Solar power has continued to grow in North Carolina in 2020, with more Duke Energy customers using solar power than ever before. Driven by the company’s five-year, $62 million solar rebate program, which helps pay for the significant upfront costs of solar systems, about 5,500 Duke Energy customers installed private solar systems at their homes […]
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Dominion Energy Virginia has issued a request for proposal (RFP) soliciting bids for RECs from solar, wind or anaerobic digestion resources for compliance with the RPS. Eligible facilities must be located in Virginia, must be no larger than 1 MW in size and not have more than 3 MW at any single location or at […]
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FirstEnergy Corp., an Ohio-based electric utility, says it is issuing a request for proposal (RFP) to purchase 137,000 solar photovoltaic (PV) alternative energy credits (SPAECs) annually over a two-year period on behalf of three FirstEnergy Pennsylvania utilities – Pennsylvania Power Co. (Penn Power), Pennsylvania Electric Co.(Penelec) and Metropolitan Edison Co. (Met-Ed). The RFP process will […]
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Con Edison, a subsidiary of Consolidated Edison Inc., one of the nation’s largest investor-owned energy companies, says it is offering, free of charge, a device that can save upwards of $1,000 for a residential customer installing a new solar array. The Smart ConnectDER, built by ConnectDER, Con Edison’s partner on the project, allows the customer […]
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EDF Renewables North America, a company that specializes in renewable energy production, has achieved commercial operation of its Maverick 1 (173.4 MW DC) and Maverick 4 (135.9 MW DC) solar projects. Maverick 1 provides 125 MW AC of electricity to Southern California Edison under a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA), while Maverick 4 supplies 100 […]
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The world has committed a record $501.3 billion to decarbonization in 2020, beating the previous year by 9% despite the economic disruption caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to recent energy transition investment analysis compiled by BloombergNEF (BNEF), Bloomberg’s primary research service that covers clean energy and advanced transport. BNEF’s analysis shows that companies, governments […]
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Infrastructure and Energy Alternatives Inc. (IEA), an infrastructure construction company with renewable energy and specialty civil expertise, has been awarded a 100 MW AC solar contract to construct the Lumpkin Solar Farm in Stewart County, Ga. Silicon Ranch Corp., a Nashville-based independent solar power producer, awarded the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to IEA […]
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The Tribal Government Challenge Planning Grant Program has awarded nearly $2 million to projects that identify solutions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, improve clean energy access and advance climate resiliency on Tribal lands and in tribal communities. Funded by the California Energy Commission (CEC) and administered in partnership with the California Strategic Growth Council (SGC), […]
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SunBrush mobil, a Germany-based provider of PV cleaning systems, has opened a branch office, SunBrush USA, in Henderson, Nev. The joint venture of SunBrush mobil and Halse Solar Ltd., SunBrush’s importer for the U.K. and Irish markets, will sell and maintain the PV cleaning systems and deliver spare parts to PV power plant operators, O&M […]
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Pine Gate Renewables, a fully-integrated utility-scale solar development company, has closed financing on a new 12-project fund of solar and solar+storage sites in North Carolina. The projects in the fund will sell power under long-term contracts to Duke Energy Progress, Duke Energy Carolinas and Halifax EMC. Crestmark, a division of MetaBank, provided the construction and […]
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Duke Energy and Firestone Walker Brewing Co. have completed one of the largest on-site solar arrays in the craft beer industry – a 2.1 MW solar array and 281 kW solar carport on approximately 10 acres in Paso Robles, Calif. “REC Solar and Duke Energy Renewables have been solid partners throughout this process,” says David […]
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Energy Materials Corp. (EMC), a company that specializes in the development of high-speed roll-to-roll manufacturing of solar energy panels, has developed an enabling process to print transparent conductors as part of the scale-up of its inline manufacturing process. EMC says roll-to-roll printing of metal conductors on Corning Willow Glass (flexible glass) at 60 meters per […]
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