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electriq-power Electriq Power secures $300M to deploy solar + storage in California with ‘major U.S. clean energy company’
SB Staff
March 20, 2023
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News State of the Solar Job industry
The Buzz | State of the solar job market, training staff and where to focus resources
March 20, 2023
Projects Leeward renewable energy
Leeward closes financing for 200 MW Horizon solar project
March 16, 2023
Projects AVANGRID solar
AVANGRID continues expansion with 523 MW of new solar farm projects in Texas and Ohio
March 16, 2023
Projects sunwealth
RSF Social Finance invests $5 million in Sunwealth for community-based solar projects
March 16, 2023
Projects lightstar agriculture agrivoltaics
Lightstar Renewables, American Farmland Trust promote regenerative agricultural practices

Community solar developer Lightstar Renewables has joined forces with the American Farmland Trust’s (AFT) mission to protect farmland,...

March 15, 2023
Projects Wood Mackenzie annual storage
Report: U.S. energy storage market continues to expand rapidly

A new report shows that the energy storage market is on the rise. According to the American Clean Power Association (ACP) and Wood Mackenzie...

March 15, 2023
Inverters and eBOS CPS 250-275kW String Inverter
CPS slashes price of 250/275 kW string inverter at Innovation...

CPS America announced at their 2023 Product Innovation Day that they cut the price on the CPS 250/275kW three-phase string inverter by 20% t...

March 15, 2023
News solarever USA
Solarever USA expands solar module, cell production at Mexico plant

Solarever USA is expanding annual production capability to 1.1 GW of solar modules with an eye to supplying the U.S. solar market. This expa...

March 15, 2023
+ Storage Sunnova_Logo_with_Tagline_Color
Sunnova promotes free battery to new California solar + storage...

Solar + storage providers are making special offers and system tweaks for California homeowners in response to the upcoming net energy meter...

March 15, 2023
Projects welcome to new york sign
NYSERDA signs agreements for 2 muni-owned sites for renewable energy...

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) has announced agreements on two municipally owned sites for potential...

March 14, 2023
News neovolta
ADP to install NeoVolta batteries at 400+ Orthagenex treatment centers

A peek inside a NeoVolta battery. American Development Partners (ADP), a full-service development, general contractor and private equity fir...

March 14, 2023
Projects HCE manufactured housing
Goin’ mobile: Colorado solar project to benefit manufactured housing

Holy Cross Energy (HCE), a rural electric cooperative in Colorado, is deploying a 450 kW community solar project to serve manufactured housi...

March 13, 2023
+ Storage solaredge rate saver
SolarEdge Rate Saver battery pitched as California NEM 3.0 solution

In anticipation of the April 14 start of California’s NEM 3.0, SolarEdge introduced the Home ‘Rate Saver’ solar + battery ...

March 13, 2023
News Ohio
LONGi solar panel manufacturing coming to Ohio via Invenergy joint...

Solar developer, owner, and operator Invenergy just made a big investment in the domestic solar PV market — more than $600 million (th...

March 13, 2023
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Solar Synergy Program offers high-quality pollinator habitats at no cost...

The Bee and Butterfly Habitat Fund recently launched their new Solar Synergy program alongside project partner, Monarch Joint Venture. The p...

March 13, 2023
Projects arcvera
ArcVera provides independent engineering for Onward’s 1.2 GW solar portfolio...

Long known for its wind energy technical leadership, ArcVera Renewables is venturing more into the solar space through independent engineeri...

March 13, 2023
Projects navisun
Navisun secures up to $235 million in financing to fuel...

Navisun LLC has secured up to $235 million in debt financing through two facilities. The company is a solar independent power producer co-de...

March 13, 2023
News Sarcos
Watch: Automated solar panel installation validated at Mortenson, Array project...

With equipment costs down about as low as they can go, and with constant remarks of “labor shortages,” the next step-change in s...

March 13, 2023
News opensolar and eagleview
OpenSolar integrates EagleView solar site assessments

OpenSolar, the only entirely free solar design and sales platform, is adding EagleView’s aerial imaging and property data as an option...

March 13, 2023