Sunlight Financial Holdings Inc., a technology-enabled point-of-sale finance company, and Solar Insure, a solar monitoring and warranty company, have formed a strategic partnership. The collaboration will enable Sunlight’s installer partners to seamlessly offer homeowners Solar Insure’s 30-year monitoring and solar warranty service for residential solar installations. “Thoughtfully assessing risk has always been a strategic focus […]

The post Sunlight Financial, Solar Insure Ease Access to Services appeared first on Solar Industry.

Energy Toolbase, a software platform for solar and storage developers, and Green Bridge Energy, an investment and technology platform for clean energy projejcts, have joined forces to provide Northeast-based commercial solar developer RISE with financing for a solar system to power a nonprofit, private college. RISE tapped Green Bridge Energy’s financing solution within the ETB […]

The post RISE Wins Solar PPA Financing Via Green Bridge, Energy Toolbase Alliance appeared first on Solar Industry.

Utility-scale solar developer and manager Lightsource bp is beginning commercial operation of its 152.5 MW AC/173 MW DC Bellflower Solar project, located about 40 miles east of Indianapolis in Henry and Rush counties, Indiana. Lightsource bp developed, financed and will own and operate Bellflower Solar, and it has entered into a virtual power purchase agreement […]

The post Lightsource bp Launches Operation of Solar Farm Outside Indianapolis appeared first on Solar Industry.

Toyota and renewable energy company Savion have executed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) for the automotive manufacturer to offtake 100 MW of the electricity generated from Savion’s Martin County Solar Project. The project is converting the former Martiki Coal Mine, a brownfield site in Martin County, on the border of Kentucky and West Virginia, […]

The post Toyota to Offtake 100 MW from Kentucky Coal Mine Turned Solar Project appeared first on Solar Industry.

Catalyze, a clean energy transition company that serves commercial and industrial customers, recently inaugurated its Amherst, N.Y., solar farm. The 6.4 MW facility will produce clean energy on behalf of the Buffalo Municipal Housing Authority (BMHA), which serves low- to moderate-income residential customers. Ampion, a community solar subscription management company, enrolled the BMHA. More than […]

The post Catalyze Solar Farm Brings Renewable Energy to Upstate New York appeared first on Solar Industry.

Origami Solar, developers of a patent-pending steel frame for solar modules, says production samples of its new Gen 2 steel module frame are ready for evaluation and certification testing.  Leveraging investment in U.S. module-production capacity by sourcing domestic steel frames can lower costs, create jobs and tap into domestic content incentives in the Inflation Reduction […]

The post Origami Solar Introduces Next Generation of Module Steel Frame appeared first on Solar Industry.

Panasonic has elevated 12 authorized members of its Panasonic Installer Program to Elite- and Premium-level status. “The expanded installer network will give more homeowners the opportunity to purchase high-quality Evervolt solar energy solutions protected by industry leading warranties from a trusted brand with over a century of proven staying power,” says David Lopez, national sales […]

The post Panasonic Promotes Authorized Installer Program Participants appeared first on Solar Industry.

Enel North America, through its affiliate 3Sun USA LLC, has chosen Inola, Okla., as the site of its new industrial-scale manufacturing facility for photovoltaic cells and modules. The over 2 million-square-foot, 3 GW factory, about 25 miles east of Tulsa, Okla., represents a planned investment in excess of $1 billion, creating approximately 1,000 new direct […]

The post Enel to Bring Major PV Manufacturing Facility to Oklahoma appeared first on Solar Industry.

TransUnion has secured an 8.5 MW agreement with Constellation to purchase renewable energy equivalent to the annual electricity use of its Chicago headquarters, which will also reduce TransUnion’s emissions associated with purchased electricity (Scope 2 emissions). Through a 12-year agreement beginning in April 2025, TransUnion will purchase energy and renewable energy certificates (RECs) generated by […]

The post TransUnion to Reduce Carbon Emissions via Renewable Energy Purchase appeared first on Solar Industry.

Xcel Energy, an energy provider in the western and midwestern United States, has broken ground at the Sherco Solar project near Becker, Minn., which is expected to become the Upper Midwest’s largest solar array serving customers across the region. The 460 MW project will provide enough clean energy to power 100,000 homes once complete in […]

The post Xcel Begins 460 MW Solar Project to Serve Upper Midwest appeared first on Solar Industry.

Peninsula Clean Energy, a Community Choice Aggregation agency, has reached a 15-year deal to exclusively receive 45 MW of battery storage from a four-hour lithium-ion battery project that Terra-Gen will develop near Barstow in San Bernardino County, Calif. The energy storage facility is a part of a larger redevelopment of the existing SEGS VIII solar […]

The post California CCA Signs On for Battery Power Tied to SEGS VIII Redevelopment appeared first on Solar Industry.

Polar Racking, a North American supplier and manufacturer of solar mounting solutions, has added two U.S. manufacturing facilities to produce solar mounting solutions. Located in Michigan and Florida, the facilities will help Polar Racking meet the growing demand for U.S. manufactured solar mounting solutions, reduce lead times and help build the domestic solar industry market. […]

The post Polar Racking Expands U.S. Manufacturing Capacity appeared first on Solar Industry.