The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) has issued an advanced notice of proposed rulemaking (ANOPR) on reforms to transmission and interconnection rules for energy projects. According to FERC, the ANOPR, “Building for the Future Through Electric Regional Transmission Planning and Cost Allocation and Generator Interconnection,” recognizes that the changing resource mix will create new demands […]

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Longroad Energy’s Sun Streams 2 project has completed financing and entered commercial operations in Maricopa County, Ariz. Longroad owns 100% of the 200 MW project. The company acquired it in early 2021 from First Solar, the original developer and supplier of the project’s Series 6 modules. Sun Streams 2 has a 20-year revenue agreement with […]

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The Ohio Power Siting Board has approved applications filed by Fox Squirrel Solar LLC and Powell Creek Solar LLC to construct solar facilities in Madison and Putnam counties, respectively. The ground-mounted, 577 MW Fox Squirrel Solar project will occupy approximately 3,444 acres within a 3,766-acre project area in Oak Run, Pleasant and Range townships in […]

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Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, D-N.Y., has announced that 3 GW of solar has been installed across the state, which is enough to power more than half a million homes. Since the launch of the NY-Sun initiative in 2011, solar has grown 2,100% statewide and declined in cost by 69% while fostering approximately 12,000 jobs across […]

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New Zealand Creamery, a creamery company in the Philippines, has begun using solar to power its cheese-making building, says JinkoSolar, which supplied and installed 2.2 MW of panels from Proinso, its distributor in the Philippines. The project, located in Laguna, will generate roughly 30% of New Zealand Creamery’s power production. “Jinkosolar will help our food […]

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UGE International Ltd. has announced a new rooftop community solar project at Tuckahoe Housing Authority, an apartment complex in Westchester County, N.Y. The project, providing on-site clean energy to housing residents in the complex, was supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority’s (NYSERDA) $1.8 billion NY-Sun initiative. Since 2011, solar in […]

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Tigo Energy Inc. has announced the global market availability of the Tigo TS4-A-F and TS4-A-2F rapid shutdown devices (RSD). The expanded availability of the two products brings fire safety support for solar modules up to 700 W (Tigo TS4-A-F) and for two PV modules up to 500 W (Tigo TS4-A-2F). With this release, and including […]

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Consumers Energy, the state of Michigan and the City of Cadillac have dedicated Consumers’ third solar power plant, Cadillac Solar Gardens. Cadillac Solar Gardens will generate nearly half a megawatt of electricity, enough to power as many as 100 homes at a time. The site has 1,752 panels and includes a battery storage system. Notably, […]

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The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has launched development of the Solar Automated Permit Processing Plus (SolarAPP+) tool: a free, web-based platform that gives local governments the ability to expedite their review and approval of residential solar installation permits. Delays in obtaining rooftop solar installations permits have been responsible for heavy costs incurred by solar […]

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Work has wrapped up on a unique microgrid project at the Pittsburgh International Airport that features natural gas and solar energy generation. The power generated at PIT is the primary supply for the entire airport, including the terminals, airfield, Hyatt hotel and Sunoco. The airport will remain connected to the traditional electrical grid as an […]

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CleanCapital has partnered with developer, EPC contractor and O&M provider Borrego to construct a 6.7 MW distributed generation solar project in Maine. The project will leverage Maine’s Net Energy Billing (NEB) kWh Program and will sell power to residential off-takers at a fixed discount to the prevailing utility rate for a 20-year term. CleanCapital will […]

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EDF Renewables North America (EDFR), PVOne and the renewable power business within Goldman Sachs Asset Management say the 28.9 MW Toms River Solar Project, located on BASF Corp. property in New Jersey, is now operational. The installation is New Jersey’s largest solar project and the largest solar project built on a Superfund site in the […]

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