Soltec has bundled total solar system hardware with SolarFighter

Soltec has launched SolarFighter, a product package designed for photovoltaic distributed generation projects up to 12 MW. SolarFighter comprises all equipment required to build a photovoltaic tracking plant, including solar trackers, modules…

Green Power EMC, Silicon Ranch complete 200-MW southern Georgia solar project portfolio

Green Power EMC, the renewable energy provider for 38 Georgia Electric Membership Corporations, and Silicon Ranch, an independent solar power producer and the U.S. solar platform for Shell, completed a 200-MWac solar portfolio that includes…

Genie Solar Energy installs 572 kW of rooftop solar for COVID testing equipment manufacturer

Genie Solar Energy, a developer, designer and installer of commercial solar systems, has completed two rooftop solar installations totaling 572 kW in New Hampshire for INTEGRA Biosciences, a developer and manufacturer of medical pipettes…

Maine solar advocates release report responding to negative PUC net energy billing findings

A new study released this week by the consulting firm Daymark Energy Advisors shows that Maine’s Net Energy Billing (NEB) program has already generated significant net program benefits and is on track to drive hundreds of millions more…

175-MW solar array planned for former coal mine in Maryland

Competitive Power Ventures (CPV) plans to install a 175-MWAC solar project on the site of a former coal mine in Maryland. The CPV Backbone Solar Farm is proposed to be built on former Vindex/Arch Coal mining sites just north of Kitzmiller,…

61-MW solar project now supplying power to Apple data center in Nevada

McCarthy Building Companies recently completed construction of the Turquoise Solar Project in Washoe County, Nevada. The 61-MWDC solar farm is located on approximately 180 acres in the Reno Technology Park — a 2,200-acre industrial park…

DOE sets aside $20 million for flow battery R&D

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has announced up to $20 million for research and development that will advance the manufacturability of mid-sized flow battery systems. Invinity Energy Systems vanadium flow batteries With this funding…

City of Rialto, California, designing solar, storage and biogas microgrid to power wastewater treatment plant

The City of Rialto, California, in partnership with Rialto Water Services and Veolia North America, have announced their joint commitment to the next phase of an ambitious plan to design and install a microgrid powered through a unique combination…

SMA America agrees to donate equipment and training time to GRID Alternatives projects

SMA America is now a national equipment supplier for GRID Alternatives, the nation’s largest nonprofit solar installer. The partnership will build on the organizations’ mutual goals to extend access to clean, affordable energy technologies…

Competitive Power Ventures Aims to Convert Maryland Mining Site to Solar

Competitive Power Ventures (CPV), a subsidiary of OPC Energy Ltd., says it plans to file an application with the state of Maryland for a certificate of public convenience and necessity…