Origis Energy, a renewable energy platform headquartered in Miami, has closed on a $750 million construction warehouse credit facility. The facility will fund large-scale solar and energy storage project construction totaling approximately 2 gigawatts (GW) across 15 states over the next three years. Construction of solar, storage and co-located solar plus storage projects have expected […]
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Leeward Renewable Energy LLC (LRE) has completed construction of its 100-MW Oak Trail Solar project near Moyock, N.C., and the facility has reached commercial operation. Verizon Communications has supported the development of Oak Trail Solar through a long-term virtual power purchase agreement. LRE hosted a ceremonial ribbon-cutting event, in partnership with the American Clean Power […]
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Recurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar Inc. focusing on global project development and power services, has secured a 20-year tolling agreement with Arizona Public Service (APS) for Papago Storage, a 1,200 MWh energy storage project under development in Maricopa County, Ariz. Construction of Papago Storage is expected to begin in the third […]
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Commercial operation has begun at the new 75 MW Electrify America Solar Glow 1 solar photovoltaic renewable energy generation project in San Bernardino County, Calif. The project is the result of a 15-year virtual power purchase agreement with developer Terra-Gen. The project’s parent company, Electrify America, is the largest open network of DC fast chargers […]
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During a trip to Milwaukee this week, President Joe Biden stopped at the Ingeteam plant, where he took a tour and spoke briefly. Spain-based Ingeteam, an international company specializing in energy conversion, conducts business in 21 countries. On hand to welcome Biden were Mark Obradovich – Ingeteam’s director in the U.S. – and other company […]
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UbiQD Inc., a New Mexico-based nanotechnology company, has entered into a joint development agreement with First Solar Inc. to further collaborate on developing the potential to incorporate fluorescent quantum dot technology in advanced solar modules. The two companies have been conducting exploratory work since early 2022, and the initial results have supported this more formalized […]
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Pearce Renewables, a division of Pearce Services, recently acquired Natron Resources Inc., a design and engineering service provider for solar photovoltaic and energy storage systems. The acquisition expands Pearce’s existing engineering capabilities for renewable energy generation systems. Founded in 2008 and headquartered in the San Francisco Bay Area, Natron Resources provides comprehensive electrical, civil and […]
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ENGIE North America is collaborating with Microsoft on the development of two community solar projects in Illinois that will serve historically excluded communities and significantly reduce their electricity costs. ENGIE will develop, construct and operate two new community solar gardens, one in Lena, west of Rockford, and a second in downstate Illinois. Together, the projects […]
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Nautilus Solar Energy LLC, on behalf of its affiliate Nautilus US Power Holdco LLC (NUPH), has acquired two community solar portfolios in Maryland totaling 23 MW, securing its role as a leader in Maryland’s growing community solar marketplace. These portfolios, which comprise six projects spread across the state, are expected to be operational by 2024 […]
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Caelux, a California-based company specializing in perovskite solar technology, has closed a $12 million Series A3 funding round led by Temasek, a global investment company, with participation from Reliance New Energy Ltd., Khosla Ventures, Mitsui Fudosan and Fine Structure Ventures. This round brings the company’s total amount raised for the Series A to $24 million. […]
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Arizona-based First Solar Inc. has released its 2023 Sustainability Report and established a new industry first benchmark for transparency by publicly disclosing details of onsite third-party social audits conducted across its global manufacturing footprint. First Solar is also believed to be the first among the world’s largest solar manufacturers to have conducted third-party social audits […]
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New York Gov. Kathy Hochul has stated that the fourth round of the Future Grid Challenge will make $11 million in funding available for projects that identify solutions to the technical challenges of integrating a changing energy resource mix into the electric grid. “With the increasing number of extreme weather events in New York and […]
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