Salt River Project (SRP) and Flatland Storage, a subsidiary of EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA), have entered into an agreement to provide new energy storage to Arizona’s grid. The Flatland Energy Storage Project will be a 200 MW battery energy storage system located near Coolidge, Ariz. Scheduled to be online next year, the project […]

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Penske Truck Leasing has installed and activated its first rooftop solar-powered systems, at the company’s new facility in Channahon, Ill.  The PV system, at 200 kW, is expected to generate 80% of the building’s energy needs. Any remaining required energy will be supplied by the local utility provider. Another PV system, at the company’s Grand […]

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In a joint project between RWE, the Fraunhofer Institute for Solar Energy Systems (ISE) and Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus-Senftenberg (BTU), 190 floating solar modules have been installed on the Mortkasee artificial lake in Lohsa, Saxony.  The collaboration is aimed at investigating the extent to which floating solar islands can be implemented and operated in […]

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Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) has acquired the Midwest Solar Expo (MWSE).  Jake Rozmaryn, former Midwest Solar Expo executive director, will transition into an advisory role and Sharona Kohn will continue as conference director. “Midwest Solar Expo was founded to illuminate the future of the renewable energy market in the Midwest and now […]

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Ameresco has collaborated with the University of California, Irvine and its health system, UCI Health, to install two solar PV arrays atop new parking structures at the zero-emission medical campus, with the acute care hospital set to open next year.  Ameresco is responsible for the turnkey design, engineering, arrangement of financing and construction of the […]

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National Grid Renewables has announced the start of onsite construction at its 100 MW Apple River Solar Project in Polk County, Wis.  “As a company founded by a farmer in the Midwest, we have a strong commitment to bolstering rural economies through our renewable energy projects, and it’s exciting to see that growth in western […]

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has released the final Environmental Impact Statement for the Jove Solar Project, which could generate 600 MW if approved. Jove Solar proposes to construct, operate, maintain and eventually decommission a utility-scale solar facility and potential battery energy storage system on 3,495 acres of public land and 38 acres of […]

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kWh Analytics is set to continue phase two work on a $2 million award from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) under the Increasing Affordability, Reliability and Manufacturability of PV Cells, Modules and Systems award.  The initiative, under the department’s Solar Energy Technologies Office, is aimed at extending the lifespan of PV systems. This award […]

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Standard Solar has acquired the 25 MW Windhub Solar B solar project from Balanced Rock Power (BRP), located in Kern County, Calif.  Interconnecting with the Windhub substation, the solar project will supply energy to Southern California Edison.  “This acquisition is another example of our successful partnerships with innovative developers like BRP, allowing us to bring […]

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NeoVolta has completed phase one of its loan application for $250 million from the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Title 17 Loan Program and has been approved to proceed with phase two technical due diligence.  To meet domestic content requirements for commercial grade battery electric storage systems and other components, the company will establish a […]

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Rio Tinto has approved construction of a new 25 MW solar plant at its Kennecott copper operation in Utah, bringing the mine’s total solar capacity to 30 MW. The new solar plant will be located next to Kennecott’s existing 5 MW solar plant, completed last year. Together, the two solar plants will reduce Kennecott’s Scope […]

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Maxeon Solar Technologies says that its solar panels continue to be detained and excluded from being imported to the U.S. market from its Mexico manufacturing facilities.  Despite claiming that the company has mapped its supply chains and provided U.S. Customs & Border Protection (CBP) officials with traceability documentation of its clean supply chain, Maxeon says […]

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