Building on its commitment to achieving net-zero greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Massachusetts by 2050, the Baker-Polito Administration has detailed policies and strategies to equitably and cost-effectively reduce emissions and combat climate change in two reports – the Massachusetts 2050 Decarbonization Roadmap Report and an interim 2030 Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP). “The people […]

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Gibraltar Industries Inc., a company that specializes in the renewable energy, conservation, residential, industrial and infrastructure markets, has expanded its solar energy portfolio through the acquisitions of TerraSmart and Sunfig.  TerraSmart, a provider of screw-based, ground-mount solar racking technology, particularly used for solar projects installed on challenging terrain, was acquired for $220 million, subject to […]

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Hoymiles Power Electronics Inc., a microinverter manufacturer, has unveiled the new S-Miles Cloud Platform for real-time visualized monitoring of solar power generating equipment.  Key field equipment can be connected to the S-Miles Cloud Platform. With the IoT-supported data collection devices, the platform can track the output effectiveness of arrays, provide status updates on individual modules […]

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Leyline Renewable Capital, a provider of pre-construction capital for renewable energy development, has entered into a financing arrangement with New England Solar Garden (NESG), a New Hampshire-based solar developer. Leyline will provide development-stage capital to support NESG’s growing business throughout the Northeast, facilitating the development of more than 30 solar projects that will enable approximately […]

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Dane County Executive Joe Parisi and Madison Gas and Electric (MGE) say the 9 MW solar array at the Dane County Regional Airport is fully operational and delivering energy to MGE’s distribution system.  The array will generate enough electricity to provide Dane County with about 40% of the energy used by all county-owned facilities. It […]

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EDF Renewables North America, an independent power producer and service provider, says the Space City Solar Project is progressing with development milestones with the recent signing of the first tranche of 55 MW AC/73 MW DC to BASF through a power purchase agreement.  The project’s total capacity is up to 345 MW AC/455 MW DC. Space […]

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APsystems, a global multi-platform MLPE solution provider, has welcomed SMA to its growing network of inverter manufacturers compatible with its APsmart brand of Sunspec standard-compliant photovoltaic rapid shutdown equipment (PVRSE).  Solar professionals in the U.S. can now combine the complete range of SunSpec Rapid Shutdown-certified SMA inverters with a reliable APsmart Rapid Shutdown solution. Available […]

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Broad Reach Power, a Houston-based independent power producer (IPP), has acquired a 250 MW wind project and a 250 MW solar project – both located in Montana. “I am looking forward to developing these projects as we continue investing in Montana,” says Daniel Zolnikov, power developer at Broad Reach.  “Once completed, these projects will provide […]

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The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI), Schneider Electric, General Electric and Smarter Grid Solutions, have received a $2.2 million award to develop a distributed energy resource management system (DERMS) to mitigate potential issues caused by integrating distributed energy resources (DER) with the electric grid. The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) awarded […]

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Northern Indiana Public Service Co. LLC (NIPSCO), a subsidiary of NiSource Inc., and the Clean Energy Infrastructure (CEI) business of Capital Dynamics, an independent global private asset management firm, have signed a long-term power purchase agreement (PPA). Under the terms of the PPA, NIPSCO will purchase 280 MW of the power generated by a CEI-owned […]

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Delta, a company that specializes in power and thermal management solutions, says it is providing its M70A series high-efficiency PV string inverters to Anumar, an engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) services provider, which is building the 120 MWp Solarpark Schornhof project, currently the largest ground-mounted solar park in southern Germany.  The M70A inverters’ compliance with […]

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Solar Support, an engineering services company, has rolled out a diagnostic equipment maintenance program that uses analytics to assess the health of central inverters in utility-scale PV systems. Backed by the company’s 22 years of inverter and power electronics troubleshooting, the program supports both predictive and corrective O&M. Solar Support engineers analyze internal inverter data […]

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