SimpliPhi battery bank helps D.C. elementary school better use excess solar generation

A SimpliPhi Power battery system has been installed at a Washington, D.C., elementary school to help the school better use its existing solar power system. Ludlow-Taylor Elementary School is a public school in an underserved D.C. community…

Longest-Operating Solar Thermal Facility Retires Nearly Entire Capacity

The Solar Energy Generating Systems (SEGS) facility in California’s Mojave Desert recently retired five of its solar plants (SEGS 3 through 7) and plans to retire a sixth (SEGS 8) this…

Contractor’s Corner: Aurora Energy

Aurora Energy has established a name for itself in the Washington, D.C., area as a risk-taking, ahead-of-the-curve solar installer. The company has evolved over the last three decades and sees its specialty in commercial projects that may…

Palmetto pledges $5 million to women’s solar training in Africa

Palmetto has announced a new ‘Get Solar, Give Solar’ program focused on providing underserved communities with access to solar energy systems. Palmetto believes clean energy is for everyone. In the U.S. the focus is on providing the lowest…

Ohio board approves construction of 110-MW solar project

The Ohio Power Siting Board approved the construction of a 110-MW solar project located in Defiance County, Ohio. Candela Renewables will construct the Mark Center Solar Project which will break ground in the fourth quarter of 2022. Mark…

Private firm acquires Swinerton Renewable Energy and SOLV

Private equity firm American Securities has entered an agreement to acquire Swinerton Renewable Energy, the renewable energy division of Swinerton Builders, and wholly-owned subsidiary SOLV from Swinerton Incorporated. Ranked the no. 1 solar…

New York’s new governor sets huge solar goal during Climate Week 2021

NYS Department of Environmental Conservation On the first day of Climate Week 2021, Governor Kathy Hochul today announced a call for the expansion of the highly successful NY-Sun program to achieve an expanded goal of at least 10 GW of distributed…

Abandoned paper mill in New Jersey gets new life with solar power

CEP Renewables has completed the development of the second phase of its 16-MWDC solar project sited on the abandoned Hughesville Paper Mill in the Township of Holland, New Jersey. Construction is expected to begin in the 4th quarter of 2021.…

Muscle Shoals solar project in Alabama officially online for Facebook data center

Ørsted has completed the 294-MWDC/227-MWAC Muscle Shoals solar PV project in Colbert County, Alabama. Located in the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) service area, the project has a long-term PPA with TVA. This new project will support the…

Exxon, Chevron, BP and Others Called to Testify on Climate Disinformation

The House Oversight Committee has widened its inquiry into the oil and gas industry’s role in spreading disinformation about the role of fossil fuels in causing global warming, calling on top executives from Exxon Mobil, Chevron, BP and…