Dairyland has received a U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) award under the Powering Affordable Clean Energy (PACE) program for two solar and energy storage projects in western Wisconsin.  One of the 2 MW solar and battery storage sites is served by Jackson Electric Cooperative near the Ho-Chunk Nation area in Black River Falls. The other […]

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Heliene has announced the sale of $50M Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit, facilitated by Basis Climate. Heliene is able to claim eligibility for these tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act.  “Monetising our 45X tax credits through this sale is instrumental in continuing the growth of Heliene’s domestic manufacturing capacity,” says Martin Pochtaruk, […]

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Emeren Group has connected a 4.5 MW solar power plant at Luxshare iTech, located in Zhejiang Province, China, to the grid.  Luxshare is a facility of Luxshare Precision Industry, also known as Luxshare-ICT, the first iPhone manufacturing partner in mainland China.  The solar plant, developed and financed by Emeren, features a 4 MW rooftop distributed […]

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The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has released a draft industry standard, with the aim of enhancing transparency of the solar and storage supply chain and helping companies comply with U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) traceability requirements. The Standard 101 provides a rubric that manufacturers and importers can follow to trace product origins from […]

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Alternus Clean Energy has terminated its Membership Interest Purchase and Sales Agreement (MIPSA) with C2 Taiyo Fund I to acquire 80 MW in solar installations across eight U.S. states. The company says the agreement, originally announced in May, was terminated due to the seller’s failure to meet the required closing conditions and fundamental changes in […]

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FirstEnergy subsidiaries Mon Power and Potomac Edison have begun construction on their third utility-scale solar site, in West Virginia. The 5.75 MW Marlowe solar project is located on a 36-acre property in Berkeley County that was previously an ash disposal site. In 2022, FirstEnergy completed the closure of the landfill, paving the way for its […]

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The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the New Terminal One consortium that was selected to design, build and operate the new terminal at John F. Kennedy International Airport have begun construction on a 13,000-panel solar array on the terminal’s roof. The array will be the largest in New York City and […]

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SolarBank has announced that it intends to develop a 7 MW ground-mounted solar power project known as the Hwy 28 project on a 45-acre site located in Middletown, N.Y.  The company has secured a lease over the project site and received interconnection approval.  The project, expected to be eligible for incentives under the New York […]

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CS Energy and Luminace have completed two 5 MW landfill community solar projects located in Berkeley, N.J.  These co-located projects are among the first ever projects to simultaneously close a landfill and build a solar system atop the landfill, says the collaboration.  In 2020, CS Energy and Berkeley Township entered a public-private partnership to close […]

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The New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting and Electric Transmission (ORES) has issued final siting permits for the Rich Road Solar Energy Center and Prattsburgh Wind projects, located in St. Lawrence County and Steuben County, respectively.  The solar project is slated to generate 240 MW, which will be supplemented with an additional 20 […]

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Puget Sound Energy (PSE) has announced two renewable projects in Washington state. The first is the development of the utility-scale Appaloosa Solar Project that PSE will own and operate. The second is a PPA signed with BrightNight for a battery energy storage system (BESS) known as the Greenwater project. Together, the projects are expected to […]

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Catalyze has launched a 4.8 MW community solar project in Frankfort, N.Y.  The company leveraged New York’s Inclusive Community Solar Adder, which aims to increase access to community solar in disadvantaged communities, to complete the installation.  The site was developed on a designated brownfield, owned by Human Technologies. The company recently converted a former landfill […]

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