S-5!, a company focused on metal roof attachment technology, and software developer PVComplete have launched new web-based solar calculator designed to create sophisticated project layouts for standing-seam and exposed-fastened metal roofs. Users enter project data into the calculator, including metal roof type and manufacturer, roof measurements, module size, module manufacturer and seam spacing. Based on […]

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sonnen has rolled out sonnenCommunity New York Virtual Power Plant (VPP), a solar-plus-battery program for homeowners in New York state. sonnen will be the exclusive hardware and software provider for the program, offering clean energy at a discounted rate to 200 homes in Westchester County, N.Y. in an initial pilot phase. Sustainable Westchester, a nonprofit […]

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EDF Renewables North America (EDFR), PVOne and the renewable power business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management say the 28.9 MW Toms River Solar Project, located on BASF Corp. property in New Jersey, is now operational. The installation is New Jersey’s largest solar project and the largest solar project built on a Superfund site in the […]

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PowerFlex, an EDF Renewables company, has completed a solar photovoltaics and battery energy storage project at Cox Communications’ corporate office in San Diego on Federal Blvd. As the first solar-plus-storage project in the country for Cox Communications, the integrated on-site battery storage, carport and rooftop solar installation combined are projected to offset more than 374 […]

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Private investment firm Starwood Energy Group Global LLC has acquired the 150 MW Crane Solar project in Crane County, Texas, from Consolidated Edison Development Inc., with $68.4 million in financing provided by CIT Group Inc. The project, which includes an adjacent 25 MW battery development, has a purchase power agreement with Vistra Corp., with approximately […]

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Enel Green Power North America has acquired a 3.2 GW portfolio of solar and solar-plus-storage projects from Dakota Renewable Energy, a joint venture between Dakota Power Partners and Eolian. The 24 development-stage projects, including 450 MW of storage capacity, are located in the Mid-Atlantic, Midwest and western U.S. – in New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Delaware, West […]

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Maxeon Solar Technologies is expanding its AC Energy Solutions lineup with the launch of the new Performance 3 AC panel. This release, which follows the introduction of the premium Maxeon 5 AC panel in late 2020, combines solar panel technology from Maxeon with advanced microinverter technology, offering a customizable solar solution to maximize any roof’s […]

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GAF Energy, a provider and manufacturer of roof-integrated solar solutions, has begun hiring for its planned 112,000-square-foot facility in San Jose, Calif., which is expected to be operational later this year. Once construction is complete, the facility will serve as the company’s center for research and development and manufacturing, bringing traditionally offshored solar manufacturing to […]

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Stardust Solar, a portfolio company of Victory Square Technologies Inc., has become the first and only coast-to-coast authorized Canadian dealer of SunPower technologies, the company says. As an authorized SunPower dealer, Stardust will offer SunPower solar solutions to residential customers, including SunPower’s DC solar panels and InvisiMount mounting hardware. “Stardust Solar plays an important role […]

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JinkoSolar says the maximum solar conversion efficiency of its advanced high-efficiency solar module reached 23.53% – a result that was independently tested and confirmed by TÜV Rheinland. The module’s performance was the result of adopting JinkoSolar’s TOPCon cell technology fused with a new type of welding and packaging technology. The module design not only reduces […]

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Solar FlexRack says its Series B Cast-In-Place (CIP) ballasted mounting solution has been installed in a 4.7 MW community solar project in Spanish Fork, Utah. The project, which is managed by Utah Municipal Power Agency, is the largest landfill solar project in the state. Prometheus Power, a development, engineering and finance firm, built the project […]

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Alliant Energy says it has begun construction on a portfolio of projects in Richland, Wood and Rock counties in Wisconsin following the state Public Service Commission’s approval of its plans for developing 675 MW of solar. The utility is contracting with Burns & McDonnell to construct the Bear Creek (Richland County), North Rock and Wood […]

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