 pandemic, over 13,800 solar installations commenced commercial operations in New Jersey in 2021, totaling more than 305 MW DC and contributing to a statewide cumulative capacity exceeding 3.8 GW, […]
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SB Energy Global LLC, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group Corp., has placed a multi-year order for 1.5 GW of First Solar’s advanced, ultra-low-carbon, thin-film photovoltaic (PV) solar modules. SB Energy will deploy these modules across its 4 GW solar and storage development pipeline in the U.S. This order follows SB Energy’s original procurement of 1.7 […]
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No U.S. cities have done anything like what Cohoes, N.Y., was proposing: a floating solar installation owned and operated by the municipality – but there was no reason it would not work. Two city employees of Cohoes, N.Y. were brainstorming how to power the city’s municipal buildings with renewable energy, but few options made sense. […]
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Peabody has launched R3 Renewables LLC, a renewable energy development company, in a joint venture with Riverstone Credit Partners and Summit Partners Credit Advisors. R3 Renewables will pursue the development of over 3.3 GW of solar PV and 1.6 GW of battery storage capacity over the next five years. Initially, R3 Renewables will be engaged […]
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Honeywell is supplying Hecate Energy with an energy storage system (ESS) for a solar park located on the Jicarilla Apache Nation in northern New Mexico. When completed in fall 2022, the 50 MW solar farm will be capable of supplying enough electricity to power up to 16,000 average New Mexican homes for a year. Honeywell […]
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The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) is releasing a new report to aid policymakers in siting community solar projects. The report starts with the concept that community solar systems should be designed so they result in ecosystem and agricultural benefits. Then, SEIA recommends policymakers deploy the existing well-established tools to avoid, minimize and/or mitigate any […]
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