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solar RFP RFP Alert: Appalachian Power seeks 150 MW of solar with option to add energy storage
SB Staff
February 21, 2022
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SunPower reups exclusive supply of Maxeon IBC solar panels for residential market (for the last time?)
February 21, 2022
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AT&T purchases 155 MW of solar power from Vitol
February 18, 2022
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Former BlueWave Community Solar re-debuts as Perch Energy with new direct-to-consumer platform
February 18, 2022
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Schneider Electric acquires EnergySage, plans to add more home electrification products to marketplace
February 18, 2022
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Details on LONGi Hi-MO 5 PV modules’ strong resistance to...

Figure 1. Inhomogeneous snow load testing conducted at CGC lab. The Hi-MO 5 at 6400Pa. As the size of PV modules increases, the ability of a...

February 17, 2022
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RFP Alert: PECO to procure 8,000 solar credits from Pennsylvania...

PECO, Pennsylvania’s largest electric and natural gas utility, has launched the final phase of its two-year solar credit procurement p...

February 17, 2022
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RFP Alert: Duke Energy Indiana requests proposals for solar, battery...

Duke Energy Indiana is asking for proposals to acquire new, diverse power generation capacity to transition away from emissions heavy power ...

February 17, 2022
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Community solar gets closer in Ohio as HB 450 gains...

Community solar is trending up, but still needs plenty of regulatory help to the DOE’s 2025 goal. Ohio is one such state inching close...

February 17, 2022
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Senior living retirement community benefits from 159 kW solar project

Covenant Living of Cromwell, Conn., and Greenskies Clean Focus have teamed up to install a 159 kW solar energy system on the new Town Center...

February 17, 2022
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Here’s the top 10 clean energy buyers from 2021 (Amazon...

Amazon tops the list of clean energy buyers for the second straight year, with 2.85 GW of announced projects, according to the Clean Energy ...

February 17, 2022
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Constellation to supply Sheetz facilities in Pennsylvania via solar energy

Sheetz announced a long-term renewable supply agreement with Constellation to power nearly 70 percent of its Pennsylvania facilities wi...

February 16, 2022
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MCE signs deal for its largest solar + storage project...

MCE’s Board of Directors has approved an agreement for their largest battery-storage project, located in Kern County, which will ...

February 16, 2022
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Deal for dealerships? Freedom Solar’s three Boggus Auto Group projects...

Texas-based Freedom Solar has contracted with Boggus Auto Group to install solar arrays at its three Rio Grande Valley d...

February 16, 2022
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Illinois solar industry booming five months after passing climate jobs...

We’re only five months removed from the passage of Illinois’ the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA), and the state is already...

February 16, 2022
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CUSMA panel says U.S. tariffs on solar products from Canada...

The Government of Canada announced victory in the second-ever dispute under the Canada-U.S.-Mexico Agreement (CUSMA). In a unanimous decisio...

February 16, 2022
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Rooftop solar price hike just a blip, says GlobalData

As we know the decade-long price drop of solar PV panels (and the system overall) abruptly stopped in 2021 due to various supply chain disru...

February 16, 2022
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Mosaic lowers home solar loan pricing (again)

The rise in solar PV system costs has been a hot topic of late, but the cost of financing solar projects remains a good deal. In fact, Mosai...

February 16, 2022
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CleanCapital acquires 65-MW portfolio as solar’s mid-market consolidation trend continues

Photo of Vallecitos Water District Twin Oaks Reservoir, San Marcos, CA provided by CleanCapital. CleanCapital announced the acquisition...

February 15, 2022
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Sunflare debuts ‘practically invisible’ solar panel for metal standing seam...

Sunflare’s PowerFit 20 is a light, thin, flexible and nearly invisible solar panel that lies flat on a metal standing seam roof, nestl...

February 14, 2022