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July 22, 2021
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LevelTen: Buyers need to act now to capture high-value solar PPAs
July 22, 2021
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New York PSC affirms Joule Assets’ opt-out community solar program
July 22, 2021
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Renewables on pace to provide one-half of U.S. electricity by 2030 (is 80 percent possible?)
July 22, 2021
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Enable Energy officially rebranded as BayWa r.e. Power Solutions
July 22, 2021
Products Palmetto
Palmetto debuts Instant Proposal solar design tool

Palmetto launched a new Instant Proposal tool, said to generate a PV proposal with design within 60 seconds of entering a homeowner’s ...

July 21, 2021
News Standard Solar
Glassywing solar project benefits hundreds of Delmarva Power customers in...

Residents of Dorchester county, Maryland, along with company representatives and local officials recently celebrated the completion of a 2-M...

July 21, 2021
News Shelburne Museum solar projects
Encore Renewable Energy, Bee The Change develop two pollinator-friendly solar...

Vermont’s Shelburne Museum will be fully powered by renewable energy when two new arrays constructed on museum property come online la...

July 21, 2021
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Microsoft signs PPA with Volt Energy that also invests in...

As Volt Energy‘s first environmental justice and renewable energy initiative, the national minority-owned solar energy development fir...

July 20, 2021
Projects Maine
Borrego constructing CleanCapital’s first solar project in Maine

CleanCapital and Borrego have partnered to construct a 6.7 MW distributed generation solar project in Maine, which is expecte...

July 20, 2021
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HECO paying cash to customers who add battery storage to...

Hawaiian Electric is accepting applications for Battery Bonus, a new program that will pay a cash incentive for residential and commercial c...

July 20, 2021
News Panasonic-EverVolt
Panasonic promotes three solar installers to Elite, Premium tiers

Panasonic announced the promotion of one new Premium and two new Elite level installers, further expanding its network across the country. M...

July 20, 2021
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Lithium-air battery breakthrough reported at the Illinois Institute of Technology

Illinois Institute of Technology Assistant Professor of Chemical Engineering Mohammad Asadi has developed solutions to two major problems fa...

July 19, 2021
Financing solar energy loans
Climate First Bank unveils residential, commercial solar loans

Climate First Bank unveiled new solar energy loan programs with a special focus on residential and commercial uses. Climate First Bank&rsquo...

July 19, 2021
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IEEFA: Surge of coal-fired generation retirements looking like a reverse...

There is an inverse S-curve developing in the U.S. coal generation sector, with announced plant retirements expanding rapidly as utilities a...

July 19, 2021
Products DSD Connect
Distributed Solar Development debuts DSD Connect to provide tools, financing...

Distributed Solar Development (DSD), a commercial solar developer, operator, and asset owner, launched its own platform to provide resources...

July 16, 2021
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DOE officially rolls out online solar permitting tool for local...

The United States Department of Energy announced today the official launch of SolarAPP+, the online permitting platform developed by the U.S...

July 15, 2021
News energy storage
Biden wants to fund long-duration energy storage innovation, drop costs...

Within the Biden Administration’s 2022 budget request for the U.S. Department is a focus on lowering the cost of long-duration energy ...

July 15, 2021
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Illinois Solar Training Pipeline Program is building a new, diverse...

Via Energy News Network: Members of environmental justice communities have borne the brunt of adverse health effects from carbon-based indus...

July 15, 2021
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Arvada, Colo. completes $4.5 million city-wide energy conservation project

The City of Arvada, Colo. completed an energy conservation and renewable energy project financed by a $4.5 million Energy Savings Performanc...

July 14, 2021