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Danville-Solar-Project-Ameresco-Photo-Credit Inovateus, Ameresco complete brownfield solar project on former General Motors plant site
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August 31, 2022
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News Soltage - Community Solar Project in Pontiac-IL
Soltage completes construction of community solar project for Pontiac, Illinois
August 31, 2022
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Mercom: Lightsource bp tops list of global solar developers ranked by total capacity
August 31, 2022
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Colorado mixed-use property subscribes to community solar for 100 percent of its electricity needs
August 31, 2022
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Hooray for IRA: Solar installers plan to boost workforce by 148 percent over next five years
August 31, 2022
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RE+ 2022 showcase: Everything you need to see at the...

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August 31, 2022
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California passes community solar bill, awaits governor’s signature

The California State Legislature passed the much-anticipated AB 2316 that will create a community renewable energy program to make community...

August 31, 2022
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How 96 hours without power changed solar + storage valuations...

The historic winter that hit Texas in February of last year broke all illusions that our grids are designed to handle the effects of climate...

August 31, 2022
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Generac Grid Services to manage DERs for Dominion Energy Virginia

Dominion Energy Virginia selected Generac Grid Services to provide the utility’s distributed energy resource management system (DERMS)...

August 30, 2022
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OMCO Solar expands Indiana manufacturing facility

Following the recent passage of the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), OMCO Solar announced it has expanded its Pierceton, Indiana, manufacturin...

August 30, 2022
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First Solar maps out $1.2 billion U.S. solar manufacturing expansion...

The Inflation Reduction Act signed by President Biden includes some serious incentives for domestic solar manufacturers. So, it was only a m...

August 30, 2022
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CEC awards Yotta $1.23M to design solar + storage project...

The California Energy Commission (CEC) awarded $1.23 million to Yotta Energy to develop a solar and storage system for a multifamily propert...

August 30, 2022
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TerraSol completes microgrid at industrial recycling facility with iron flow...

TerraSol Energies Inc. completed the installation and commissioning of a microgrid project including a SunPower solar energy system and an E...

August 29, 2022
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Amp Energy set to build 61 MWh solar + storage...

Amp Energy closed financing on its 61 MW | 6.5 MWh solar + storage portfolio in Massachusetts and New York, valued at $155M. Amp Energy is h...

August 29, 2022
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Sunrun-backed Lunar Energy debuts battery system in first step to...

Led by former Tesla Energy executive, Kunal Girotra, Lunar Energy was founded in August 2020 with the mission to electrify the home and prov...

August 29, 2022
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Details on BRC Solar’s compact M500/14 PV power optimizer

BRC Solar GmbH is upping the current density while reducing the size of its next-generation PV power optimizers by adding in Efficient Power...

August 29, 2022
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Interconnection FAQs: Addressing solar installers’ five most common concerns

Interconnection can determine whether your project is able to move forward or not. Unfortunately, the process by which you connect a PV proj...

August 29, 2022
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Enphase Energy acquires smart home IoT software provider GreenCom

Enphase Energy is acquiring GreenCom Networks AG, an Internet of Things (IoT) software provider based in Based in Munich, Germany. The acqui...

August 29, 2022
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Keys to municipal solar projects in Arkansas with Entegrity |...

Ever since Arkansas passed the Solar Access Act in 2019, Entegrity Energy has been installing all kinds of solar arrays for municipalities i...

August 25, 2022
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Bear Creek, Alliant Energy’s first utility-scale solar project, is now...

Alliant Energy’s first utility-scale solar project is now operational. At 50 megawatts (MW), the Bear Creek Solar Project in Richland ...

August 24, 2022