Schneider Electric adds solar + storage to U.S. Air Force Special Operations Command center

Schneider Electric announced a comprehensive energy infrastructure modernization project at Hurlburt Field outside Destin, Florida. The project will upgrade infrastructure and supports critical power supply and grid stability needs at the…

NC upholstry company installs five solar projects to uphold environmental consciousness

Vanguard Furniture recently partnered with Pisgah Energy and Eagle Solar & Light to design, develop and install five roof-mounted solar projects on its Product Development and Classic Leather facilities in Conover, North Carolina.…

Illinois can expect solar boom as Adjustable Block Program reopens

Following the recent passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) in September of 2021, the DG+Design team has released a new Illinois Solar Market Report detailing expectations for massive growth for the state’s clean energy sector. Despite…

Shell acquires U.S. solar developer with 18-GW pipeline

Shell New Energies US, a subsidiary of Royal Dutch Shell, has signed an agreement to buy 100% of Savion, a large utility-scale solar and energy storage developer in the United States, from Macquarie’s Green Investment Group. Savion currently…

DG+Design Report Indicates Illinois Growth as Competitive State for Solar Development

Following the recent passage of the Climate and Equitable Jobs Act (CEJA) in September of 2021, the DG+Design team has released a new Illinois Solar Market Report detailing expectations…

Contractor’s Corner: Best of 2015-2021

It’s the end of an era. After more than 75 interviews over six years, Solar Power World editor-in-chief Kelly Pickerel is passing the Contractor’s Corner podcast torch to managing editor Kelsey Misbrener. The SPW team started the interview…

EDP Renewables develops 1.2-MW community solar + storage project in New York

EDP Renewables’ distributed generation subsidiary completed a 1.2-MW solar + storage project that will serve an affordable housing development in Westchester County, New York. The project is sited on a rooftop and coupled with a 1-MW battery.…

CPUC’s proposed NEM 3.0 decision includes shift to net billing, new “transition” credit and grid-use charge

On Dec. 13, the California Public Utilities Commission issued its proposed decision on the successor to the state’s solar net-metering program. This proposal is not yet set in stone — it must be heard and voted upon by the commission,…

GRID Alternatives installing 200 kW of solar in California tribal communities

A donation from a regional foundation will result in 200 kW of solar installed in tribal communities in San Diego County and Bishop, California. The Sempra Foundation has donated more than $350,000 to GRID Alternatives‘ Tribal Solar Accelerator…

MCE adds 5-MW Lake Herman Solar Project to energy portfolio

California community choice aggregator MCE announced the 5-MW Lake Herman Solar Project — completed with prevailing wage and 52% local labor — is now operational, serving approximately 2,000 homes a year with 100% renewable power. The…