Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) retail customers received completely greenhouse gas-free electricity in 2023, with 34% of total electricity delivered to retail customers coming from specified eligible-renewable resources such as solar. “We’re all in on creating a clean energy future,” says Patti Poppe, CEO of PG&E. “Providing retail customers with 100% greenhouse gas-free electricity […]
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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New York Power Authority (NYPA) began construction of what the state calls its largest onsite solar plus storage project to date: a solar carport canopy at John F. Kennedy International Airport. Once operational, the project is expected to help power the AirTrain and reduce […]
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Enphase Energy has formed a strategic partnership with Octopus Energy Group which expects to focus on deploying Enphase’s IQ8 Microinverters and IQ Battery 5P in the U.K. Octopus Energy’s U.K. retail customers can integrate Enphase’s home solar and BESS in their energy plans with the company also using Enphase’s Kraken management software platform. “Our innovative […]
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Monarch Private Capital and Elawan Energy announced the substantial completion of two utility-scale solar projects in Q4 of last year, located in Hill County and Bosque County, Texas. The Pitts Dudik project has a 60.2 MW capacity. The Dileo project has a 86.6 MW capacity. “We’re proud to have joined forces with Elawan Energy on […]
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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has selected 60 recipients to receive $7 billion in awards through the Solar for All grant competition aimed at delivering residential solar projects to 900,000 households across the country. Funded by the Inflation Reduction Act, which created EPA’s $27 billion Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund, the program hopes to develop […]
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Bernhard has signed a 30-year Energy-as-a-Service (EaaS) partnership with Hackensack Meridian Health, which the company says includes $134 million set aside for infrastructure improvements, as well as a promised reduction in carbon emissions. The healthcare provider operates 18 hospitals across eight counties, and is set to own what it calls the largest solar and BESS […]
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Entergy Texas has contracted its first solar resource, the 150 MW Umbriel Solar facility located in Polk County, Texas, selected through a renewables-focused RFP. “Generating electricity from renewable resources plays an important role in building a cleaner energy future, and Entergy Texas is seeking ways to diversify its generation portfolio and support the growing energy […]
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Enstall has joined the Agile Electrification Project, a partnership with the University of California-San Diego and industry players that aims to help protect solar jobs in the state through cost reduction methods and lowering barriers to powering homes with renewables. The project, which the company joined as a founding sponsor, is launching with research projects that […]
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Stuttgart-based Zentrum für Sonnenenergie- und Wasserstoff-Forschung Baden-Württemberg (ZSW) and First Solar have formed a strategic research partnership focused on advancing thin film PV. The partnership will focus both on performance and the potential to develop and optimize all-thin-film tandem technologies on a gigawatt scale. ZSW, a research institute with a focus on thin film PV, […]
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GRS, Gransolar Group’s solar EPC contractor, has announced commercial operation of the first stage of the 125 MW Amazon Solar Project Wandoan that it built with Vena Energy. The project is located 400 km northwest of Brisbane and is a part of a 1 GW multi-staged renewable energy development in the Western Downs local government […]
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Burns & McDonnell has been named EPC contractor for two Alliant Energy solar projects in Iowa: the 150 MW Wever project in Lee County and the 50 MW Creston project in Union County. The company is set to provide fully integrated services for the projects. “We are excited to build on the momentum of the […]
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The U.S. Bureau of Land Management (BLM) says the Sunlight Storage II BESS project is now fully operational, adding an additional 300 MW of energy storage to the Desert Sunlight Solar Farm in Riverside County, Calif., and bringing the project’s total energy storage capacity to 530 MW. “BLM-managed public lands play a critical role in […]
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