Generac Holdings Inc. has acquired Chilicon Power LLC, a designer and provider of grid-interactive microinverter and monitoring solutions for the solar market. Generac says this acquisition “dramatically increases the company’s total addressable market opportunity.” “The extensive experience and technological expertise of the Chilicon team will further fuel the continued growth and development of Generac’s expanding […]

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Investment firm EQT is acquiring Cypress Creek Renewables from HPS Investment Partners LLC and Temasek, enhancing its presence in the renewable energy field. Cypress Creek develops, owns and operates solar and storage energy projects throughout the U.S. The company currently operates across 25 states, with 1.6 GW in operating assets. EQT says it will leverage […]

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Q CELLS has signed a memorandum of understanding with Samsung Electronics to strengthen both companies’ strategic cooperation and create synergy in the global residential energy market. At the crux of the agreement is supporting the growth of zero energy homes by connecting the devices and software platforms of both companies to provide comprehensive energy services. […]

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Trina Solar says its proprietary Vertex p-type monocrystalline silicon module, comprising 66 210 mm x 210 mm PERC cells, has achieved a record aperture module efficiency of 23.03% for larger-area industrial silicon p-type modules. This result has been independently confirmed by third-party certification laboratories by both TÜV Rheinland and TÜV Nord. The researchers in the […]

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Black Hills Corp. says its South Dakota Electric and Wyoming Electric utilities have filed a 2021 Integrated Resource Plan for their two electric systems, including a proposal for the addition of 100 MW of renewable generation. The IRP, the result of a comprehensive data analysis and stakeholder input process, outlines a range of options for […]

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EnergyLink has broken ground on a 6.8 MW solar project for Buncombe County and the City of Asheville, N.C., with 46 of their public institutions’ buildings being retrofitted with solar. “[Our] team will be ramping up over the next few weeks to deliver consistently high-quality product over a long, two-year project,” says Andrew Halpern, EnergyLink’s […]

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Solar PV solutions company Soltec has launched SFOne, a new solar tracker with a double row 1P configuration, consolidating its portfolio of flexible and versatile products. The company has high expectations for this new product as a comprehensive response to the demands of its clients, adaptable to all types of projects in the global market. […]

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LS Power affiliate Quattro Solar LLC has acquired 25 solar power facilities totaling 467.8 MW DC from Public Service Enterprise Group Inc. (PSEG). The portfolio spans 14 states and five regional transmission organizations, benefiting from power off-take agreements with a variety of utilities, electric cooperatives and other large energy suppliers: 12 facilities in PJM (198.7 […]

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Owner-operator Nautilus Solar Energy LLC has acquired 21 fully operational solar projects in New York and Maryland totaling almost 60 MW DC of capacity – one of the largest acquisitions of an operating community solar portfolio to date, the company says. The 16 projects in New York and five in Maryland currently provide community solar […]

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MGM Resorts International has activated a 100 MW solar array in the desert north of Las Vegas, featuring 323,000 panels arranged across 640 acres. The company is the sole user of the renewable electricity generated, producing up to 90% of MGM Resorts’ Las Vegas daytime power needs, spanning 65 million square feet of buildings across […]

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Energy solutions company Fronius is installing the first H2 customer system in Austria, based on its Solhub technology. Solhub is a system solution for the local production, storage and use of green hydrogen. The customer is the SAN Group, which in the future will produce up to 100 kg of green hydrogen per day at […]

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Southwestern Electric Power Co. (SWEPCO), a subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP), has issued three requests for proposals for renewable and short-term generating capacity. The RFPs solicit bids for the purchase of solar resources up to 300 MW, wind resources of up to 3 GW,  and short-term accredited deliverable capacity up to 250 MW. Wind […]

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