Villara Energy Systems has launched a new home battery – the VillaGrid. Villa’s energy storage system (ESS) harnesses lithium titanate chemistry and offers a 20-year warranty. “We set out to engineer a battery that would last twice as long and provide twice the power,” says Rick Wylie, president of Villara Energy System. “Today, we’re excited […]
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Indiana Michigan Power (I&M), a subsidiary of American Electric Power (AEP), and the University of Notre Dame say the St. Joseph Solar Farm is now generating power. After a brief delay due to the COVID-19 pandemic, construction on the project began in July 2020. It took more than 100 workers eight months and 75,000 plus […]
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United Renewable Energy (URE), a national engineering, procurement and construction provider, and New Energy Equity, a company that develops and finances solar power generation assets, say they are adding three new community solar gardens to Minnesota’s solar development portfolio. The three projects, located in North Branch, Lindstrom and Cokato, total more than 4.3 MW DC […]
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The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has awarded three solar developments to EDF Renewables North America as a part of the 2020 Renewable Energy Standard Solicitation. Combined, the projects add 303 MW AC of solar energy to the state. The projects, all expecting to deliver electricity by the end of 2023, […]
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The U.S. solar industry employed 231,474 workers in 2020, a 6.7% drop from 2019 due to pandemic restrictions and increased labor productivity, according to the National Solar Jobs Census 2020 recently released by the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA), The Solar Foundation, the Interstate Renewable Energy Council (IREC) and BW Research. The drop in jobs […]
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As President Joe Biden aims to significantly increase federal investment in renewable energy under the American Jobs Plan, the U.S. already ranks as the most attractive market for renewables investment, according to results from a new ranking by IHS Markit. The IHS Markit Global Renewables Markets Attractiveness Rankings, which tracks attractiveness for investment for non-hydro […]
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given final approval to a new solar energy project on public lands in California. The Crimson Solar Project represents an investment of roughly $550 million. The record of decision authorizes Sonoran West to construct a 350 MW solar photovoltaic facility with a 350 MW energy storage system and […]
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GameChange Solar, a manufacturer of fixed-tilt and tracker solar racking systems, says it is providing a 631 MW Genius Tracker system for the largest solar PV project in Texas. The project consists of 1.4 million solar modules across 4,000 acres in Wharton County and will have a capacity of 500 MW AC. To meet growing […]
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San Diego Community Power (SDCP), a not-for-profit community choice energy program serving five cities in the San Diego region, has entered into a power purchase agreement with an affiliate of RAI Energy International Inc. (RAI Energy), a Silicon Valley-based global renewable energy development company. The project is located in Imperial County, Calif., and is an […]
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Ulteig, a provider of design, program management, technical services and field services, has acquired NLS Engineering, a Canada-based engineering firm that specializes in utility-scale solar, battery storage, water and wastewater. The acquisition also includes NextDAS, the monitoring system designed for wind, solar and battery storage systems. The NextDAS monitoring platform observes weather systems in relation […]
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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) has given final approval to a new solar energy project on public lands in California. The Crimson Solar Project represents an investment of roughly $550 million. The record of decision authorizes Sonoran West to construct a 350 MW solar photovoltaic facility with a 350 MW energy storage system and […]
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The AES Corp., a global energy company, has signed an agreement to supply the electricity to power Google’s Virginia-based data centers with 24/7 carbon-free energy under a 10-year supply contract. With this first clean energy procurement deal in the world of its kind, AES says it will help ensure that the energy powering the data […]
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