Zoo New England’s Stone Zoo has brought its solar array into operation, providing what the zoo says is 95% of its power needs. The array was constructed in the zoo parking lot, giving the zoo an opportunity to demonstrate the use of this technology with its visitors. “We are absolutely thrilled that the solar array […]
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Orange County, Fla., has unveiled what it calls the largest floating solar array in the Southeastern U.S., located on a 3.6-acre pond at its Southern Regional Water Supply Facility. “The 2,236 panels that make up this floating solar array represent our unwavering commitment to advancing Orange County’s goal of sourcing clean, renewable energy,” says Orange […]
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Silfab Solar has made an agreement with SOLARCYCLE to purchase ultra-low carbon domestic glass for its PV panels from the glass manufacturer’s forthcoming Georgia facility that will recycle materials from retired panels to make new solar glass. “SOLARCYCLE is an ideal partner because of its demonstrated success and innovative processes that already have made Silfab […]
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Barclays and Lightsource bp have committed to a $140 million tax equity transaction slated to finance construction of the 180 MW Prairie Ronde solar project in St. Landry Parish, La. The deal was led by Barclays’ Sustainable Project Finance team, working in partnership with the bank’s Energy Transition Group, formed last month to advise clients […]
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Bright Green Corporation says it will install a 102 MW solar field to power the electricity and heating requirements for its forthcoming $250 million Dalsem expansion project and commits to switch the existing facility currently burning natural gas and heavy oil to solar. The company has started the bid process with local installers, with the […]
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Leidos Engineering has completed its independent engineer report review for Polar Racking’s Sol-X True-Terrain trackers, which Polar is now sharing with select customers and upon request. The company says its tracker offers slope tolerance up to 30% and its system design works with all foundation types. The review conducted an assessment of the company’s history, […]
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Fresno Unified School District and ForeFront Power have completed a 17.5 MW solar energy and storage portfolio, expected to save the district over $40 million throughout the approximate 20-year lifespan of the system. The districtwide portfolio includes 40 projects with solar canopies and energy storage systems across 31 sites and is slated to generate 23.5 […]
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Raptor Maps has released the sixth edition of its Global Solar Report, featuring data this year that it says demonstrates the underperformance of solar assets. Drawing on data from a total 125 GW of PV systems, the report finds that global revenue loss due to equipment-driven underperformance last year reached $4.6 billion, and that power […]
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ESGEN Acquisition has merged with Sunergy Renewables, with the combined businesses now renamed Zeo Energy, to be led by Sunergy’s senior management. The new company’s board of directors will include members from both Sunergy and ESGEN. “Becoming a publicly traded company is an extraordinary milestone for our employees, our shareholders and for the residential solar […]
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The New York Power Authority (NYPA) has issued a request for qualifications (RFQ) to pre-qualify eligible development companies and investors to collaborate with NYPA on the development of renewable energy generating projects, including PV, wind, battery storage and related transmission. The authority expects these pre-qualifications to last up to five years. It also anticipates inviting […]
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Sunairio has been awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Small Business Innovation Research Phase I grant which funds high-impact technological R&D across a range of disciplines. For Sunairio, this award will fund research into a scalable climate simulation engine that aims to generate climate insights for the energy sector at what the company says is […]
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Longroad Energy has announced the financial close of Serrano, its 220 MW solar and 214 MW storage project in Pinal and Pima counties, Ariz., with site commercial operations expected to commence next year. Serrano is the company’s first project to utilize First Solar’s domestically manufactured Series 7 panels, with output slated to be purchased by […]
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