Nearly 200 solar and storage companies have sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting, project siting, transmission and public lands access for solar and solar plus storage projects, says Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA). “There are hundreds of billions of investment dollars that depend on our ability to get clean […]

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Vast Renewables has executed engineering contracts with Afry, FYFE, Primero and Worley to complete Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) on its VS1 project, a 30 MW concentrated solar power (CSP) plant to be located in Port Augusta, South Australia.  Utilizing Vast’s modular tower CSP v3.0 technology, the company says VS1 is expected to generate power with […]

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Sol Systems and SOLARCYCLE have formed a partnership with the aim of ensuring Sol Systems’ energy projects are sustainable throughout a solar panel’s lifecycle by addressing the challenge of recycling and reusing retired panels. SOLARCYCLE technology extracts materials such as silver, silicon, copper, aluminum and glass, allowing the company to divert materials from landfills and […]

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Nova Clean Energy has acquired HyFuels from BNB Renewable Energy, a 1 GW portfolio of mid-to-late-stage wind and solar development projects as well as an earlier stage green ammonia project, located on the Texas Gulf Coast.  HyFuels, spread over approximately 25,000 acres, has its power supply split evenly between wind and solar. The first phase […]

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GameChange Solar (GCS) has strategically partnered with Jiangsu Zhenjiang New Energy Equipment (JZNEE), with the aim of expanding local manufacturing capabilities for solar tracker components in the Middle East.  Under this partnership, JZNEE will establish a manufacturing facility in Dammam, KSA, to produce up to 3 GW, expandable to 5 GW, of solar tracker components […]

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Nelnet Renewable Energy has shifted in its solar EPC operations to focus exclusively on the commercial market.  “Nelnet is committed to being an industry leading commercial solar EPC contractor and consultant with resources, knowledge and people to deliver high quality projects and solutions for our customers,” says Jim Kruger, Nelnet chief financial officer. Nelnet Renewable […]

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Nexamp has secured $520 million in a capital raise led by Manulife Investment Management, alongside existing investors Diamond Generating Corp. and Generate Capital.  The company will leverage the investment to expedite deployment of its national project pipeline, accelerate expansion and developer partnerships in new and existing markets, and fuel the continued growth of its generation […]

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Apricus Generation, a new holding company designed to build a national distributed solar and battery development platform as an independent power producer, has launched.  The company says it has closed an initial $28 million Series A funding round, within a total offering of $100 million set to close over the next few months. It added […]

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Bekaert has joined the Nautical SUNRISE project, aimed at advancing the mooring technology for offshore floating solar power generation and is set to support what the company calls the world’s largest offshore floating solar power installation.  The project aims to design and build a 5 MW offshore floating solar system using the modular solution of […]

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Repsol has completed construction of its Frye Solar project located in Swisher County, Texas, with a total installed capacity of 637 MW and 570 MW currently in operation. Frye Solar is comprised of nearly one million solar panels, the company says, and its largest PV project to date. Repsol has signed a PPA for 89% […]

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Arcadia has closed on a growth round to support expansion of its community solar program, alongside products leveraging AI to unlock new use cases built on the company’s energy data. The round includes a fund managed by Macquarie Asset Management as a new equity investor, alongside existing investors Energy Impact Partners, J.P. Morgan Asset Management, […]

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The U.S. Department of Interior has permitted more than 25 GW of clean energy, including solar, wind and geothermal projects, surpassing this goal ahead of its timeline to do so by next year.  “Since Day One, the Biden-Harris administration has worked tirelessly to expand responsible clean energy development to address climate change, enhance America’s energy […]

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