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SolSmart logo SolSmart has plans to boost local solar energy from Idaho to Puerto Rico
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July 28, 2021
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Community solar is winning U.S. market share, but will it last?
July 28, 2021
News Opening of largest community solar project in Maryland
Nautilus Solar Energy opens Maryland’s largest community solar project
July 27, 2021
News Maine
PowerMarket, SunRaise bring 7-MW community solar project online in Belfast, Maine
July 27, 2021
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Standard Solar acquires 35 MW solar portfolio in Maine
July 27, 2021
News Wall-breaking ceremony
McCarthy Building Companies to build a craft worker training center...

McCarthy Building Companies has always hyped its training methods as a big part of its value proposition. The company is about to expan...

July 27, 2021
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Two California aggregators sign joint contracts for 778 MW of...

Central Coast Community Energy (CCCE) and Silicon Valley Clean Energy (SVCE) have executed seven PPAs, equating to 778 MW of energy generati...

July 26, 2021
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Opdenergy signs REPA with AEP Energy for Virginia solar plant

Opdenergy has closed on a new renewable energy purchase agreement (REPA) in the United States with AEP Energy, a subsidiary of American Elec...

July 26, 2021
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Signal Energy utilizing Nextracker’s NX Horizon, TrueCapture software at two...

Intersect Power has announced Signal Energy as the EPC firm and supply of the NX Horizon smart solar trackers and TrueCapture yiel...

July 26, 2021
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SMA updates Sunny Tripower CORE1 inverter with intelligent IV curve...

SMA America has released an update to the Sunny Tripower CORE1. The update not only includes multiple innovative offerings—such as an ...

July 22, 2021
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LevelTen: Buyers need to act now to capture high-value solar...

LevelTen Energy released its Q2 2021 PPA Price Index, which includes the latest wind and solar prices for North America. The report also sur...

July 22, 2021
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New York PSC affirms Joule Assets’ opt-out community solar program

We’re reported previously that Joule Community Power, a division of Joule Assets, launched an opt-out community solar program in New Y...

July 22, 2021
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Renewables on pace to provide one-half of U.S. electricity by...

An analysis conducted by the SUN DAY Campaign of data released over the past decade by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) and ...

July 22, 2021
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Enable Energy officially rebranded as BayWa r.e. Power Solutions

BayWa r.e. announced the formal launch of BayWa r.e. Power Solutions Inc., the new brand identity for the former Enable Energy Inc., which B...

July 22, 2021
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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
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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