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Illinois school district solar Nexamp Illinois school district to host Nexamp solar farm to save on energy costs
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March 28, 2024
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Case study: Nexamp, Terrasmart design Allis Hill project for National Grid DG interconnection program
March 27, 2024
Projects Ables Springs solar storage enel texas
Enel starts construction of Ables Springs solar + storage project in Texas
March 27, 2024
Projects Savion Oak Run Solar ohio
Ohio approves largest solar project in the state
March 27, 2024
News Heliene solar PV manufacturing
Suniva officially back, contracts with Heliene to produce PV with U.S. solar cells in 2024
March 27, 2024
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IRS adds 446 counties to list qualifying for Energy Communities...

The Internal Revenue Service added 446 more U.S. counties to the list where renewable energy projects could qualify for a 10% Energy Communi...

March 27, 2024
Projects Texas utility solar
EDP Renewables inks 15-year PPA with Walmart in Texas

EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA) and Walmart Inc. have signed a 15-year power purchase agreement (PPA) for a portion of ...

March 27, 2024
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Sunnova now the exclusive solar + storage provider at Home...

Sunnova Energy International entered a strategic partnership with The Home Depot to be the sole provider of solar and battery storage servic...

March 26, 2024
News fire codes
The difference between UL 9540 and 9540A

By: Lucas Miller – Senior Engineering Consultant, Mayfield Renewables In 2018, the California Solar Energy Industries Association (CAL...

March 26, 2024
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Maxeon 7 solar panels earn efficiency, hail-resistance benchmarks

Maxeon Solar Technologies achieved another efficiency rating benchmark for its solar panels. The company announced a module aperture efficie...

March 25, 2024
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Solar Power Systems debuts ‘Find Solar Installers Near Me’ service

Solar Power Systems is a source of solar U.S. solar installers reviews that helps help users find an optimal solar company based on their lo...

March 25, 2024
News UL Solutions-HOMER
UL Solutions adds Frequency Regulation Modeling to battery system design...

UL Solutions released the new 1.0 version of HOMER Front software, adding expanded performance and financial forecasting capabilities for de...

March 25, 2024
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Takeaways from NABCEP 2024 CE: Crucial code insight, solar installer...

The NABCEP CE conference is the best annual info dump and networking event for solar nerds. Last week, I wandered around the 2024 edition in...

March 25, 2024
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Milestone decision by Calif. regulators approves DER schedules to avoid...

The California Public Utilities Commission just issued a significant decision allowing renewable energy systems to be approved to interconne...

March 21, 2024
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Schneider Electric, Mainspring Energy promote new hybrid energy microgrid solutions

Image via Schneider. At the annual CERAWeek Conference, Schneider Electric and Mainspring Energy announced that they are partnering to offer...

March 21, 2024
Projects Burns McDonnell Alliant Energy solar projects Wisconsin
Burns & McDonnell completes 764 MW Alliant Energy solar program...

Burns & McDonnell has completed engineer-procure-construct (EPC) and self-perform construction services for nine solar projects acr...

March 21, 2024
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FERC affirms decision to hold utilities accountable for interconnection delays

The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission affirmed its historic July 2023 rule that modernizes the U.S. transmission grid by streamlining the...

March 21, 2024
+ Storage Wartsila Quantum2 battery energy storage system
Wärtsilä launches Quantum2 to improve large-scale energy storage deployment

Technology group Wärtsilä has launched Quantum2, a fully integrated high-capacity battery energy storage system designed and optim...

March 20, 2024
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Can’t blame IRA: Prevailing wage requirements have no impact on...

Solar labor costs are high and rising, driving “astronomical” bids from EPCs, but market fundamentals, not the IRA’s preva...

March 20, 2024
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Hickory Solar Park project in Illinois focuses on environmental justice,...

EDP Renewables North America (EDPR NA) and Volt Energy Utility have joined forces on a 110 MWac PV projected near Jerseyville, Ill...

March 19, 2024