Merit Controls, a provider of grid integration products and services for utility-scale renewable energy power plants, has debuted its flagship PiQ41 grid integration product platform, designed to manage utility-scale inverter-based generation resources. PiQ41 (pronounced “peak – 41”) delivers industry-leading response time driven by four-quadrant, single-cycle phasor-based controls technology, the company says. Additionally, it offers an […]

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Exro Technologies Inc. has entered into a channel partnership agreement with Greentech Renewables Southwest, one of the largest solar equipment distributors in the U.S., to support the go-to-market strategy for its Cell Driver energy storage system. Exro says the primary objective for 2023 is to successfully introduce the Cell Driver product to Greentech’s network of […]

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Linton Crystal Technologies (LCT), headquartered in Rochester, N.Y., says it plans to produce semiconductor and solar manufacturing equipment in the U.S., breaking ground on a new facility in the second quarter. The company says efforts are under way to secure a site as soon as possible, with future plans for expansion to accommodate international orders […]

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Enel North America says it built 1.98 GW of utility-scale wind, solar and battery storage capacity across the U.S. and Canada in 2022, as well as added over 550 MW of new demand response capacity. The company also had an additional 119 MW of distributed energy storage deployed or under contract last year. Enel’s renewables […]

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Longroad Energy, a U.S.-based renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has announced the financial close and commencement of construction of Umbriel Solar, a 202 MW DC (150 MW AC) PV project located in Polk County, Texas. Development of Umbriel began in 2017, and the project is expected to reach commercial operations by the end of […]

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Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker has signed HB4412, which contains measures that protect Illinois-based clean energy projects from a growing number of local bans. The bill prevents counties from enacting preemptive local ordinances that outright ban local wind and solar projects, which effectively hinders the state’s new climate goals set forth in the Climate and Equitable […]

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Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) have launched an energy reliability program that will provide flexible grid support from residential solar and battery systems during periods of high energy demand. Through the Energy Efficiency Summer Reliability Program, Sunrun will enroll up to 7,500 new and existing residential home solar and battery systems in […]

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Day & Night Solar (DNS), a turnkey solar solutions provider located in Collinsville, Ill., recently worked with Young Electric and IBEW Local 6 to install a 145.6 kW solar canopy in San Francisco. The roof array – which is located at Young Electric’s San Francisco headquarters – is the first of its kind in the […]

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ComEd and Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) have opened the 2.5 MW Speedway Solar project, located 10 miles south of Joliet, Ill. The installation – the 75th community solar development in ComEd’s service territory – will provide more than 350 ComEd customers with access to solar energy and savings on their energy bills. “The completion of […]

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Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc. says it intends to power all of the company’s current U.S. sites with 100% renewable electricity by 2026, starting with a new 20-year virtual power purchasing agreement with EDF Renewables for the full output of the 200 MW Millers Branch Solar project. This Texas-based project complements Thermo Fisher’s previously announced agreement […]

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Emerson says it is combining its power-sector expertise and renewable energy capabilities into its Ovation Green portfolio to help power generation companies meet the needs of customers navigating the transition to green energy generation and storage. By uniting the recently acquired Mita-Teknik software and technology with its own Ovation automation platform, renewable energy knowledge base, […]

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DNV has acquired global solar irradiance data and forecasting provider Solcast, further expanding its offering to solar energy customers with digital and data-driven services that help maximize the value of solar power plants. Solcast, based in Sydney, Australia, with offices in Asia, Europe and the Americas, develops the data and tools needed to plan, construct, […]

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