Dominion Energy Offers Large Virginia Expansion of Solar and Energy Storage

Dominion Energy Virginia's Scott Solar facility in Powhatan County, Va. In its second annual clean energy filing with the Virginia State Corporation Commission (SCC), Dominion Energy Virginia…

Solas Energy Signs Additional Contracts for California Solar/Energy Storage Project

Solas Energy Consulting US Inc. has executed a second round of contracts to support construction and project management services for the Edwards Sanborn Solar Storage project in Kern County,…

ESS expands warranty insurance coverage to support performance guarantee of flow battery

Long-duration storage provider ESS has announced an expansion to its 10-year warranty insurance coverage for its Energy Center product through Munich Re. The innovative policy provides a warranty backstop for ESS’s proprietary flow battery…

80-MWh storage project coming to Dominion Energy Virginia territory

Energy storage developer East Point Energy has sold the 20-MW/80-MWh Dry Bridge Energy Storage project to Dominion Energy Virginia. The project will likely be the largest energy storage system in Virginia when it becomes operational in 2022. “East…

STI Norland launches new monitoring and optimizing components for its solar trackers

Solar tracking company STI Norland has launched a new monitoring and optimizing system for its solar tracking systems. STI Control uses three networked components: System Network Controller, Tracker Smart Controller and Intelligent Weather…

SMUD plans to cut net-metering credits by 44% next year

Just a few days after President Biden’s Department of Energy released a first-ever blueprint calling for an immediate doubling of solar energy to fight climate change, Sacramento’s local utility company adopted a policy that will slow…

SunPower scores another exclusive solar provider agreement with California home builder

Residential solar provider SunPower has signed a multi-year exclusive agreement with luxury home builder Toll Brothers in which SunPower will be the builder’s only solar provider for California homes and communities. This agreement includes…

Catholic campus already running 100% on wind power builds solar arrays for community use

Ecogy Energy and GreenSpark Solar have announced the completion of a community-solar-based system at the Ossining, New York, campus of Maryknoll Fathers & Brothers, a U.S. Catholic order of priests and brothers. The project consists of…

Appalachian Voices awarded $1.5 million to build solar in coal-impacted communities

Appalachian Voices was awarded $1.5 million by the Appalachian Regional Commission (ARC) to catalyze commercial and institutional solar projects for coal-impacted communities throughout Central Appalachia. This award is part of a $46.4 million…

Arkansas library system breaks ground on nearly 1-MW solar project

On Sept. 17, the Central Arkansas Library System (CALS) broke ground on a new, nearly 1-MW solar array. The renewable energy will create savings and help the Library System accomplish its goals of operating sustainably and promoting green…