McDonald’s and eBay spur development of Louisiana’s largest solar project

McDonald’s and eBay contracted Lightsource bp to purchase power from what will be Louisiana’s largest solar project, located 30 miles northwest of Baton Rouge in Pointe Coupee Parish. The 345-MW Ventress Solar project will help McDonald’s…

Solar installer Lumio acquires home services tech company Unyte

Major regional solar installer Lumio has acquired Unyte Home Services and will begin offering solar systems with artificial intelligence (AI) service technology across its installation network spanning 37 states. Unyte’s technology platform…

HellermannTyton now offering value pack of required NEC solar safety labels

HellermannTyton is now offering a package of safety labels required for solar projects. The company has grouped all solar labels required for PV installations to comply with the 2020 updates to Article 690 of the National Electrical Code.…

Solar Power International conference organizers committed to in-person show in New Orleans

Solar Energy Trade Shows, the organizer of Solar Power International, issued an update in response to evolving news on the Delta variant and its effect on the show planned for September 20-23 in New Orleans. The organizers are committed to…

Greenskies Clean Energy installs 645 kW of solar for Connecticut town

Greenskies Clean Energy recently constructed four solar arrays totaling 645 kW at municipal buildings throughout Glastonbury, Connecticut. Credit: Greenskies Clean Energy Greenskies installed solar panels on rooftops at three schools —…

RAISE the Roof Act proposes to add necessary roof replacements, integrated solar systems to ITC

House Representatives Mikie Sherill (NJ-11) and Bill Pascrell, Jr. (NJ-09) today introduced the Revamping Appropriate Incentives for Solar Energy for (RAISE) the Roof Act, which would allow full roof installations using integrated solar systems…

Walmart subscribes to 50 MW of Nexamp community solar projects in New York

Walmart has contracted with Nexamp as an anchor tenant to support community solar projects in one of the biggest deals of its kind. The retailer is subscribing to a share of each of 23 Nexamp solar farms across New York and will receive energy…

ESS iron-flow battery to join solar microgrid at Pennsylvania industrial site

TerraSol Energies has selected iron-flow battery manufacturer ESS to provide an energy storage system for a commercial site in Pennsylvania. ESS’s Energy Warehouse system will be integrated with solar PV as part of a microgrid to reduce…

DOE, NJBPU release resilient microgrid planning resource for local governments

The New Jersey Institute of Technology’s Center for Resilient Design announces the launch of microgrids.io, a web-based resource focused on planning and developing sustainable, resilient local government microgrids locally and nationally.…

Morgan Solar releases asset management hardware and software set for utility-scale market

The Morgan Solar IV DAQ provides accurate full IV curve traces as well as panel voltage, current, temperature and string current. Morgan Solar has announced the certification and launch of the IV-DAQ, an in-situ IV curve tracer, and complementary…