By Sponsored Content By Nicolas Rossel, Senior Business Development Manager – Asset Optimization for EDF Renewables North America U.S. energy markets are becoming increasingly competitive and solar project margins have become razor thin. Every investor knows that there are two ways to squeeze better returns out of an asset: find ways to boost revenues and…
By SPW By Philip S. Olsen, partner, Davis Malm On March 26, 2021, Massachusetts Governor Charlie Baker signed a comprehensive climate change bill known as Senate Bill 9 – An Act Creating a Next Generation Roadmap for Massachusetts Climate Policy, which is designed to eliminate carbon emissions in Massachusetts by 2050 by promoting renewable energy…
By Billy Ludt The American Solar Energy Society (ASES) announced the 2021 edition of the National Solar Tour. This annual grassroots solar event will take place virtually and in neighborhoods nationwide the weekend of October 2. The ASES National Solar Tour is a collection of “Local Solar Tours,” as well as standalone “Solar Sites” across…
By Billy Ludt Wells Fargo signed a 20-year PPA on a 58-MW North Carolina solar project being developed by a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources. The banking company will take the total output of the Blackburn Solar Project, which is planned for a 600-acre plot in Catawba County and will operate under Duke Energy’s Green…
By Kelsey Misbrener PowerMarket launched its new website, which aims to have the most trusted marketplace for people to buy their power from local sources like community solar. Users will experience a redesigned marketplace of clean energy projects to help them select and enroll in a local project in minutes, along with updated news, team,…
By Sponsored Content Sponsored content by Folsom Labs COVID-19, and all the restrictions that went with it, was a curveball for the entire world. As a result, solar developers across the globe have tried a variety of strategies to figure out how to grow in spite of the uncertainty. The team at Folsom Labs surveyed…
By Kelsey Misbrener Document Security Systems (DSS), a multinational company operating businesses in consumer packaging, brand protection technology, blockchain security, direct marketing, healthcare, real estate and securitized digital assets, announced the launch of new venture Alset Solar. Alset Solar was formed to pursue development of utility-scale solar farms, providing a clean energy future to polluted…
By Billy Ludt 174 Power Global has entered a 15-year PPA with Black Hills Energy to develop the 200-MW Turkey Creek Solar facility in Pueblo County, Colorado. “We are glad to partner with Black Hills Energy on the Turkey Creek Solar project, which will provide long-lasting environmental and economic benefits to the Pueblo community, as…
By Kelly Pickerel When SunPower spun off its solar panel manufacturing efforts into new company Maxeon Solar Technologies in Aug. 2020, the plan was for SunPower to continue manufacturing its own P-Series of solar modules for the U.S. market out of the Oregon plant it had bought from SolarWorld. Five months later, SunPower ceased production…
By Kelsey Misbrener Intersolar North America (ISNA) and Energy Storage North America (ESNA), the industry’s flagship solar + storage events, announced that their newly combined conference and tradeshow is impossible to hold in person in 2021 due to the ongoing risks of COVID-19. New dates have been secured for January 13-15, 2022, at the Long…
By Kelsey Misbrener The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) announced it received a record 410 applications to participate in Year 2 of its Community Solar Energy Pilot Program. The applications represent 800.5 MW of total capacity and all but one project have committed to serving low- to moderate-income (LMI) communities. The program offers…
By Kelsey Misbrener Schneider Electric Solar, an industry leader of solar technology and energy management, announced that its XW Pro solar hybrid inverter is now eligible for the California’s energy storage rebates. Customers can install the XW Pro at low cost through the Self-Generation Incentive Program (SGIP), which provides rebates to support homeowners and communities…
By Kelly Pickerel A landlord in Queens has installed solar panels on more than half the buildings it owns in the borough, part of an ambitious project that should eventually be the largest solar portfolio in the New York City borough. Solar panels have been installed on 26 of the 45 buildings Zara Realty owns…
By Kelsey Misbrener Pine Gate Renewables announced that it has closed financing on two new dual-use solar projects that will bring 9 MW of solar energy and storage to the community of Carver, Massachusetts, while also maintaining the ground for cranberry farming. These are Pine Gate’s first projects in the state of Massachusetts. Solar Carver…
By Billy Ludt Ameresco, a cleantech integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, has partnered with Holy Cross Energy (HCE) for a solar + storage project on land leased from Colorado Mountain College at its Spring Valley Campus in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. Ameresco’s project with HCE is under a PPA, which lets Ameresco design,…