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Georgia Power seeks rate hike and solar fee, SEIA says GPC already overcharges customers
October 24, 2022
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Hershey Co. signs 140-MW PPA with Copperhead Solar & Storage
October 20, 2022
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Greenbacker buys nine pre-operational net-metered Vermont solar projects
October 20, 2022
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Toledo Solar eyes expansion into Europe and Central Asia
October 19, 2022
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11-site New York solar portfolio designed by Castillo Engineering, Solar...

A 75 MW portfolio of 11 community solar projects in New York is coming online via engineering, construction and procurement (EPC) firms Sola...

October 19, 2022
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Standard Solar acquires Rhode Island community solar portfolio from Trina...

Standard Solar is expanding its community solar portfolio in Rhode Island with the acquisition of a combined 6.2 MW of projects. The two gro...

October 19, 2022
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SimpliPhi discounts wall-mountable battery and emergency power kits in October

Customer-sited battery storage can provide critical backup power in the face of growing threats to the centralized grid. That is why SimpliP...

October 19, 2022
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SEIA warns of stringent building code changes proposed by FEMA

International Code Council (ICC) voters are considering a code change that could upend solar development, according to the Solar Energy Indu...

October 18, 2022
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Solar PPA prices soar again in Q3: Why? When will...

Solar and wind power purchase agreement (PPA) prices are rising again according to two third quarter reports, due to robust demand and conti...

October 18, 2022
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What’s holding up utility-scale energy storage development?

Why aren’t there more energy storage projects like this 4.99 MW/10 MWh front-of-the-meter BESS in Rumford, Maine, developed by Agilita...

October 18, 2022
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Modernize adds after-hours messaging for contractors in Connect

Homeowner calls do not always neatly occur within business hours. Home improvement platform Modernize Home Services puts the number of inqui...

October 17, 2022
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Schneider debuts solar-ready Square D Combination Service Entrance Device

Schneider Electric offered a sneak peak of the new Square D Combination Service Entrance Device (CSED) during the NECA 2022 Convention &...

October 17, 2022
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Dependable Group of Companies selects Solar FlexRack fixed tilt mounting...

Engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) company, Dependable Group of Companies (DGC) installed a 48-MW solar project portfolio in Al...

October 17, 2022
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FirstEnergy Pennsylvania issues RFP for long-term solar PPAs

FirstEnergy Corp. is issuing a Request for Proposal (RFP) to enter into long-term solar power purchase agreements (PPAs) on behalf of four F...

October 17, 2022
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Apprentices: What are they and how does the solar industry...

The Inflation Reduction Act ties the juicy 30 percent investment tax credit (ITC) and all of the potential adders for any solar and/or energ...

October 17, 2022
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Module supply boom or bust? Takeaways from CEA Q2 PV...

In its Q2 2022 PV Supplier Market Intelligence Program Report (SMIP), Clean Energy Associates (CEA) shows how dramatically the solar PV modu...

October 13, 2022
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Bucknell University unveils solar array, installed by Encore Renewable Energy

Bucknell University and Vermont’s Encore Renewable Energy debuted a 1.76 MW solar array this week that will support up to 7% of the un...

October 13, 2022
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Clēnera, Merit Controls team up to integrate more utility-scale energy...

Utility-scale solar and energy storage developer Clēnera formed a partnership with grid integration provider Merit Controls to, essenti...

October 13, 2022
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Aurora Solar hosting online solar education event in November

Aurora Solar is hosting Empower on Nov. 1-2, a free virtual event featuring keynotes from Ari Matusiak, CEO of Rewiring America as well as B...

October 13, 2022