Duke Energy has energized two solar projects in Bay and Levy counties in Florida as a part of the company’s community solar program portfolio, Clean Energy Connection. The Bay Ranch Renewable Energy Center is built on 650 acres in Bay County. The 74.9 MW facility consists of approximately 220,000 single-axis tracking solar panels. The Hardeetown […]

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Renewable America, a provider of distributed energy resources in California, is providing over 15 MW of solar power coupled with 8 MWh of energy storage to four different community choice aggregators (CCAs). Through five projects in total, Renewable America is enabling these CCAs to progress toward their state-mandated Resource Adequacy (RA) program in light of […]

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Solar PV manufacturer Toledo Solar Inc (TSI) has been awarded $8.8 million in federal funding through the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Solar Energy Technologies Office (SETO) to continue its work on the commercialization of transparent and semi-transparent solar glass products for architectural windows. As a part of its award from SETO, TSI and its […]

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Swift Current Energy closed project financing with ING Capital LLC and has received a tax equity commitment from Morgan Stanley Renewables Inc. for its 266 MW DC Tres Bahias Solar project, located in southeast Texas. The solar project is currently under construction and is expected to commence operations by the end of 2023. ING acted […]

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BayWa r.e. has secured a $115 million credit facility with global financial services firm Nomura to support the development of utility-scale solar and solar+storage projects in the U.S. The credit facility will initially support projects totaling 1.1 GW of solar and 188 MWh of battery storage in several states, including North Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Arkansas, […]

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EE North America has acquired a majority stake in the Sandy Hill Solar and Sand Dune Solar projects, located in Colorado, adding 700 MW to its existing solar pipeline under development. The projects, which are being pursued in a joint venture with Horus Energy, will be interconnecting with the Public Service of Colorado (PSCO) network. […]

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First Solar Inc. has signed an agreement to supply 2 GW DC of thin-film photovoltaic modules to Leeward Renewable Energy (LRE), to be delivered in 2026 and 2027. The agreement builds on LRE’s existing relationship with First Solar as a major buyer and operator of the company’s solar technology. This latest agreement is expected to […]

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Sol Systems has acquired a 157 MW DC solar development portfolio near Peoria, Ill., from Illinois-based Trajectory Energy Partners. The company acquired the portfolio as part of its expanding Infrastructure + Impact business and is now developing more than 700 MW of solar across Illinois. Sol Systems will construct, own and operate the projects, which […]

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Solar energy technology and services provider SunPower has made a minority investment in one of the largest residential solar providers in Minnesota, Wolf River Electric. Through this relationship, Wolf River is expected to accelerate its already high growth trajectory in Minnesota alongside a growing presence in Iowa and Wisconsin, enabling the companies to serve more […]

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The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved an agreement with the Rutgers University Agrivoltaics Program (RAP) to facilitate the development and implementation of a Dual-Use Solar Energy Pilot Program over the next three years. The program is designed to demonstrate and study the compatibility of agricultural or horticultural production with solar photovoltaic […]

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After clearing the House Ways and Means Committee on April 17, the full House today passed legislation to repeal the Biden administration’s June 2022 proclamation to provide a two-year moratorium for new solar tariffs. “The two-year solar tariff moratorium was imposed as a strategic bridge to stand up U.S.-based manufacturing capacity while allowing developers to […]

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According to nonprofit group the SUN DAY Campaign, a review of fresh data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) shows that U.S. wind and solar combined now provide more generating capacity and produce more electricity than coal.  In the first two months of this year, electrical generation […]

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