The EP Cube, a vertically developed residential storage system from Canadian Solar, has attained certification from LUMA, the private operator managing transmission and distribution requirements of the Puerto Rican electric grid. This recognition solidifies EP Cube’s role as a reliable contributor to the region’s energy sector. EP Cube, recently introduced in Puerto Rico, brings homeowners […]

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As record high temperatures scorch the West and continue to strain the power grid, San Diego Gas & Electric (SDG&E) is piloting the virtual power plant (VPP) concept to reduce energy demand and put electricity back on the grid during peak hours – all through leveraging the capabilities of customer-owned smart thermostats, rooftop solar, energy […]

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SunVest Solar LLC, an independent, vertically integrated renewable energy business headquartered in Chicago and Milwaukee, has closed on a $60 million construction loan facility. The construction loan facility will support the ongoing construction of up to 50 MW DC of community solar assets across Illinois, Maine and Minnesota through the remainder of 2023 and into […]

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Alongside project partners Connexus Energy and U.S. Solar, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), Great Plains Institute (GPI) and Big River Farms are collaborating on Solar Farmland Access for Emerging Farmers demonstration projects. This pilot project is researching how solar energy development can be increased while also preserving agricultural land. Funded by the Mortenson Family […]

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RWE continues to move full speed ahead on green electricity production in Western Germany’s Rhenish mining district. At the Hambach lignite opencast mine, construction has begun on a photovoltaics plant with integrated battery storage system. There RWE will install some 22,000 solar modules, enough to supply more than 3,100 households with electricity. RWE is planning […]

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Re:Build Manufacturing, a designer and producer of custom automation and industrial products, advanced materials and technology solutions, has rolled out the RBM600 Solar CZ Puller designed for the manufacture of high-purity ingots used in the photovoltaic solar materials industry. At the onset of the development of the RBM600, Re:Build’s engineering and design team identified safety […]

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Domain Capital Group LLC, a comprehensive private investment management services firm, and its subsidiary, Domain Timber Advisors LLC, have sold nearly 1,300 contiguous acres of timberland to a local utility in Richmond County, Va., for the development of solar energy generation capacity. The sale came from a portfolio of more than 23,000 acres of timberland […]

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Greenbacker Renewable Energy Co. LLC (GREC), a climate-focused investment manager and independent power producer, has purchased, through a wholly owned subsidiary, three solar projects totaling 12 MW DC in southwestern Colorado from OneEnergy Renewables. With these projects, Greenbacker continues to scale its growing presence in the Colorado solar market. GREC currently owns several dozen solar […]

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Avangrid, a sustainable energy company and part of the Iberdrola Group, has unveiled its plan to build the Camino Solar project (57 MW DC/44 MW AC), its first solar project in California, a state in which the company currently operates more than 500 MW through six wind energy facilities. Cupertino Electric Inc. will construct Camino […]

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Telyon, a Connecticut-based renewable energy development firm, has finalized a strategic investment that will fuel continued growth and execution capabilities of its current and future pipeline of projects across the country. As part of the deal, Telyon has sold a significant minority stake of the company to a New York City-based private equity fund affiliated […]

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Officials from Dominion Energy and the Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority (MWAA) have broken ground on the Dulles Solar and Storage project at Dulles International Airport in Virginia. Once completed, it will be the largest renewable energy project ever developed at a United States airport. It will generate up to 100 MW of solar energy and […]

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Greenvolt Power Actualize, a United States joint venture devoted to developing renewable energy projects across the nation, has executed three long-term power purchase agreements (PPAs) with a major U.S. utility. The three solar projects, being developed and managed by Virginia-based Actualize Solar Partners, the development arm of Greenvolt Power Actualize, will have a combined capacity […]

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