Ampt, a DC optimizer company for large-scale photovoltaic (PV) systems, has integrated its products into the energy storage modeling software solution from Fractal Energy Storage Consultants, an energy storage and renewable energy consulting and engineering firm. Users of the Fractal Model software can now model their PV solar-plus-storage projects including Ampt string optimizers to design […]

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To meet installation engineering challenges, particularly in larger solar projects, Xendee has released a new multi-node feature that enables users to create advanced, interconnected microgrid networks from a constellation of smaller microgrids or DERs that can support up to 25 technology types, including solar PV, battery storage, hydrogen, hydrokinetic and more. The multi-node feature enables […]

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FTC Solar Inc., a provider of solar tracker systems, software and engineering services, has introduced Pioneer, a new one module in portrait (1P) solar tracker solution. “Pioneer achieves a full 18-36 percent pile count reduction per MW vs. the current industry-leading solutions by volume, allowing customers to benefit from reduced labor and materials costs,” says […]

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SunPower, a residential solar technology and energy services provider, has made minority investments in EmPower Solar and Renova Energy. With these investments, Renova and EmPower are the newest additions to SunPower’s Dealer Accelerator Program. The Dealer Accelerator Program, which SunPower launched in March, provides high-potential solar dealers with capital financing and business strategy support to […]

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According to Wood Mackenzie, a Verisk business, and the American Clean Power Association’s (ACP) latest U.S. Energy Storage Monitor report, the U.S. energy storage market set a new record in the second quarter of 2022, with grid-scale installations totaling 2,608 MWh – the highest installed capacity for any Q2 on record. Grid-scale storage was boosted […]

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Canadian Solar Inc.’s CSI Energy Storage, which is part of its majority-owned CSI Solar Co. Ltd. subsidiary, is launching SolBank, a proprietary battery solution for utility-scale applications. CSI Energy Storage is also expanding its battery manufacturing capacity from the existing 2.5 GWh to 10 GWh by the end of 2023. The SolBank is a lithium […]

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Declan Flanagan, former CEO of Orsted’s onshore business, has launched Bluestar Energy Capital, a new global renewable energy investment platform with an initial $100 million in capital for greenfield renewable energy development. “A huge amount of capital is seeking a role in the energy transition, but a scarcity remains of the right kind of capital […]

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Correlate Infrastructure Partners Inc., an energy optimization and clean energy solutions provider for North America, has signed a nonbinding letter of intent to acquire Aegis Renewable Energy Inc. Aegis is a commercial, industrial and community solar company focused on solar project development and engineering, procurement and construction services in the eastern United States. Upon completion, […]

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BASF and X-ELIO have signed a 12-year power purchase agreement (PPA) to supply 48 MW of solar power to BASF’s Verbund site in Freeport, Texas. The BASF Freeport site is one of BASF’s six global Verbund sites. “With this agreement, we take a big step forward, reaching 100 percent of the site’s purchased power to […]

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EDF Renewables North America has signed a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with McDonald’s Corp. The 255 MW AC / 332 MW DC Apollo Solar project, located in Texas, is expected to begin delivery of low carbon electricity in June 2024. “We applaud McDonald’s for taking action on climate change and are honored to […]

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From 2016 to 2020, the carbon intensity of U.S. power generation fell 18%, driven by a shift in the U.S. electricity generation mix away from coal and toward natural gas and renewables, reports the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA). The carbon intensity of power generation measures the amount of CO2 emitted to produce a unit […]

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Energy Toolbase has launched Luminia‘s financing solution onto the ETB Developer platform to allow for in-platform power purchase agreement (PPA) and Property Assessed Clean Energy (PACE) loan financing for commercial solar, energy storage and energy efficiency projects. With Luminia’s financing solutions, ETB users can now instantly pre-qualify and quote Clean Energy PPA and PACE loans […]

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