New York municipality signs on for OYA Solar community solar projects

The Town of Independence, New York has signed an agreement to join developer OYA Solar’s state-wide community solar program with a subscription to its local solar project on Independence Road. Credit: OYA Solar The municipality has approved…

Designing for Next-Generation Technologies: Utility-Scale Trends

Join Solar Power World and Top Solar Contractors as we have a roundtable discussion on the best business practices the installation community has adopted for the utility-scale market. The utility-scale solar market may seem like an assembly…

Solar Wolf Energy completes 40-kW system for Rhode Island metalcaster

Solar Wolf Energy has completed a solar project for Rhode Island metalcaster Cumberland Foundry Co. The foundry has a 25.6-kW system on its roof, while a nearby office supports its own 13.6-kW system. Many industrial applications lack an…

Guzman Energy signs PPA on Primergy Solar’s 155-MW Colorado PV project

Guzman Energy has signed a power purchase agreement with Primergy Solar on the proposed 155-MWac Hesperus Solar Project. Hesperus, located in La Plata County on Colorado’s western slope, could serve the energy needs of nearly 56,000 homes…

Eagle Solar & Light making Alabama brewery first in state powered by solar

Eagle Solar & Light installed a 125.28-kW rooftop solar system atop Ferus Artisan Ales in Trussville, Alabama, making it the first brewery in the state to be powered by solar. Ferus Artisan Ales “We’re excited to be the first brewery…

EPRI releases open-source Distributed Energy Resource Value Estimation Tool

The tool provides a free, publicly accessible, open-source platform for calculating, understanding and optimizing the value of DER based on their technical merits and constraints. DER-VET was developed in collaboration with the California…

Maryland Energy Administration gives organizations $566,000 to conduct microgrid feasibility analysis and planning

The Maryland Energy Administration (MEA) has announced $566,000 in awards for eight organizations that will fund feasibility analysis, planning and design of microgrids bringing resilience and sustainability to Maryland communities, critical…

Ardexa launches secure toolkit for remote solar project operations

Ardexa, a global IoT platform provider, has expanded its feature set with a secure and fast remote working toolkit for renewable energy operations. Traditional remote access tools can be complex to install and securely manage, particularly…

rPlus Energies breaks ground on Greenbacker’s 104-MWdc Utah solar project

rPlus Energies, a Utah-based power plant developer, recently broke ground on Graphite Solar I, a 104 MWdc/80 MWac utility-scale solar project owned by Greenbacker Renewable Energy in Carbon County, Utah. The project will be one of the largest…

Biden Doubles FEMA Program to Prepare for Extreme Weather

“Today that down payment grew substantially, but as a nation we must still do more,” said Mr. Kaniewski, a managing director at Marsh & McLennan Companies, a consulting firm. “It will take investment from all levels of government,…