Nucor Corp., a North Carolina-based manufacturer of steel and steel products, has signed a power purchase agreement for 250 MW of renewable energy from Sebree Solar LLC, a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources LLC. Sebree Solar is a two-phase solar project in Henderson County, Ky., which will have a capacity of up to 400 MW […]
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Asteelflash/USI, a global electronics component manufacturer, has just unveiled its manufacturing line in the U.S. for Nextracker Inc., a provider of intelligent, integrated solar tracker and software solutions used in utility-scale and distributed generation solar projects. Asteelflash has expanded its capability to include dedicated production of Nextracker’s patented self-powered controller (SPC) and high-voltage power supply. […]
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Belectric Israel Ltd., a solar engineering, installation and service provider, has deployed technology by Tigo Energy Inc. on one of the largest floating photovoltaic systems in the region. Designed, purchased and constructed by Belectric, the 19.3 MW floating PV system was outfitted with Tigo Energy TS4-A-2F MLPE devices for rapid shutdown, as well as Tigo […]
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New research by the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) shows the number of local zoning ordinances governing renewable energy deployment is increasing in the United States. The amount of land available to deploy renewables depends on the characteristics of the ordinances. “It’s important to understand the types of ordinances in effect, […]
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Climate and energy analytics company Sunairio recently conducted a study and found that climate change is increasingly impacting solar energy generation in the United States. Traditional, industry-standard solar production risk assessment approaches are based on decades-old methods that use historical data and which crucially omit the growing influence of climate trends. As a result, pre-construction […]
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Matrix Renewables, the TPG Rise-backed global renewable energy platform, has acquired a controlling interest in the Pleasant Valley Solar Project from rPlus Energies. Located in Idaho, the 200 MW AC / 261 MW DC solar project will deliver energy to the Idaho Power system. Specifically, output will go into the same grid that supports Meta’s […]
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Empact Technologies, a clean energy tax incentive management software and services company, has launched its new platform designed to maximize the impact of clean energy project incentives under America’s Inflation Reduction Act (IRA). Empact also signed an agreement with Stella Energy Solutions, a utility-scale solar and storage developer in Houston. Stella will use the Empact […]
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Public Storage, a national self-storage company, and Solar Landscape, a commercial and industrial rooftop solar developer, have begun constructing the first of more than 130 rooftop community solar projects that comprise a multistate community solar partnership. Together, the 133 community solar installations in Maryland, New Jersey and Illinois will power over 10,000 homes with renewable […]
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To support Invenergy Renewables Operating I LLC (IROI) and its parents’ growing project development pipeline, Natixis Corporate & Investment Banking (Natixis CIB) recently closed a $1.5 billion sustainability-linked revolving credit facility. This financing upsizes the existing $600 million working capital facility of IROI with the support of existing lenders and several new lenders joining the […]
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Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility and community solar projects throughout the United States, has closed its $53.5 million Fund 9 portfolio. The Fund 9 closing expands Renewable Properties’ successful relationships with tax equity investor SOLCAP and project lending partners 1st Source Bank and West Town Bank & Trust. Fund 9 includes […]
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Sunrun customers in California have begun to share the excess solar energy they are generating on their rooftops with their neighbors, increasing grid resiliency during critical months of peak energy consumption. Through an exclusive partnership with Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E), Sunrun, a residential solar, battery storage and solar energy-as-a-service provider, quickly reached maximum […]
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Babcock & Wilcox Solar Energy Inc. – a subsidiary of Akron, Ohio-based Babcock & Wilcox Enterprises Inc. – has been awarded contracts totaling more than $20 million by Summit Ridge Energy LLC for the engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) of 25 MW of community solar energy projects in Illinois. B&W has successfully executed multiple projects […]
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