Origis Energy has closed on a $136 million construction financing facility and conversion to term loan with MUFG for its Rice Creek Solar project under construction in Putnam County, Fla. Rice Creek Solar, a 75 MW PV solar facility project the company says is nearing completion, is contracted by the Florida Municipal Power Agency (FMPA) […]

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MCE and partner Renewable America (RNA) recently celebrated the 4.5-acre Fallon Two Rock solar farm, a 1 MW project located in Marin County.  To celebrate the milestone, MCE and RNA hosted a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site in Petaluma on April 15. “We’re thrilled to celebrate Fallon’s commercial operation and toast the partnership with MCE […]

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Nova Clean Energy has acquired HyFuels, 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 of the project is […]

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SolaREIT has closed $13 million in real estate financing for a portfolio of NineDot Energy’s New York City area-based BESS projects.  This is SolaREIT’s first standalone BESS deal since the company announced the expansion of its real estate financing solutions to storage developers.  “We are delighted to work with NineDot Energy to support the development […]

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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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