First Solar has inaugurated its new $1.1 billion, vertically integrated thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Ala. The facility, which the company says adds 3.5 GW of nameplate solar manufacturing capacity in the U.S., is expected to create 800 manufacturing jobs in the state. The company is also constructing a similar facility in Louisiana, which […]
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Through Sustainability Roundtable’s Net Zero Consortium for Buyers (NZCB), Akamai Technologies, Teradyne and Wayfair have signed an aggregated virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with BayWa r.e. Americas. This agreement covers the renewable energy credits produced by the 135 MW Prairie Solar project in Champaign County, Ill., which is being developed by the BayWa r.e. Americas […]
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Emeren Group has connected a 4.5 MW solar power plant at Luxshare iTech, located in Zhejiang Province, China, to the grid. Luxshare is a facility of Luxshare Precision Industry, also known as Luxshare-ICT, the first iPhone manufacturing partner in mainland China. The solar plant, developed and financed by Emeren, features a 4 MW rooftop distributed […]
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QE Solar has acquired S3 Power, a Massachusetts-based provider of commissioning, testing, specialized construction and maintenance services for medium-voltage power systems and substations, as well as support capabilities for high-voltage systems. “S3 Power is proud to join the QE Solar team and believes the combined service offering provides a strong synergy supporting existing and new […]
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Renewable Land has acquired a 435-acre property in Putnam County, Ohio, leased to the Blue Harvest Solar Park. The property hosts a 50 MW solar power plant operated by EDP Renewables, which supplies energy to Amazon. “We are excited to play a vital role in another premier renewable energy project, reinforcing our position as of […]
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DTE Energy has broken ground on three solar parks in the last four months, with the Fish Creek and Mission Road solar parks, located in mid-Michigan, and the Little Trout Solar Park, located in northern Michigan, funded by customers enrolled in the company’s CleanVision MIGreenPower program. Three other solar parks funded through MIGreenPower are currently […]
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Dairyland has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) award under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program for two solar and energy storage projects in western Wisconsin. One of the 2 MW solar and battery storage sites is served by Jackson Electric Cooperative near the Ho-Chunk Nation area in Black River Falls. The other […]
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First Solar has inaugurated its new $1.1 billion, vertically integrated thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Ala. The facility, which the company says adds 3.5 GW of nameplate solar manufacturing capacity in the U.S., is expected to create 800 manufacturing jobs in the state. The company is also constructing a similar facility in Louisiana, […]
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CS Energy and Luminace have completed two 5 MW landfill community solar projects located in Berkeley, N.J. These co-located projects are among the first ever projects to simultaneously close a landfill and build a solar system atop the landfill, says the collaboration. In 2020, CS Energy and Berkeley Township entered a public-private partnership to close […]
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The New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES) has issued final siting permits for the Rich Road Solar Energy Center and Prattsburgh Wind projects, located in St. Lawrence County and Steuben County, respectively. The solar project is slated to generate 240 MW, which will be supplemented with an additional 20 […]
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Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has announced two renewable projects in Washington state. The first is the development of the utility-scale Appaloosa Solar Project that PSE will own and operate. The second is a PPA signed with BrightNight for a battery energy storage system (BESS) known as the Greenwater project. Together, the projects are expected to […]
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Catalyze has launched a 4.8 MW community solar project in Frankfort, N.Y. The company leveraged New York’s Inclusive Community Solar Adder, which aims to increase access to community solar in disadvantaged communities, to complete the installation. The site was developed on a designated brownfield, owned by Human Technologies. The company recently converted a former landfill […]
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