Quanta Services plans acquisition of national renewables EPC Blattner

Electrical infrastructure provider Quanta Services has entered an agreement to acquire Blattner Holding Company, one of the largest utility-scale renewable energy contractors in North America. Founded in 1907 and headquartered in Avon, Minnesota,…

Midwest Renewable Energy Association extends solar technical training scholarship into second year

The Midwest Renewable Energy Association (MREA) and its partners will continue its commitment to solar technical training and workforce development opportunities for underserved communities in the Midwest into a second year. MREA held in-person…

Maryland Public Service Commission unanimously approves expansion of community solar program

Credit: Standard Solar During two hearings in late August, the Maryland Public Service Commission unanimously voted to expand the capacity of the state’s community solar program as well as improve access for low- and moderate-income (LMI)…

SB Energy will break ground on 200-MW Texas solar project in 2022

SB Energy, a subsidiary of SoftBank Group, is scheduled to start construction of the 200-MW Eiffel Solar project located in Lamar County, Texas in the first half of 2022. The project will start to deliver energy to utility Energy Transfer…

Registration opens for combined Intersolar and Energy Storage North America 2022 conference

Registration for Intersolar North America and Energy Storage North America, an industry solar + storage event, is open. The combined conference and expo is taking place in person January 13-15, 2022 in Long Beach, CA. “Perhaps now more…

Top 3 residential solar contractors use Blu Banyan’s SolarSuccess

By Matthew Hirsch, CMO and Partner at TerraCurrent A list of Top Solar Contractors in 2021 compiled by Solar Power World places three of Blu Banyan’s SolarSuccess customers—Titan Solar Power, Sunpro Solar, and Momentum Solar—at the…

Illinois Senate passes omnibus energy bill that could make the state a renewable energy leader

Today, State Senator Robert Martwick (D-Chicago) joined his colleagues to take action on the future of Illinois’ energy production and began laying out the framework for the state to move forward with clean and safe energy and good-paying…

SunPower supplies to be shipped from California using electric Volvo semi-trucks

Dependable Highway Express (DHE), the trucking transportation company for SunPower supplies, will now use a fleet of electric Volvo trucks to run warehouse distribution routes for SunPower from its Ontario, California, facility. The battery-electric…

Finger Lakes Community Choice Aggregation launches first opt-out solar program in the nation

The Villages of Brockport and Lima activated the first opt-out community choice solar program in the United States. Part of Joule’s Finger Lakes Community Choice program, the groundbreaking offering has been made available to more than…

OPEC and other producers will meet to decide oil output.

Officials from OPEC, Russia and other oil-producing countries will meet Wednesday by video conference to decide how much oil to pump into the market as the pandemic continues to inject uncertainty into the global economy.The meeting will…