GCM Grosvenor has committed to invest up to $100 million over the next 12 months in Vesper Energy, a developer, owner and operator of utility-scale renewable energy assets. A global alternative asset management solutions provider, GCM Grosvenor will acquire a minority ownership stake in Vesper Energy and will join the existing investor group for the […]

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Guzman Energy, a provider of wholesale power and affordable energy, and renewable developer National Renewable Solutions (NRS) have executed a power purchase agreement (PPA) for the 140 MW Shallow Basket PV solar project to be paired with 50 MW of battery storage. The Rio Arriba County, N.M., solar power generation and battery storage site is […]

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Altus Power Inc., a commercial-scale provider of clean electric power, headquartered in Connecticut, and New York-based Brightcore Energy, an end-to-end clean energy solutions provider to the commercial and institutional market, are collaborating on a new solar project with Morgan Stanley that will be installed on Morgan Stanley’s parking structure at its campus in Purchase, N.Y. […]

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Washington-based Fluke Corp., a wholly owned subsidiary of Fortive Corp. and a specialist in test and measurement instruments, has acquired California-based Solmetric, a company focusing on high-precision solar testing and measurement products. Solmetric is best known for the PV Analyzer, an I-V curve tracer, which is used for field testing applications such as commissioning, auditing […]

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Sage Geosystems Inc., a geothermal baseload and energy storage company based in Houston, has released results and data from its full-scale commercial pilot confirming the performance of its energy storage system that can provide short- or long-duration storage (EarthStore). Results show the technology is cost-competitive with lithium-ion batteries, pumped storage hydropower and natural gas peaker […]

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Solar and energy storage technology firm Sol-Ark has chosen Enteligent’s NMax rapid shutdown with optimization platform for its direct-current module-level power electronics product line. Sol-Ark’s 0900-80V, powered by Enteligent, provides photovoltaic solar adapters with exceptional utility. The 0900-80V serves as more than a rapid shutdown device. It combines the important safety role of an RSD […]

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Matrix Renewables and rPlus Energies recently held a groundbreaking ceremony for Pleasant Valley Solar, a 200 MW AC/261 MW DC solar project in Ada County, Idaho. Guests included landowners, project partners, local elected officials, project vendors and members of the community. Once it is operational, the project will be the largest solar facility in Idaho […]

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Longroad Energy, a renewable energy developer, owner and operator, has agreed to procure an additional 2 GW of advanced thin film solar modules from First Solar Inc. The order for the solar modules, which is expected to be delivered between 2027 and 2029, builds on an existing 3.7-GW framework agreement between the two companies and […]

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Qcells, a manufacturer of solar cells and modules and provider of complete energy solutions, has introduced its SMART System to the U.S. residential solar and energy storage market. The Qcells AC SMART System represents a U.S. industry-first: a PV module and inverter made by the same manufacturer. The Qcells AC SMART System: “The AC SMART […]

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Three industry veterans – Matthew Kozey, Geoff Johnson and Patrick Grumley – recently launched Arena Renewables, a new distributed solar and storage development venture, to focus on saving money for customers through community solar. Arena unites a founding team with three decades of experience in renewables, utilities and real estate who saw an unprecedented opportunity […]

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SolarEdge Technologies Inc., a company specializing in smart energy technology solutions, has launched its new high-powered, three-phase SolarEdge 330 kW inverter and its complementary H1300 power optimizer for community solar, agri-PV and small-to-medium scale ground-mount utility PV applications. The SolarEdge 330 kW inverter lends itself both to distributed and centralized location topology, in which large-scale […]

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Nextracker, a solar tracker and software solutions company, and Unimacts, a provider of industrial manufacturing and supply chain solutions, have opened a Nextracker-dedicated manufacturing facility in Las Vegas. Owned and operated by Unimacts, the facility will produce critical steel components exclusively for Nextracker used in ground-mount solar power generation plants to primarily serve projects in […]

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