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Standard Solar, Trinasolar to Transform New Jersey Landfill into Community Solar

Standard Solar has acquired a 5.7 MW solar project on a landfill in Pennsville, N.J., in partnership with Trinasolar Development Solutions. The project falls under the New Jersey Board of Public Utilities Community Solar Program, with construction expected to begin this year and full completion and operation anticipated by 2025.  The solar plant at the […]

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SolarBank Project Under Development for Fiera Real Estate Nears Completion

SolarBank is nearing completion of construction on a 1.4 MW rooftop solar project located in Calgary, Alberta, for Fiera Real Estate Investments. The project is expected to become operational in November as a small-scale generator in the Alberta Interconnected Electric System. With the support of Zathura Investments, SolarBank is providing full-service development and engineering, procurement […]

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Climate United Invests in Scenic Hill Solar Project with UA

Climate United has invested $31.8 million in pre-construction financing to support Scenic Hill Solar’s PV project benefiting the University of Arkansas (UA) System.  This marks Climate United’s first investment out of the $6.97 billion it received from the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Clean Investment Fund.  Climate United Fund, the prime grant recipient for the Climate […]

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We Energies to Build 800 MW of Renewables in Wisconsin

We Energies filed plans with the Public Service Commission of Wisconsin to build five new large-scale renewable energy projects.  In total, the projects would add 500 MW of solar power and 180 MW of wind power to the grid. Also included is 100 MW of battery storage. “These renewable energy projects are part of our […]

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TotalEnergies Starts Commercial Operations of Texas Solar + BESS Projects

TotalEnergies has commenced commercial operations of Danish Fields and Cottonwood, two utility-scale solar farms with integrated battery storage located in southeast Texas.  These new projects, with a combined capacity of 1.2 GW, are part of the company’s portfolio of renewable assets totaling 4 GW in operation or under construction in Texas. Danish Fields is TotalEnergies’ […]

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Octopus Energy Invests in US Solar

Octopus Energy has invested in solar farm developer Circal, with a target of creating 600 MW of new solar farms in the U.S. within the next five years, with a focus on Texas.  Octopus-backed, U.K.-based solar developer Zestec is also setting up shop in the U.S., to build solar panels for commercial and industrial businesses. […]

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Greif Signs VPPA with Enel Green Power Espana

Greif has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Endesa’s renewal subsidiarity, Enel Green Power España (EGPE).  The solar VPPA is a step toward achieving Greif’s climate target to reduce its Scope 1 and 2 greenhouse gas emissions by 28% by 2030, compared to a 2019 baseline.  The renewable electricity generated by the project […]

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Court Approves Complete Solar Purchase of SunPower Assets

Complete Solar Holdings says the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware has approved the sale of substantially all assets of the Blue Raven, New Homes and Dealer businesses of SunPower Corp. and certain of its affiliates to Complete Solar for $45 million in cash.  The sale is expected to close on or […]

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Transsolar, WattCarbon Partner on Decarbonizing Domestic Coal Country

Transsolar and WattCarbon are partnering to invest in rooftop solar projects in West Virginia, with the aim of reducing 200 tons of carbon emissions this year.  Transsolar purchased the energy attribute certificates (EACs) from West Virginia solar developer, Solar Holler, through WattCarbon’s OpenEAC Exchange.  Informally known as “coal country,” 89% of West Virginia’s grid is […]

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Ameresco, Mountain Regional Water Complete Signal Hill Floating Solar Project 

Ameresco has completed Utah’s first floating solar array, developed in partnership with Mountain Regional Water Special Service District.  The floating solar project, located on a holding pond at the Signal Hill Water Treatment Plant, was commemorated with a ribbon-cutting ceremony attended by representatives from Ameresco, Mountain Regional Water and Rocky Mountain Power. Ameresco partnered with […]

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Heliene Bolstering Solar Manufacturing with Tax Credit Sale

Heliene has announced the sale of a $50 million Section 45X Advanced Manufacturing Production Tax Credit, facilitated by Basis Climate. Heliene is able to claim eligibility for these tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act.  “Monetising our 45X tax credits through this sale is instrumental in continuing the growth of Heliene’s domestic manufacturing capacity,” says […]

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First Solar Opens Major Alabama Facility

First Solar has inaugurated its new $1.1 billion, vertically integrated thin-film solar manufacturing facility in Lawrence County, Ala.  The facility, which the company says adds 3.5 GW of nameplate solar manufacturing capacity in the U.S., is expected to create 800 manufacturing jobs in the state. The company is also constructing a similar facility in Louisiana, which […]

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