California State Sen. Scott Wiener, D-San Francisco, has introduced SB 617, the Solar Access Act. SB 617 implements automated solar permitting in local California jurisdictions with over 10,000 residents. This will allow for remote inspections and approvals of residential solar and solar+storage systems, which will greatly decrease approval times, cut permitting costs for local governments […]
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Complete Solar, a residential solar company, has acquired Current Insight LLC, an engineering company that provides CAD designs, structural engineering stamps and electrical engineering stamps to solar companies. As part of Complete Solar, Current Insight will continue to deliver CAD and engineering services. The acquisition augments Complete Solar’s offerings with three new products, creates new […]
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The U.S. Department of Interior has revoked amendments to the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan (DRECP) filed by the Trump administration last month. “We are pleased to learn that the Department of Interior has restored the Desert Renewable Energy Conservation Plan by terminating a last-minute attempt by the previous administration to unilaterally amend it,” says […]
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Ameren Missouri, a subsidiary of Ameren Corp., has filed an updated Smart Energy Plan and budget with the Missouri Public Service Commission. Currently in its third year of implementation, the Smart Energy Plan progress includes smart technology that can rapidly detect outages and restore service in seconds – as well as new storm-resilient utility poles, […]
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Complete Solar, a residential solar company, has acquired Current Insight LLC, an engineering company that provides CAD designs, structural engineering stamps and electrical engineering stamps to solar companies. As part of Complete Solar, Current Insight will continue to deliver CAD and engineering services. The acquisition augments Complete Solar’s offerings with three new products, creates new […]
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The Villages of Brockport and Lima have entered into a tri-party agreement with Joule and Generate Capital to provide community solar to residents on an opt-out basis. Part of Joule’s Finger Lakes Community Choice program, the opt-out community solar program will be rolled out to over 3,800 households across the two upstate New York municipalities. […]
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Sunnova Energy International Inc., a U.S.-based residential solar and storage service provider, and Len X LLC (LENX), a technology-focused subsidiary of Lennar Corp., have entered into a definitive agreement under which Sunnova will acquire SunStreet, Lennar’s residential solar platform. In addition to Sunnova’s acquisition of SunStreet, Sunnova will become Lennar’s exclusive residential solar and storage […]
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Trimark Associates Inc., a company that designs, installs and services utility-scale SCADA and metering systems, says it has been selected as a subcontractor for the SCADA portion of the Edwards & Sanborn project, the world’s largest solar+storage project. Located in Kern County, Calif., and currently under construction, the project comprises 1,118 MW of solar power […]
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JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., a global solar module manufacturer, says the company and its subsidiaries have signed a solar glass procurement contract with Flat Glass Group Co. Ltd. “The long-term procurement contract with Flat Glass is a major supply chain partnership,” says Kangping Chen, CEO of JinkoSolar. “This three-year contract will help the company guarantee […]
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Mosaic, a financing platform for U.S. residential solar, has entered a multiyear partnership with Freedom Forever, a residential solar power provider. This partnership joins Mosaic’s credit expertise and technology with a nationwide solar sales and installation organization. As a result, Freedom Forever can now offer its customers attractive solar financing rates and boost the adoption […]
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Duke Energy Florida has broken ground on two new solar sites. The company says it expects to complete both by the end of the year. The Duette Solar Power Plant will be built on approximately 520 acres in Manatee County, Fla. Once operational, the 74.5 MW facility will consist of approximately 227,000 single-axis tracking solar […]
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Duke Energy Florida has broken ground on two new solar sites. The company says it expects to complete both by the end of the year. The Duette Solar Power Plant will be built on approximately 520 acres in Manatee County, Fla. Once operational, the 74.5 MW facility will consist of approximately 227,000 single-axis tracking solar […]
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