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Chris Crowell
October 6, 2021
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Financing FirstEnergy Ohio solar
RFP alert: FirstEnergy purchasing RECs for Ohio utilities
October 6, 2021
News robot solar construction
IoT collaboration focuses on construction site safety
October 6, 2021
Projects DTE Energy
DTE Energy’s first community solar facility coming via MIGreenPower program
October 6, 2021
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Warbler Solar project now operating in Cleveland County, N.C.
October 6, 2021
News utah
Intermountain Healthcare signs solar PPA with DESRI and Rocky Mountain...

In a major step towards sustainability, Intermountain Healthcare has joined a utility-scale solar project near Huntington, Utah, that will s...

October 6, 2021
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California solar contractors can still install energy storage systems (for...

The Attorney General of California filed in San Francisco Superior Court a written stipulation agreeing to voluntarily stay enforcement of t...

October 6, 2021
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SunPower buys Blue Raven Solar, fills need in several regions

SunPower Corp. has acquired Blue Raven Solar, one of the fastest growing residential solar providers in the U.S. Blue Raven’s growth t...

October 5, 2021
Projects Aquamarine Westside's 250MW solar project.
Valley Clean Energy contracts with 250-MW solar park in Kings...

Valley Clean Energy is now receiving power from a new solar park located in Kings County, Calif. VCE signed a 15-year contract to purchase 5...

October 5, 2021
News agreement handshake
Peninsula Clean Energy, Leeward Renewable sign 15-year PPA for California’s...

Leeward Renewable Energy and Peninsula Clean Energy have entered into a 15-year solar-plus-storage PPA involving Leeward’s 1...

October 5, 2021
Projects denver
Greenbacker Renewable Energy acquires solar projects at Denver International Airport

Greenbacker Renewable Energy Company has purchased two pre-operational solar projects from Oak Leaf Energy Partners. The projects, 12.4 MWdc...

October 5, 2021
News EcoBuild rooftop solar installation
Yotta Energy, EcoBuild partner to improve Louisiana’s energy resilience in...

Louisiana is turning to solar and energy storage to increase its resilience to power outages caused by hurricanes and other extreme weather ...

October 5, 2021
News DSD NY 2020
DSD acquires 22.3 MW community solar portfolio in New York...

Distributed Solar Development has acquired a three-project, 15.6 MW community solar energy portfolio from Source Renewables. ...

October 5, 2021
Featured NEP commercial RSD
On Demand: Smart Rapid Shutdown with String Inverters

October 19 | 2 PM ET, 11 AM PT Register Here In this NEP / Solis webinar, installers will learn about a new simplified PV system architectur...

October 5, 2021
Featured Power Forward
Power Forward! Talking energy storage systems, solar panel recycling and...

With Solar Power International canceled again this year, we decided to collaborate with BayWa r.e. on this three-part Power Forward! series ...

October 5, 2021
O&M NRG-Systems
NRG Systems debuts solar-specific data logging tool

NRG Systems, a designer and manufacturer of smart technologies for a range of solar, wind, and meteorological applications, is now offering ...

October 4, 2021
Batteries ESS iron flow battery
Two big battery supply deals signed last week by Tesla,...

Securing large-scale storage supply is a competitive advantage these days as demand for stationary batteries is increasing substantially, po...

October 4, 2021
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Lumin energy management now integrates with SimpliPhi Power

U.S. battery and energy systems manufacturer SimpliPhi Power has partnered with Lumin, makers of an energy management platform, to introduce...

October 1, 2021
News Radio Flyer
Sunvest helps Radio Flyer save $50K annually via rooftop solar...

The world’s leading manufacturer of wagons for kids, Radio Flyer is on track to making their manufacturing and materials 100% carbon-f...

October 1, 2021
News AIGridPrototype
Protecting the electric grid with AI? Stony Brook team awarded...

Keeping our nation’s energy and power grids safe and dependable remains essential for society to function. It is possible that new tec...

October 1, 2021