Duke Energy has reached an agreement with solar installers in North Carolina to provide a gradual transition option from existing net metering programs for eligible customers while creating additional future benefits for all of Duke Energy’s customers. The compromise solution reached represents a collaborative effort to account for a broad range of interests. This bridge […]

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California’s Solano County and renewable energy services provider ENGIE North America have broken ground on a $41 million new energy infrastructure upgrade program as part of a comprehensive sustainability alliance. The project includes 3.4 MW of solar and four sustainable microgrids, with 1.9 MW / 7.6 MWh of battery energy storage with microgrid controls. It […]

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Independent power producer Silicon Ranch and Nextracker LLC, a provider of solar tracker and software solutions, have signed a master supply agreement (MSA) to deliver 1.5 GW of Nextracker’s solar tracker technology to Silicon Ranch projects through 2024, with options to expand as Silicon Ranch’s portfolio grows. The MSA represents the latest milestone in the […]

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Xcel Energy has selected Pivot Energy to develop a 41 MW community solar portfolio in Colorado, exclusively serving income-qualified households beneath an established income threshold. The eight projects are located across Boulder, Logan, Mesa, Morgan and Weld Counties. By offering affordable community solar subscriptions to income-qualified households, Pivot Energy will be able to service groups […]

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Duke Energy Florida’s first utility-scale solar power plant in Bay County is now operational and delivering power to the electric grid. “Growing renewable energy in Florida is a top priority for us, and we are proud to complete the first utility-scale solar site in Bay County,” says Melissa Seixas, Duke Energy Florida’s state president. “This […]

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The American Clean Power Association has released its Clean Power Market Report Q1 2022, which shows that wind, utility-scale solar and battery storage sectors installed 6,619 MW of utility-scale clean power capacity – enough to power 1.4 million American homes. The record capacity is largely due to gains in battery storage installation, with storage installations […]

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Enphase Energy Inc.’s Enphase IQ8 Microinverter system has been certified to UL 1741, 3rd edition including the Supplement SB. This certification meets the new North American safety and grid interconnection standards for connecting solar inverters, energy storage systems and distributed energy resources (DER) to the grid in compliance with IEEE 1547-2018 and IEEE 1547-1 2020. […]

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Shell has developed a hybrid power asset in the Netherlands consisting of a 50 MW photovoltaic power plant and a 50 MW wind farm. In order to control and monitor this complex project, Shell worked with Inaccess, a control and monitoring solutions company for renewable energy projects. Building on their cooperation for utility-scale projects in […]

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ForeFront Power, a developer, advisor and asset manager for commercial and industrial-scale solar energy and storage projects, has partnered with Anheuser-Busch to develop solar energy systems at eight breweries in its craft business unit, Brewers Collective. ForeFront Power has now completed solar energy installations at Goose Island Beer Co. in Chicago, Ill.; Blue Point Brewing […]

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Nextracker LLC, a utility-scale solar tracker company, and Atkore, a global provider of electrical, safety and infrastructure solutions, are starting a new manufacturing line dedicated to producing steel tracker components for use in utility-scale solar power plants. Atkore has expanded and reconfigured its Phoenix facility with new capacity dedicated to Nextracker products. This development follows […]

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Captona and South Jersey Industries have made the fourth acquisition through their Catamaran Renewables joint venture for a 5.66 MW solar / 5.2 MWh storage facility in Agawam, Mass. Prior to the acquisition, Catamaran’s portfolio included solar and fuel cell assets. Catamaran Renewables acquired the Agawam Solar and Storage project from Consolidated Edison Solutions Inc., […]

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Solargis has provided its high-resolution, granular resource and meteorological data to U.S. independent power producer Apex Clean Energy. The data has been deployed to optimize over 120 of Apex’s solar projects during design, development, and operations – while enabling projects to better integrate advanced technologies such as bifacial and storage. Through their partnership, Solargis has […]

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