Aspen Power Partners LLC, a distributed generation platform, has received a $350 million investment from funds managed by global investment firm Carlyle. The investment supports Aspen’s growth strategy targeting the community, multifamily, and commercial and industrial (C&I) solar and storage markets. To launch this strategy, Aspen has acquired Safari Energy LLC from PPL Corp. Founded […]

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First Citizens Bank division CIT’s Power and Energy business is serving as coordinating lead arranger of construction financing for a major new solar energy project in Texas. Avantus (formerly 8minute) is the developer of the 147 MW DC solar power facility now under construction in Concho County, Texas. The project, known as Galloway 2, is […]

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Mobility supplier DENSO and Silicon Ranch have broken ground on a new solar facility at DENSO’s Maryville, Tenn., location, along with the City of Maryville’s Electric Department and Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA). The new solar farm is the first of four solar production facilities the group plans to bring online in Tennessee. When the solar […]

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Construction costs for solar photovoltaic systems continued to decrease in the United States in 2020; the capacity-weighted average fell 8% compared with 2019, according to the latest data in U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) Annual Electric Generator Report on newly constructed utility-scale electric generators. By contrast, average construction costs for both wind turbines and natural […]

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While the clean energy industry celebrated the August passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), the largest clean energy investment in U.S. history, policy challenges continued to limit clean power growth in the third quarter, according to a new report released by the American Clean Power Association (ACP). From July to September 2022, 3.4 GW […]

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LONGi has introduced the Hi-MO 6, its first module designed exclusively for the global distributed consumer market. Using LONGi’s high-efficiency HPBC cell technology, Hi-MO 6 achieves a maximum efficiency of 22.8% in mass production. HPBC (hybrid passivated back contact) is a new generation of high-efficiency solar cell technology that’s unique in its front-side busbar-free design. […]

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SunPower Corp., the University of California – Irvine (UCI), Schneider Electric and Southern California Edison (SCE) are collaborating with KB Home as the strategy, research, technology and energy providers for the homebuilder’s newly launched Energy-Smart Connected Communities in Menifee, Calif. More than 200 all-electric homes will be solar-powered, equipped with individual battery storage and connected […]

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The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) has launched the CanREA Electricity Transition Hub, supported by nearly $1.6 million in funding. The hub is a knowledge-transfer tool helping electricity utilities and system operators accelerate their decarbonization efforts. The hub will equip participants to integrate the larger amounts of wind energy, solar energy and energy storage needed […]

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Google says it is purchasing approximately 75% of the renewable energy produced by four of SB Energy Global LLC’s solar projects under development: the Orion 1-3 and Eiffel solar developments. The projects, totaling 1.2 GW of capacity, are expected to be operational by mid-2024. “SB Energy is thrilled to join forces with Google to provide […]

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The City of Bakersfield, Calif., in partnership with ForeFront Power, a developer and asset manager of commercial and industrial-scale solar energy and storage projects, has finished Phase 1 of a planned city-wide solar electricity generating project. Phase 1 is a 2 MW DC solar energy portfolio located at five sites. With an annual electrical output […]

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Erthos Inc., an energy technology company focused on utility-scale solar and creator of Earth Mount Solar PV, says it has 14 MW of projects under contract and a memorandum of understanding (MOU) for a single 107 MW DC project. These commitments span agreements with five utility-scale solar developers and signal the next phase to deploy […]

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Sunrun was exclusively selected by Puerto Rico’s electric utility provider to help rebuild and transform the island’s energy system through the development of a 17 MW virtual power plant (VPP), the first distributed large-scale storage program on the island. The VPP will help lower energy costs for all consumers, reduce pollution island-wide and help harden […]

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