Maine ski resort looks to solar to power operations

Saddleback Mountain Ski Resort contracted Nexamp to construct a 7.36-MW, 31-acre community solar farm on its property in Rangeley, Maine. In exploring options to strengthen the economics and environmental profile of Saddleback, owner Arctaris…

Ameresco to deploy 2.15 GWh of FlexGen energy storage for Southern California Edison portfolio

Ameresco has chosen battery supplier FlexGen Power Systems for a 2,150-MWh energy storage project for Southern California Edison. FlexGen will provide the energy storage technology along with its HybridOS energy management system platform. The…

Airobotics, Solar Drone Develop Unmanned System to Clean Solar Panels

One of Airobotics' current end-to-end drone solutions Airobotics, an Israeli manufacturer of autonomous unmanned aircraft and aerial data platforms, and Solar Drone, an Israeli company…

Daqo Piloting Production at Polysilicon Facility

Daqo New Energy Corp., a manufacturer of high-purity polysilicon for the global solar PV industry, has completed construction ahead…

Westbridge Acquires Alberta Solar PV Project and Battery Energy Storage System

Stefano Romanin Westbridge Energy Corp. has acquired a 75% controlling interest in Sunnynook Solar Energy Inc., which is developing a new 236 MW DC solar photovoltaic (PV) and 100 MW of…

December solar policy snapshots

All eyes are on the Senate as it debates the Build Back Better Act, which is full of solar industry provisions. Build Back Better Act makes progressWashington, D.C. The House of Representatives passed the Build Back Better Act in November,…

IREC announces new educational resource to improve solar permitting, inspection

The Sustainable Energy Action Committee and the Interstate Renewable Energy Council announced the launch of a new clearinghouse website housing educational resources and recommendations related to the permitting and inspection of clean energy…

Sunrun completes 246-kW solar project across California affordable housing community

BRIDGE Housing, a community development organization, celebrated completing a 246-kW solar project portfolio installed across 94 homes in Suisun City, California. The Cottonwood Creek solar project is reducing tenants’ monthly energy bills…

California Regulators Fine PG&E $125 Million for 2019 Kincade Fire

Regulators in California said on Thursday that they had fined Pacific Gas & Electric $125 million for its role in causing the Kincade fire, which injured four people and destroyed hundreds of buildings in 2019.As part of a settlement…

Meet an Ecologist Who Works for God (and Against Lawns)

WADING RIVER, N.Y. — If Bill Jacobs were a petty man, or a less religious one, he might look through the thicket of flowers, bushes and brambles that encircle his home and see enemies all around. For to the North, and to the South, and…