The Prairie Wolf Solar Project from National Grid Renewables started commercial operations in Coles County, Illinois. Prairie Wolf is producing 200 MW of solar power and is contracted through a virtual PPA with agricultural corporation Cargill. Credit: National Grid Renewables “Cargill is committed to mitigating the pressing issue of climate change and its impacts on […]
The new light beacon, designed and developed by CAR-LITE, will send automatic alerts to the relevant road safety authorities and geolocalize precisely the location of failed vehicles, without the need for Internet connection, Wi-Fi or SIM cards, based on Sigfox 0G network. The solution will cover virtually the entire road network, thanks to the scope […]
OpenSolar Inc., a software company for solar installers with a free solar design and sales platform, and Mosaic, a financing platform for U.S. residential solar and energy-efficient home improvements, have launched a new platform integration partnership. The integration between the two companies provides solar installers with the ability to offer their customers competitive financing options […]
Cloud-based services offer a lot of benefits to businesses. They can make it easier for companies to access and share data, provide more opportunities for collaboration, and improve efficiency. But this convenience comes at a cost. Data is often stored on servers outside of your company’s network, which makes it more susceptible to security breaches, […]
Stem announced it will acquire solar asset management software AlsoEnergy for $695 million. The transaction will combine Stem’s energy storage optimization capabilities with AlsoEnergy’s solar asset performance monitoring and control software to deliver a more comprehensive solution for renewable energy projects. In addition, Stem will offer its smart energy storage solutions to AlsoEnergy’s existing front-of-meter […]
The sun shines from southern skies in the Northern Hemisphere, and for that reason, fixed-tilt solar systems are conventionally installed in a south-facing orientation in the United States to receive maximum yield per panel. Aerocompact’s CompactFlat east-west racking. Yet, there are arguments for installing solar in an east-west, or dual-tilt, orientation when sites are closer […]
The U.S. House of Representatives this week unanimously voted to pass a bill banning all imports from Xinjiang, China, unless suppliers can prove the products were not made with forced labor. The Uyghur Forced Labor Prevention Act (UFLPA) also passed the Senate Dec. 16, and President Joe Biden has already suggested he will sign it. […]
Sunverge, the provider of a distributed energy resource (DER) control, orchestration and aggregation platform, and Delmarva Power, an Exelon Company serving customers in Delaware and Maryland, announced it has entered into an agreement with PJM Interconnection to explore how the Elk Neck Battery Storage Pilot Program will participate in the region’s wholesale market for ancillary […]
New solution running on the LoRaWAN® standard detects dangerous levels of methane in gas, shuts off the valve and notifies the end user via a Nortegas mobile app. Semtech Corporation announced its collaboration with Spanish utility metering systems provider Arson Metering. Arson Metering is utilizing Semtech’s LoRa® devices and the LoRaWAN® standard for its new […]
OpenSolar, a free solar design and sales platform, and Mosaic, a financing platform for U.S. residential solar and energy-efficient home improvements, are partnering to build on their shared mission to drive solar adoption at scale. Both companies aimed to build efficiencies into the solar sales process — OpenSolar through its free-to-use, end-to-end design and sales […]