Hawaiian waterpark installs 1.3-MW carport project to run 100% on solar

Hawaiian waterpark Wet’n’Wild Hawai’i recently installed a 1.3-MW solar project across the amusement park’s parking lot. Mayor Rick Blangiardi proclaimed April 22, 2021 “Wet’n’Wild Hawai‘i Green Energy Day,” with a City…

Plex-Earth’s satellite imagery AutoCAD platform now available on BricsCAD

Plex-Earth, a platform for AutoCAD that brings many aerial and satellite imagery providers under a single umbrella, announced it has expanded its offering to BricsCAD to inform smart engineering with recent, historical, high-quality imagery…

Valmont uses proprietary trackers in 1-MW solar project supporting its manufacturing facility

Valmont Industries, a global provider of engineered products and services for infrastructure development and irrigation equipment and services for agriculture, celebrated the interconnection of its 1-MW solar field at its manufacturing facility…

New Columbia Solar replacing roof and adding solar to historic DC building

The Thurgood Marshall Center stands tall in the heart of a once segregated Washington, DC as a National Historic Landmark. As the first Black YMCA in the United States, and now the home of Thurgood Marshall Center Trust (TMCT), the next 20-year…

Palmetto announces new installer-agnostic solar monitoring and O&M program

Palmetto announced it has launched a new solar energy monitoring program called Palmetto Protect. The monitoring tool is available through the Palmetto App, accessible via Android and iOS, to all solar customers regardless of installer. The…

National Grid Renewables constructing 275-MW solar + storage project in Texas

Three power purchase agreements were signed on National Grid Renewables‘ under-construction Noble solar + storage project sited in Denton County, Texas. Noble will be 275 MW of solar and 125 MWh of battery storage. National Grid Renewables The…

Iowa’s largest solar project begins commercial operation

Wapello Solar Project Clēnera announced Iowa’s largest solar project, Wapello Solar, entered into commercial operation on March 8. The 127.5-MW project was constructed by Renewable Energy Systems (RES) and progressed with little to no…

OMCO Solar supplying trackers for 15-MW Arkansas solar project portfolio

OMCO Solar will supply its OMCO ORIGIN tracker for 15 MW of solar projects in Arkansas from regional installer Entegrity Energy Partners. Since its premiere at Solar Power International in 2019, OMCO Solar’s ORIGIN factory-direct tracker…

Colorado school uses 500-kW solar array for science class curriculum

National construction and energy services firm McKinstry and Fremont RE-2 School District of Florence, Colorado, began a two-year student and staff educational program as part of their partnership on a project that includes an approximately…

100 Green Mountain Power utility customers can receive a free Span smart electrical panel

Intelligent electrical panel developer Span has set up a pilot program with Vermont utility Green Mountain Power (GMP) to offer 100 GMP customers a free installation of the Span Smart Panel. The Smart Panel provides customers insights into…