Power Factors acquires Greenbyte energy management software

Renewable energy operations and asset performance management software provider Power Factors has acquired Greenbyte and its renewable energy management platform. The combined entity supports more than 75 GW of wind, solar and energy storage…

Trina Solar premieres dual-row, single-axis solar tracker system

Trina Solar launched the TrinaTracker Agile 1P Dual Row, which is a dual-row, one-in-portrait, single-axis tracker compatible with modules from 400 W to 670 W. The Agile series is a new member of the TrinaTracker family after the Vanguard…

GRNE completes 2.1-MW Adjustable Block Program solar project for Kendall County, Illinois

GRNE Solar has completed installation and powered on its 2.1-MW solar project for Kendall County, Illinois. The project is located on a vacant 7.4-acre parcel at the Government Center Complex in Yorkville, Illinois. It will be owned, operated…

Strata to keep focus on solar with new company name Strata Clean Energy

Utility-scale solar + storage installer Strata Clean Energy has announced its name change from the former Strata Solar. The rebrand represents the company’s commitment to the proliferation of clean energy products by providing more safe…

SEIA adds environmental justice to core advocacy efforts

SEIA has announced its environmental justice priorities through a new policy platform that will support the organization’s advocacy efforts. The platform outlines principles for engagement, as well as environmental justice outcomes and…

Encore Renewable Energy to install 1.6-MW solar project for Bucknell University

A rendering of Bucknell University’s new solar project. Bucknell University has partnered with Encore Renewable Energy of Burlington, Vermont, to install a 1.6-MW solar array on approximately seven acres of university-owned land beyond…

How to get started installing solar panels

By Ali McBride, Aurora Solar Solar power in the United States is booming. It has ranked first or second in new U.S. electric capacity each year since 2013, and US-installed capacity is quickly approaching 100 gigawatts (GW). The demand for…

Catalyze Adds PermaCity, SolarStrap Mounting Solution to Company Offerings

Catalyze, a developer and independent power producer of renewable distributed generation, storage and electric vehicle projects, has acquired PermaCity, a solar developer and installer,…

Li-Cycle to open lithium battery recycling facility in Phoenix

Lithium battery recycler Li-Cycle Corp. will build its third commercial lithium-ion battery recycling facility in North America, to be located in Gilbert, Arizona, within the Phoenix metropolitan area. It will join Li-Cycle’s existing facilities…

Solar Alliance Energy installs arrays for two Lexington, Kentucky, fire stations

Solar Alliance Energy announced it has completed the installation of two solar projects at two Lexington, Kentucky, fire stations in the first step of what the company plans to be further inroads into the first responder market. Each solar…