AVANGRID Inc. has selected DuraTrack solar trackers from Array Technologies to construct its 321 MW True North solar farm in Falls County, Texas, one of the company’s biggest solar facilities under development in the U.S. Array Technologies is a long-standing supplier of AVANGRID and the Iberdrola Group, and this purchase is an additional step in […]
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Renewable Properties, a developer and investor in small-scale utility and community solar projects, has closed its Fund 8 portfolio with two financing partners, Nelnet Renewable Energy and AB CarVal. Fund 8 consists of nearly 30 MW of community solar projects in California and New York. “AB CarVal and Nelnet have been reliable Renewable Properties partners, […]
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Duke Energy Florida says it will begin construction later this month on two new solar projects in Bay and Madison counties that will be a part of the company’s community solar program, Clean Energy Connection. Mule Creek Renewable Energy Center will be built on approximately 700 acres in Bay County. Once operational, the 74.9 MW […]
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Meyer Burger Technology AG says it plans to introduce a unified product platform for its solar modules that will allow the company to build up manufacturing capacity faster and with less risk. According to Meyer Burger, the planned products will combine the best of glass-glass and glass-backsheet modules, providing durability, bifaciality, low weight, sustainably high […]
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CleanCapital, a renewables investor focused on the middle-market solar and storage industry, has acquired a 34.5 MW portfolio of operating solar assets in New Jersey. The projects, each of which commenced operations in 2019, serve various commercial and industrial off-takers, including Six Flags theme park, a manufacturing facility, the CentraState medical system, and the Borough […]
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OYA Renewables says it has secured $216 million in financial backing for the construction of 15 community solar projects throughout New York. Of the total financing, $145 million has been secured as a construction-to-term loan. CIT Power and Energy acted as lead, coordinating a syndicate of participating banks comprising Amalgamated Bank, Siemens Financial Services Inc., […]
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RWE AG has closed its acquisition of Con Edison Clean Energy Businesses Inc., making RWE the number-four renewable energy company in the U.S. and the country’s second largest solar owner and operator, the company says. The newly created company is called RWE Clean Energy LLC (RWE Clean Energy). The company operates a portfolio of 8 […]
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AVANGRID says it has achieved commercial operation at its 150 MW Lund Hill solar farm in Klickitat County, Wash. The new PV plant – the largest in Washington – will supply Puget Sound Energy’s Green Direct program, which gives large commercial and governmental participants the ability to purchase 100% of their energy from dedicated, local […]
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Independent power producer Silicon Ranch has procured an additional 1.5 GW of Series 6 Plus thin-film solar modules from First Solar Inc. The deal expands upon the master supply agreement between the two solar businesses that includes a 4 GW transaction announced in April 2022 and, more recently, a 700 MW commitment announced in October […]
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Raptor Maps, a provider of solar lifecycle management software, has published the fifth edition of its Global Solar Report, featuring data that illustrates the underperformance of solar assets. The report finds that the amount of power loss due to anomalies nearly doubled from 1.61% in 2019 to 3.13% in 2022. The revenue loss is estimated […]
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Lightsource bp has placed an order for 4 GW of thin-film solar modules from First Solar, scheduled to be delivered between 2026 and 2028 and power Lightsource bp projects in the U.S. This latest deal follows a prior order by Lightsource bp for up to 4.3 GW signed in 2021 and places the company on […]
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Solar PV company FuturaSun has expanded its product range with new Velvet n-type solars panel using heterojunction technology. This glass-glass bifacial module is based on n-type heterojunction bifacial solar cells. Heterojunction technology combines crystalline silicon with silicon-based thin film to absorb more energy and reach higher performance than PERC modules. In addition, the layers of […]
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