The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released an online program to help energy companies take a series of actionable steps on diversity, equity, inclusion and justice (DEIJ). The DEIJ Certification Program provides training and support for companies to analyze their DEIJ practices and implement workplace solutions that improve diversity. Participating companies accumulate points for […]

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Clēnera and Wolverine Power Cooperative have signed a 20-year power purchase agreement (PPA) between Wolverine and Clēnera’s affiliate, Gemstone Solar LLC. Gemstone Solar is scheduled to be commercially operational by the end of 2023. It will deliver 150 MW AC (180 MW DC) of clean energy to Wolverine members. Clēnera, a developer of large-scale solar […]

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Summit Ridge Energy (SRE) has begun construction in Maine on the first of 13 projects acquired from Revision Energy. The community solar portfolio will total 44 MW and operate under the Maine NEB program. The projects are expected to reach commercial operation between 2022 and 2023. Through its dedicated funding platform with Osaka Gas USA, […]

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Pattern Energy Group LP has successfully completed construction and begun operations at its 83 MW AC Phoenix Solar Project, located in Fannin County, Texas. “Phoenix Solar is the latest example of Pattern Energy’s expanding activities in solar power and continued investment in Texas,” says Mike Garland, CEO of Pattern Energy. “This new solar facility is […]

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PPG, a global manufacturer of paints, coatings and specialty materials, has signed an agreement with Constellation, an energy solutions provider, in which PPG will power its Carrollton, Texas, paint manufacturing facility with renewable energy from the 200 MW Big Star Solar Project. The project is currently under development in Bastrop County, Texas. Through a 10-year […]

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Mass Megawatts Wind Power Inc. has begun construction of two solar power systems to demonstrate the benefits of the company’s patent-pending solar tracker technology. The two systems are being constructed at the same site in Worcester, Mass. They will be identical, except that one system will include the company’s tracker technology, while the other will […]

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Suncast Corp. is expanding its solar array as part of the company’s Brilliant by Design initiative. The company has already installed solar power at one-third of its manufacturing locations. By the end of 2022, all Suncast manufacturing facilities will be partially solar powered and the company’s West Chicago distribution centers – 1.5 million square feet […]

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The U.S. must deploy a minimum of 103 GW of distributed, local solar power and 137 GW of distributed energy storage by 2030 to achieve President Biden’s climate and equity goals at the lowest cost,. This is one of the core findings of a new report issued today by Local Solar for All, a broad […]

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Bridgelink Engineering LLC has acquired BCR Companies, a construction company in the renewable energy industry. Operating multiple U.S. locations since 2012, BCR Companies provides general construction, and civil and mechanical engineering for solar and wind projects. Through this acquisition, Bridgelink Engineering is now poised to strengthen its engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) portfolio. A turnkey […]

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SolRiver Capital, a national solar investment fund, has completed a 3 MW AC utility-scale solar energy project that delivers clean energy to the Municipal Authority of Westmoreland County (MAWC). The system will produce over 3 million kWh of electricity each year. The MAWC solar project was one of the first projects to be completed under […]

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Northeastern distributed energy developer Agilitas Energy is acquiring another ground-mount solar photovoltaic and energy storage project under the SMART program, Massachusetts’s solar incentive program, in the Town of Williamsburg, Mass. This marks Agilitas Energy’s seventh large-scale hybrid solar and battery storage project in Massachusetts. The current system design includes a 6 MW DC solar array […]

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and the National Renewable Energy Lab (NREL) are launching the Clean Energy Cybersecurity Accelerator, a technology partnership of federal experts, industry partners in the energy sector and innovators to accelerate the development of new cybersecurity solutions for the nation’s evolving grid. The program will support efforts to modernize the […]

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