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FTC Solar Makes 1-GW Tracker Deal to Supply Cat Creek Project

FTC Solar Inc., a provider of solar tracker systems, software and engineering services, and Cat Creek Energy LLC, a renewable energy independent power producer, made a multi-year, 1-GW tracker supply agreement to supply the PV solar portion of CCE’s multi-technology renewable energy and water storage project, which is under development in southwest Idaho. Beginning in […]

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Swift Current Secures $779 Million Financing for Double Black Diamond Solar

Swift Current Energy has closed project financing for its 800 MW DC / 593 MW AC Double Black Diamond Solar project. Once operational, Double Black Diamond is expected to be the second largest single-phase solar project in the United States and the largest solar project in MISO, producing enough energy yearly to power the equivalent […]

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Greenbacker, RBC Community Seal Tax Equity Solar PTC Deal

Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM), a renewable energy asset manager, through an affiliated investment vehicle, has completed a $148 million tax equity financing commitment with RBC Community Investments. The commitment – one of the very first tax equity deals to utilize the solar production tax credit (PTC) – is helping finance one of the largest solar […]

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GRNE Solar Becomes Nelnet Renewable Energy

GRNE Solar, a solar engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) firm, has transitioned to the Nelnet Renewable Energy brand. In 2022, the company was acquired by Nelnet Inc., a diversified financial services and technology concern. Since 2012, GRNE Solar has installed commercial and residential solar energy solutions and utility-scale solar systems across 13 states. While GRNE […]

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Greenbacker and RBC Community Make Tax Equity Solar PTC Deal

Greenbacker Capital Management (GCM), a renewable energy asset manager, through an affiliated investment vehicle, has completed a $148 million tax equity financing commitment with RBC Community Investments. The commitment – one of the very first tax equity deals to utilize the solar production tax credit (PTC) – is helping finance one of the largest solar […]

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First Solar Makes Major Investment in Cajun Country

First Solar Inc. has chosen the Acadiana Regional Airport in Iberia Parish, La., as the location for its previously announced fifth fully vertically integrated manufacturing facility in the United States. The facility, believed to be the single largest capital infusion in the area’s history, represents an investment of up to $1.1 billion in expanding America’s […]

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Xcel Energy Issues RFP for Wisconsin Solar Projects to Replace Coal

Xcel Energy is issuing one of northwest Wisconsin’s largest-ever calls for clean energy projects. The goal is to add significant carbon-free energy for the company’s Upper Midwest customers while replacing a coal-fired plant on the Minnesota-Wisconsin border. Developers are invited to submit proposals for approximately 650 MW of new solar-specific projects or ones that combine […]

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Canadian Solar Factory in Texas Gets Large Module Order

Canadian Solar Inc. and independent power producer and service provider EDF Renewables North America have signed a multi-year module supply agreement to deliver up to 7 GW of high-efficiency N-type TOPCon solar modules to be produced at Canadian Solar’s new factory in Mesquite, Texas. Under the agreement, Canadian Solar will be supplying its latest tunnel […]

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Standard Solar Acquires Maryland Community Project

Maryland-based Standard Solar, a developer, funder, owner and operator of commercial and community solar assets and a subsidiary of Brookfield Renewable Partners, has acquired a community solar project in Forestville, Md., from New Columbia Solar. Located at FCP’s Holly Spring Meadows apartment community, the 800 kW carport array and a 921 kW rooftop array project, […]

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California Electricity Provider MCE Brings More Solar Online

MCE, a not-for-profit renewable electricity provider in northern California, continues to expand its local renewable energy portfolio with two new solar projects in Contra Costa and Napa counties. The 1 MW Byron Hot Springs Solar project in unincorporated Contra Costa County has a 20-year term with Renewable Properties, a commercial solar energy developer. Located on […]

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Nucor and NextEra Energy PPA Bolsters Kentucky Solar Project

Nucor Corp., a North Carolina-based manufacturer of steel and steel products, has signed a power purchase agreement for 250 MW of renewable energy from Sebree Solar LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC. Sebree Solar is a two-phase solar project in Henderson County, Ky., which will have a capacity of up to 400 MW […]

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Electronics Manufacturing Line for U.S. Solar Power Plants Unveiled

Asteelflash/USI, a global electronics component manufacturer, has just unveiled its manufacturing line in the U.S. for Nextracker Inc., a provider of intelligent, integrated solar tracker and software solutions used in utility-scale and distributed generation solar projects. Asteelflash has expanded its capability to include dedicated production of Nextracker’s patented self-powered controller (SPC) and high-voltage power supply. […]

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