Solar projects built on 50 Philadelphia homes for low-income residents

The Philadelphia Energy Authority (PEA) completed the city’s first rooftop solar program for low- and moderate-income homeowners. Solar was installed at 50 homes through PEA’s Solar Savings Grant Program. “Solarize Philly makes it possible…

DOE Secretary asks all U.S. mayors to speed rooftop solar permitting process

U.S. Secretary of Energy Jennifer Granholm wrote an open letter to all U.S. mayors asking them to adopt SolarAPP+, a transformative online solar permitting tool that helps to speed rooftop solar deployment. This effort comes as Secretary…

Brooklyn warehouse becomes community-solar-powered soccer facility through PACE financing

Distributed Solar Development (DSD) has acquired a 763-kW community solar project at an old industrial warehouse in Brooklyn, New York, which was renovated into an indoor community soccer facility leveraging a combination of local incentives.…

Tigo Energy now selling residential string inverters and LFP batteries

Tigo Energy is now selling its Energy Intelligence (EI) Inverter and Battery product lines to residential installers in the United States. The company says these new solutions are designed by Tigo, but manufactured by partners. The new Tigo…

Catalyze acquires Sol Alliance to expand national solar presence

Independent power producer Catalyze has acquired Northeast solar developer Sol Alliance and its 80-MW development pipeline of solar projects. Sol Alliance Sol Alliance is a 15-year veteran of the solar industry, working on over 275 MW of…

DESRI Acquires Arroyo Solar and Storage in New Mexico

D. E. Shaw Renewable Investments (DESRI) has closed its acquisition of and debt financing for the Arroyo Solar and Storage project. Arroyo is a 300 MW AC solar and 150 MW AC/600 MWh…

Enphase Energy Participates in Hawaiian Electric’s Battery Bonus Program

Enphase Energy Inc., a global energy management technology company and microinverter-based solar-plus-storage system supplier, is taking part in Hawaiian Electric’s Battery Bonus grid…

Fusion Renewable Chooses iSun for Solar Services for Alabama Portfolio

Fusion Renewable has selected iSun Inc. for turnkey professional, development and EPC services. The projects encompass interconnect applications across three locations in Alabama, equaling…

Clearway, Toyota Sign Second Clean Power Contract

Clearway Energy Group has signed a virtual power purchase agreement (VPPA) with Toyota Motor North America (TMNA) to support Clearway’s 100 MW Wildflower Solar project in DeSoto County,…

SEIA says industry could lose 18 GW of solar deployment if further AD/CVD action is taken

Duties proposed by an anonymous group of petitioners could cause the U.S. solar industry to miss out on 18 GW of solar deployment by 2023, according to the Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). The petitions now before the Department…