Vesper Energy has announced the closing of financing for its 600 MW Hornet Solar project in Texas. The company secured a $590 million debt financing package for the single-phase solar project, consisting of a construction-to-term loan and letter of credit facility. The bank group includes MUFG Bank, Nord/LB and Santander Corporate & Investment Banking as […]

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Oxford PV says it has set a new world record for the most efficient solar panel, produced in collaboration with the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems.  The panel achieved a 25% conversion efficiency, an increase from the more typical 24% efficiency of commercial modules, the company added. Oxford PV, a spin-out of the University […]

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Energy Toolbase has announced a partnership with Station A to deploy clean energy solutions across their sites using the company’s ETB Developer platform.  The software platform is aimed at the commercial and industrial project developer community seeking to model financial returns of solar-plus-storage projects and generate analysis proposals. Station A enables companies to list energy […]

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Aggreko says its Energy Transition Solutions (ETS) division has acquired a 13 MW behind-the-meter solar power project site in Texas which the company will oversee construction of, own and operate.  The company says the system, once complete, will provide the customer with Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions reductions under a long-term fixed-price PPA. […]

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NexWafe has established a U.S. subsidiary to evaluate the development of solar wafer production, with an initial target volume of 6 GW, in the country.  The project will leverage the company’s EpiNex production technology. As part of the expansion, NexWafe appointed solar industry veteran Jonathan Pickering as vice president of business development for North America […]

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Facility Solutions Group (FSG) has acquired Greenleaf Energy Solutions with the aim of expanding the company’s North America reach.  Founded in 2001, Greenleaf established its foothold as a lighting company and subsequently evolved into the renewables sector. “It became clear very early on in our discussions that Kevin and the Greenleaf team shared much of […]

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Sol Systems has announced a clean energy project aimed at benefiting the village of Croton-on-Hudson and broader ConEdison downstate N.Y. communities for which Columbia University will act as anchor tenant.  The Croton-Harmon community solar carport and battery storage project, a 4 MW solar system paired with 3.75 MW of battery storage, is expected to come […]

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Sunrun and Pacific Gas and Electric Co. (PG&E) says during last summer and fall, their California customers provided a peak 32 MW from 8,500 solar-plus-storage residential systems to the state grid through a program sponsored by the two companies. The Energy Efficiency Summer Reliability Program achieved its 8,500 customer enrollment maximum and provided an average […]

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PVHardware (PVH) has launched an in-house pre-assembly process across production centers that the company says diminishes the number of components shipped to installation sites by 85%, as well as decreases installation time by 40%. The company has adjusted its product design based on consumer feedback, including adaptation of the conditions for safety and the conditions […]

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is holding an open-house meeting in Yuma, Ariz., on Feb. 15 to provide information on the Department of the Interior’s efforts to support the updated Western Solar Plan.  The public meeting will preview the BLM’s proposed revisions to the agency’s plan, which would streamline the BLM’s framework for siting […]

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Enphase Energy has begun shipping its new microinverters, the IQ8HC and IQ8X, designed to pair with modules up to 540 W DC, to the North American market.  IQ8HC microinverters can manage a continuous DC current of 14 A and are available throughout North America, says the company. It adds that the IQ8X microinverters support modules […]

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PVHardware (PVH) has launched an in-house pre-assembly process across production centers that the company says diminishes the number of components shipped to installation sites by 85%, as well as decreases installation time by 40%. The company has adjusted its product design based on consumer feedback, including adaptation of the conditions for safety and the conditions […]

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