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June 15, 2022
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Barrio Eléctrico partners with Electriq Power to install more solar + storage in Puerto Rico
June 15, 2022
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Longroad Energy seeks more DG solar, invests in Valta Energy
June 15, 2022
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Alliant Energy ready to construct 414-MW of new solar projects
June 15, 2022
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Lumin pilots demand response program to pay customers for reducing energy
June 15, 2022
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Asbury Park schools to save $120,000 annually via Solar Landscape...

Solar Landscape has energized more than 3,300 solar panels on four schools across the Asbury Park School District. All in, that’s more...

June 14, 2022
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APsystems moves U.S. main office to Austin, Texas

APsystems is moving its U.S. base of operations to Austin, Texas from its longtime home of Seattle. The new location, at 8701 North MoPac Ex...

June 13, 2022
News battery buyers guide
Solar + Storage Battery Buyer’s Guide 2022

Seemed like just the other day that lithium-ion batteries started to attach to solar PV systems, mostly the nickel-manganese-cobalt (NMC) va...

June 13, 2022
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Ecofasten GF-1 with RockIt slide added to Florida’s approved solar...

Solar installers know that Florida Product Approval means a more efficient permitting process because the strict requirements of the 2020 Fl...

June 13, 2022
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Automated solar permitting effort aligns with International Building Codes, says...

The International Code Council has determined that the Solar Automated Permit Processing Platform (SolarAPP+) aligns with the 2018 Internati...

June 13, 2022
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Standard Solar, SolarPark Energy developed a 7.1-MW community solar in...

In March, New York officials announced the state had reached a considerable milestone — more than 1 GW of community solar generation c...

June 13, 2022
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Construction of Mississippi’s largest solar project complete

Construction is complete on a 100-MW solar project near Ruleville in the Mississippi Delta — the first plant the state’s upcomin...

June 13, 2022
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Boviet Solar modules on the move to U.S. utility-scale solar...

Modules are on the move again. Boviet Solar says it signed a contract to provide 255 MW of PV modules to an undisclosed leading global renew...

June 13, 2022
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Duke Energy energizing community solar in Florida, floating solar in...

Duke Energy announced two important projects this week: Duke Energy Florida will soon be utilizing its first of several community solar proj...

June 13, 2022
News First Solar
First Solar’s Ohio manufacturing complex earns top rating from Responsible...

First Solar’s 2.7 GWdc vertically integrated manufacturing complex in Ohio has achieved Platinum status in a Responsible Business Alli...

June 9, 2022
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Due to community concerns, Origis Energy agrees to relocate Sand...

Solar projects on a community’s land / in a community need buy-in from that community. For the Sand Bluff Solar Project, collaboration...

June 9, 2022
News Ameresco
Kūpono Solar Project will be first via Ameresco, Bright Canyon...

The proposed Kūpono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Anne...

June 9, 2022
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Greenbacker invests in Sunrock DG to boost C&I solar financing...

Through its Development Opportunities Fund I, Greenbacker invested in Sunrock Distributed Generation, a financing and asset aggregation plat...

June 9, 2022
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New York approved these 22 large-scale solar projects

New York’s long-term renewable energy plan continues to take shape. Twenty-two large-scale solar and energy storage projects were anno...

June 9, 2022
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Dominion Energy purchases Savion’s Atlanta Farms Solar project in Ohio

Dominion Energy has agreed to purchase the 200 MWac Atlanta Farms Solar Project, based in Ohio, from Savion LLC. Construction at the site, l...

June 9, 2022