California solar installer PermaCity acquired by Catalyze

Independent power producer Catalyze has acquired C&I developer and installer PermaCity. With a commitment to deliver more than 400 MW of projects within the next few years, PermaCity expands Catalyze’s project pipeline to more than…

Tigo files additional lawsuit against APsystems alleging patent infringement

Tigo Energy has filed a new lawsuit against APsystems in addition to its current ongoing case. The complaint includes four new patent infringement claims, as well as an additional claim from a patent asserted in the previously filed lawsuit.…

LinkedIn, Microsoft employees among those eligible to enroll in three Common Energy community solar projects

Community solar provider Common Energy has opened four solar projects for enrollment by employees of Microsoft, LinkedIn, Corning, Akamai Technologies and VMware. Through Common Energy’s Clean Energy Benefit Program, these companies’…

NFTs Are Shaking Up the Art World. Are They Also Fueling Climate Change?

“It’s really a big boom and the prices have been going crazy. But it can’t continue like this,” Mr. Lemercier said. “So there’s a sense that there is a very limited amount of time to make as much money as possible. So that’s…

Canadian Solar Begins Mass Production of 665 W Modules

Canadian Solar Inc., a manufacturer of solar photovoltaic modules, has started mass production of high-power, high-efficiency modules…

Clearway Breaks Ground on Two Hawaiian Utility-Scale Solar Projects

Clearway Energy Group, a renewable energy company, has broken ground on two utility-scale solar projects in Mililani and Waiawa, Hawaii.  The 39 MW Mililani I Solar and 36 MW Waiawa…

Con Edison to use 1-MW lithium battery to improve grid stability in the Bronx

Local utility Con Edison has installed a 1-MW lithium-ion battery in the Bronx to improve reliability along the City Island business strip. “Battery technology can help us accomplish several goals on behalf of our customers,” said Santee…

Belltown Power Texas developing 640 MW of storage to accompany existing solar portfolio

Belltown Power Texas has started the development of stand-alone storage projects to complement its portfolio of solar assets, with a target of over 1 GW to be brought online over the next two to three years. Over the last year, Belltown identified…

Panasonic elevates four solar installation companies to Elite and Premium program levels

Panasonic has promoted four solar installations companies to new levels of the company’s Residential Solar Installer program. Orange County Solar from Orange, California, and Kapital Electric Company from Bensenville, Illinois, are now…

Rensselaer County, New York, subscribes to 7.4-MW of community solar

OYA Solar, a solar developer and asset owner, announced that Rensselaer County has subscribed to 7.4 MWDC of clean energy from OYA’s community solar projects in New York State. The County is the first major public sector entity in New York…