Soltec has partnered with Aplitop to develop an application dedicated to improving earthwork task efficiency in photovoltaic solar energy installations. Dubbed “TcpMDT Photovoltaic Powered by Soltec,” the application is set to be designed as a CAD plugin. Its aim is to streamline execution of earthwork operations, measurements and the relocation of solar trackers in photovoltaic […]

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Canadian Solar’s e-STORAGE, part of the company’s CSI Solar subsidiary, has been selected as the preferred supplier by Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP) to deliver its Summerfield battery storage project. The Summerfield battery storage project is a 240 MW DC energy storage solution, currently sized at a two-hour storage duration but is expandable depending on market needs. […]

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Copenhagen Infrastructure Partners (CIP), on behalf of its Flagship Funds, has launched a dedicated platform for the development and realization of energy projects in Canada.  The new platform, Horizon, builds on CIP’s activities in Canada to date, which includes Travers Solar (692 MW DC) and the Buffalo Plains wind project (495 MW AC). “As part […]

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NYSERDA has awarded Swift Current Energy’s Mineral Basin Solar project a 20-year power contract as part of New York’s state investment in renewable energy.  The 402 MW AC project, in Clearfield County, Pa., is the largest solar facility in Pennsylvania and one of the largest solar facilities in the U.S. to be sited on former […]

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Summit Ridge Energy and MUFG have expanded their existing partnership with the close of a $275 million financing round.  The two new debt facilities from MUFG will support the construction of up to 15 solar projects in Illinois, adding 45 MW DC to an existing fleet of over 250 MW DC across the state. The […]

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Country Acres Clean Power, an affiliate of Enlight Renewable Energy’s Clenera Holdings subsidiary, has entered into agreements connected to a new project under development in Placer County, Calif.  The project is expected to have an installed capacity of 392 MW DC / 344 MW AC of solar energy and 688 MWh of energy storage. The […]

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GameChange Solar will be supplying its Genius Tracker to Sabanci Renewables’ Oriana Solar, a 232 MW DC project located along Texas’ Gulf Coast in Victoria County. The tracker uses GameChange Solar’s proprietary weather technology to help protect integrated systems from damage during severe weather events that may include the hurricane-force winds, floods and hail experienced […]

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Earlier this month, council leaders of the Gila River Indian Community, led by Arizona Gov. Stephen Roe Lewis, signed an agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to begin work on a solar-over-canal pilot project. By constructing panels over a portion of the community’s Level Top Canal, the project aims to conserve water and […]

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CEP Renewables and Luminace have reached commercial operation of the 10 MW DC BEMS community solar landfill project, located on the Big Hill Landfill in Southampton, N.J. The project is the first in New Jersey to have two 5 MW solar systems atop a landfill, as well as span across two utility territories. Part of […]

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Priefert Steel, billing itself as “America’s #1 Name in Ranch & Rodeo,” has begun manufacturing Nevados’ solar mounting and tracking equipment at the company’s factory in Mount Pleasant, Texas. The Nevados system allows solar panels to be placed on hilly terrain, with its trackers automatically tilting the panels to follow the sun throughout the day. […]

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Wildstone Construction Group and SkyFire Energy have marked the opening of Summerland, British Columbia’s first utility-scale solar facility. Summerland is one of five municipalities in the province to own its electrical utility, allowing the community to keep money in the local economy and increase the resiliency of the power grid, says Wildstone.  The project utilized […]

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Prisma Photonics, an Israeli startup utilizing optical fiber technology to monitor large-scale power-utility infrastructure, has opened its first U.S. office in Austin, Texas.  Founded in 2017, Prisma Photonics works with utilities in the U.S. and Europe to deploy solutions that identify threats to transmission assets in real time while offering line ratings to help utilities […]

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