The Town of Killingly, Conn. partnered with Greenskies Clean Focus, a developer and builder of renewable energy solutions, to install an additional 1 MW solar at Killingly High School. Over the last four years, Greenskies has installed over 2 MW of solar across eight solar arrays at five facilities around town, ranging from the smallest, […]
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The U.S. Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) have released proposed rules and FAQs on key provisions in the Inflation Reduction Act to ensure clean energy jobs are good-paying jobs and that the country is preparing a diverse pipeline of workers to maximize the opportunities created by the Inflation Reduction Act’s investments. The […]
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Colorado-based Peregrine Energy Solutions LLC, an integrated multi-technology clean energy platform with a focus on utility-scale energy storage, has signed an agreement with funds managed by global alternative investment manager AB CarVal to raise over $700 million of credit, equity and debt to finance Peregrine’s pipeline of over 7 GW of projects, including standalone battery, […]
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To help meet the Biden-Harris administration’s climate and clean energy goals, the Energy Department (DOE) will disburse up to $300 million in grants for states, tribes and local governments to accelerate and strengthen electric transmission siting and permitting processes. Supported by the Inflation Reduction Act and administered by DOE’s Grid Deployment Office, the Transmission Siting […]
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SunVest Solar LLC, an independent, vertically integrated renewable energy business headquartered in Chicago and Milwaukee, has closed on a $60 million construction loan facility. The construction loan facility will support the ongoing construction of up to 50 MW DC of community solar assets across Illinois, Maine and Minnesota through the remainder of 2023 and into […]
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Alongside project partners Connexus Energy and U.S. Solar, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Great Plains Institute (GPI) and Big River Farms are collaborating on Solar Farmland Access for Emerging Farmers demonstration projects. This pilot project is researching how solar energy development can be increased while also preserving agricultural land. Funded by the Mortenson Family […]
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SunVest Solar LLC, an independent, vertically integrated renewable energy business headquartered in Chicago and Milwaukee, has closed on a $60 million construction loan facility. The construction loan facility will support the ongoing construction of up to 50 MW DC of community solar assets across Illinois, Maine and Minnesota through the remainder of 2023 and into […]
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As record high temperatures scorch the West and continue to strain the power grid, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is piloting the virtual power plant (VPP) concept to reduce energy demand and put electricity back on the grid during peak hours – all through leveraging the capabilities of customer-owned smart thermostats, rooftop solar, energy […]
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The EP Cube, a vertically developed residential storage system from Canadian Solar, has attained certification from LUMA, the private operator managing transmission and distribution requirements of the Puerto Rican electric grid. This recognition solidifies EP Cube’s role as a reliable contributor to the region’s energy sector. EP Cube, recently introduced in Puerto Rico, brings homeowners […]
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RWE continues to move full speed ahead on green electricity production in Western Germany’s Rhenish mining district. At the Hambach lignite opencast mine, construction has begun on a photovoltaics plant with integrated battery storage system. There RWE will install some 22,000 solar modules, enough to supply more than 3,100 households with electricity. RWE is planning […]
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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC (GREC), a climate-focused investment manager and independent power producer, has purchased, through a wholly owned subsidiary, three solar projects totaling 12 MW DC in southwestern Colorado from OneEnergy Renewables. With these projects, Greenbacker continues to scale its growing presence in the Colorado solar market. GREC currently owns several dozen solar […]
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Domain Capital Group LLC, a comprehensive private investment management services firm, and its subsidiary, Domain Timber Advisors LLC, have sold nearly 1,300 contiguous acres of timberland to a local utility in Richmond County, Va., for the development of solar energy generation capacity. The sale came from a portfolio of more than 23,000 acres of timberland […]
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