GAF Energy, Sandia National Labs Research Solar Roofing Technology

GAF Energy, a provider of roof-integrated solar solutions, is partnering with Sandia National Laboratories, a U.S. Department of Energy research and development lab, to test the company’s…

Amp to Install 100 MW of Community Solar Projects in the U.S. by End of Year

Amp's community solar project in New Germany, Minn. Amp has broken ground on a portfolio of wholly owned community solar projects in New York and, along with its Massachusetts portfolio…

New Jersey Regulator Approves 165 MW of Community Solar Projects

NJBPU President Joseph L. Fiordaliso The New Jersey Board of Public Utilities (NJBPU) has approved 105 applications to participate in the second year of the state’s Community Solar Energy…

CanREA Readies Electricity Transformation Canada 2021 Conference in Toronto

Robert Hornung The Canadian Renewable Energy Association (CanREA) says it is making the final preparations for its major annual event, Electricity Transformation Canada (ETC), which is…

Lewis Roca Starts Group to Address End-of-Life Planning for Renewable Energy Assets

Tom Dougherty More than 40 years of renewable energy investment in the U.S. has led to the current installment of 550,000 acres of solar capacity and 67,000 individual wind turbines. As…

Ørsted Sets Long-term, Science-based, Net-zero Target

Ørsted's Muscle Shoals solar project in Alabama The Science Based Targets initiative (SBTi) has launched the Net-Zero Standard as a framework and standard for aligning corporate net-zero…

Arizona Corporation Commission eliminates grid access fee for solar customers

The Arizona Corporation Commission decided to eliminate a decade-old grid access fee for residential solar customers in Arizona. The grid access fee, which was imposed by Arizona Public Service, averaged about $100 per year per solar customer…

Borrego will build its first solar projects in Montana and South Dakota for Greenbacker

Solar installer Borrego has been selected by Greenbacker Renewable Energy to engineer and construct two utility-scale solar projects in Montana and South Dakota. The projects are the largest to date for Greenbacker as well as Borrego’s…

Solar BOS Survey Report

Balance of System (BOS) refers to the electrical components of a PV system other than the solar modules and major equipment such as inverters and medium voltage transformers. Traditionally, these components consist of cables/wires, switches,…

Philadelphia school district starts 3-year solar training program

The Philadelphia Energy authority marked a milestone in Pennsylvania’s equitable transition to clean energy, opening the Solar Training Lab at Frankford High School. “Philadelphia is committed to becoming carbon neutral by 2050, and that…