Orsted’s Helena Energy Center Gets Green Light

Ørsted, a company that develops, constructs and operates offshore and onshore wind farms, solar farms and energy storage facilities, has taken a final investment decision on its largest…

GRID Alternatives Inland Empire completes California’s first low-income community solar project

The community solar project is located on the Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians reservation in Anza Valley. GRID Alternatives Inland Empire (GRID IE) was joined by tribal partner Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians and Anza Electric Cooperative…

5 reasons roofing contractors are moving into solar now

By Pete Cleveland, VP of Product Strategy, EagleView. Originally published on eagleview.com. Demand for home solar soared in 2020, according to recent Bloomberg New Energy Finance (BloombergNEF) research, with U.S. residential solar installations…

The underrated reason software is helping solar developers grow in 2021

2020 was the year that every solar developer became a digital business. At first glance, you would expect it to be triggered by social distancing: that the entire industry went contactless, and the only way to enable that was online tools.…

Biden Administration Announces a Major Offshore Wind Plan

Much of the Biden plan involves harnessing the federal government to help states meet existing targets like those of New York and New Jersey. The Transportation Department, for example, announced $230 million funding for port authorities…

Q CELLS Submits Patent Infringement Complaints to German, French Courts

Q CELLS, a photovoltaic manufacturer, has filed a patent infringement complaint in Germany with the Regional Court of Düsseldorf against Astronergy Solarmodule GmbH. Q CELLS has also…

JinkoSolar Launches New Module for Distributed Generation Market

JinkoSolar Holding Co. Ltd., a solar module manufacturer, has launched a new series of Tiger Pro modules targeted for the distributed generation market. The new module is based on the…

2020 EnergySage installer survey finds one in five solar installations nationwide included a battery

EnergySage and NABCEP released the results of the sixth annual Solar Installer Survey, the largest and most comprehensive business survey of solar companies nationwide. Over 650 residential and commercial installers across the country participated…

An equitable and reliable solar power grid for farmers

By Praveen Jain, IEEE Medal in Power Engineering recipient Born in rural India and being at the global forefront of technology over the past 40 years, I can say with certainty that farmers in many countries are not seeing the true benefits…

Contractor’s Corner: Sunrise Power Solutions

A Generation180 report released in 2020 found that 7,332 public and private K-12 schools in the United States had solar power. Seems like a lot, but that’s only 5.5% of schools across the country. Educational institutions are a segment…