SunPower says it has raised $175 million in capital financing through a second lien term loan from Sol Holding, the company’s majority shareholder and indirect subsidiary of TotalEnergies and Global Infrastructure Partners. The term loan includes $45 million previously funded to the company in December and January, $80 million in new investment and a $50 […]
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Soltec will supply 164 MW of its flagship SF7 solar tracker for a project by Blue Ridge Power located in Virginia. The tracker has a 2-in-portrait configuration, which the company says results in faster installation and a reduction in structural costs of the project. “It is a pleasure for us to continue contributing to the […]
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National Grid has submitted its Electric Sector Modernization, or Future Grid, Plan to the Massachusetts Department of Public Utilities (DPU) outlining investments needed in the local electric distribution system over the next decade to meet the state’s climate change, clean energy and equity goals. The company submitted an initial draft of this Future Grid Plan […]
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Kit Carson Electric Cooperative (KCEC) and Guzman Energy have executed a PPA for Amalia II, a 10.98 MW solar array with 8.75 MW of battery storage set to be constructed in Amalia, N.M. The project is targeted for completion next year. The first phase, Amalia I, began commercial operations in May 2012 and generates 1.25 […]
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Amphenol Industrial Sustainable Technologies has again partnered with Melni Technologies, this time to expand its RadCrimp series of solar splice connectors, now including those with current ratings of 50 A for 8 AWG and 65 A for 6 AWG cable. The series was developed to improve crimp reliability in the field, says the company, while […]
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Maxeon Solar Technologies has announced completion of an installation featuring its new Maxeon 7 IBC solar panels, which the company claims has the world’s highest commercial panel conversion rate efficiency at 24.1%. This is the first project powered by these panels, which was carried out by Maxeon’s partner Lidera Energía in Granada, Spain, where the […]
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SolarEdge says its new 330 kW inverter system for community and ground-mounted solar has received UL1741-SB certification and is deployed with its first U.S. customer. This first commissioned system is a 1 MW ground-mounted system recently installed in northern California on a Karuk Tribe-owned site by Arizona-based EPC company SunRenu. Designed to manage and distribute […]
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Maxeon Solar Technologies has announced completion of an installation featuring its new Maxeon 7 IBC solar panels, which the company claims has the world’s highest commercial panel conversion rate efficiency at 24.1%. This is the first project powered by these panels, which was carried out by Maxeon’s partner Lidera Energía in Granada, Spain, where the […]
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Comstock’s Metals Corporation has received conditional approval from the Nevada Division of Environmental Protection – Bureau of Sustainable Materials Management (NDEP-BSMM) for the processing of waste solar panels in its new materials recovery facility located in Silver Springs. The company now has the required permits to complete the installation of process equipment, and to test, […]
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Greenbacker Capital Management‘s 240 MW utility-scale Appaloosa Solar 1 project has entered commercial operation in Iron County, Utah. With more than twice the power generation capacity of its sister project, Greenbacker’s Graphite Solar in Carbon County, Utah, Appaloosa is now the company’s largest operational clean energy asset to date. “Bringing Appaloosa online is a milestone both […]
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SolarEdge has announced that its new 330 kW Inverter system for community and ground mount solar has received UL1741-SB certification and is deployed with its first U.S. customer. This first commissioned system is a 1 MW ground mount recently installed in Northern California, on a Karuk Tribe-owned site, by Arizona-based EPC company SunRenu. Designed to […]
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National Grid Renewables has begun major construction on two southern Minnesota solar projects, both within the Midcontinent Independent System Operator market. “As a company that was founded and still headquartered in Minnesota, it’s both exciting and rewarding to see this growth in renewable energy happening right in our own backyard,” says National Grid Renewables’ Joe […]
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