The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched a $7 billion grant competition through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to increase access to solar energy for millions of low-income households. Residential distributed solar energy will lower energy costs for families, create good-quality jobs in communities that have been left behind, advance environmental justice and […]
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Hawthorne Renewables, a newly established solar development company, has officially opened its Phoenix headquarters. The company is the result of a merger between Power Capital Energy Group and Portland, Ore.-based Sulus Solar. Sulus Solar launched in 2016. Since then its founders, Colin Murphy and Conor Grogan, have rapidly scaled the company to deliver more than […]
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Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions, a Wisconsin-based designer, manufacturer and marketer of energy products and power solutions, acquired SimpliPhi Power, a California-based energy storage systems manufacturer in late 2021. Briggs & Stratton has now fully incorporated the company into its business, market strategy and brand. As a result of the acquisition, Briggs & Stratton Energy […]
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By a vote of 34 to 24, the House Committee on Appropriations last week approved a Fiscal Year 2024 Energy and Water Development spending bill that would devastate Department of Energy (DOE) funding for clean energy and grid deployment. While the committee states that the bill “prioritizes funding for agencies and programs that bolster our […]
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When fully operational, Mycrogrid Materials Recycling (MMR) is expected be the largest solar panel recycling facility in the Southwest, assisting California and Arizona in particular with their end-of-life panels. MMR will also be the first solar recycling facility in the nation developed in cooperation with a solar installation company, Renova Energy, which is likely to […]
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Holu Hou Energy LLC has signed a power purchase agreement to provide a solar-plus-storage system to the new 120-bed Daniel K. Akaka Hawaii State Veterans Home on Oahu. Lower cost electricity to the facility and grid resiliency are two benefits the system will provide via the Scheduled Dispatch Program. Construction of the facility is expected […]
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Ampt, a company providing DC optimizers for large-scale photovoltaic systems, has successfully repowered a PV system in Japan, enabling compliance with new utility requirements by Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO). The project demonstrates Ampt’s cost-effective and simple solution for upgrading existing PV power plants with modern inverters. The owner of a 200 kW rooftop PV […]
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Briggs & Stratton Energy Solutions, a Wisconsin-based designer, manufacturer and marketer of energy products and power solutions, acquired SimpliPhi Power, a California-based energy storage systems manufacturer in late 2021. Briggs & Stratton has now fully incorporated the company into its business, market strategy and brand. As a result of the acquisition, Briggs & Stratton Energy […]
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Recurrent Energy, a wholly owned subsidiary of Canadian Solar for global project development and power services, has secured a $164 million multicurrency facility with Santander Corporate & Investment Banking (Santander CIB). The facility will support Recurrent Energy’s growth and strategy to retain greater asset ownership in select markets. With 9 GW of solar and 3 […]
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CleanCapital, a clean energy company based in the U.S. and focused on middle-market solar and storage, has closed its second tax equity partnership with Nelnet Inc. This new partnership covers five solar projects in Alaska, Maine and New York totaling 36 MW. The current partnership covers five new construction projects: three community solar projects in […]
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ESA, a clean energy development and decarbonization platform, has formed a strategic co-development partnership with Nautilus Solar, which will acquire a portfolio of up to 270 MW DC of community solar projects in the Midwest from ESA, an early-stage venture bringing community solar initiatives in the Great Lakes region. This new relationship bolsters ESA’s sustainable […]
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Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE), a renewable energy company, and Southern California Edison (SCE), one of the nation’s largest electric utilities, have entered into a 15-year power purchase agreement for LRE’s 126 MW Antelope Valley BESS facility in Kern County, Calif. Antelope Valley BESS is located adjacent to LRE’S 100 MW solar and storage Rabbitbrush project […]
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