McCarthy Building Cos. recently completed construction and commissioning of the 300-MW Bighorn Solar project in Pueblo, Colorado. It is the first of two large-scale solar projects the company’s Renewable Energy & Storage Group is building in the area in conjunction with Lightsource bp, the project...
Read MoreCorvias announced Onyx Construction has installed approximately 350 additional solar systems as part of the second phase of its solar project at Fort Riley. The program now includes panels on more than 1,600 homes and is a top solar energy producer in Kansas. The two...
Read MoreToday, the Indiana General Assembly passed SB 411, which allows local communities to voluntarily adopt regulations that will qualify them as a wind- or solar-ready community. Clean Grid Alliance applauds the Indiana State Legislature for supporting a statewide siting standard that will help facilitate renewable...
Read MoreToday, organizations representing hundreds of energy companies with thousands of clean energy workers called on New England officials to enact policies (H.4348) to improve the electric grid planning processes and better support integration of distributed energy resources such as solar and energy storage. The announcement...
Read MoreModernize Home Services has launched a new automated messaging platform for contractors to more easily follow up and engage with homeowners it’s calling Connect. Homeowners’ preference for communicating with contractors varies widely and has recently shifted toward text messages. In a recent Modernize survey of...
Read MoreGovernor Kathy Hochul announced a $25 million statewide federal grant proposal supported by the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, the New York State Department of Labor and the New York Community Colleges Energy Equity Consortium. This proposal will take a multi-faceted approach...
Read MoreTwo storage systems Convergent Energy + Power financed and developed in Orange County, California, are now operational in Southern California Edison (SCE) territory. Convergent will operate and maintain the 9-MW/36-MWh and 6-MW/24-MWh lithium-ion energy storage systems at one of SCE’s substations in Santa Ana, California, using...
Read MoreThe Dept. of Energy (DOE) will provide $2.91 billion to boost production of advanced batteries used in stationary energy storage and electric vehicles, as directed by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law. DOE intends to fund battery materials refining and production plants, battery cell and pack manufacturing...
Read MoreThrough a unanimous vote, the Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) issued an order in Xcel Energy’s 2020 Integrated Resource Plan (IRP). The decision includes a target of 2.5-GW of new solar by 2030, a requirement that Xcel Energy establish a stakeholder group to address energy...
Read MorePresident Joe Biden today issued his decision to extend the safeguard tariffs on imported crystalline silicon solar panels for another four years. All traditional, monofacial solar panels imported into the country will be tariffed at 15% for the rest of this year, as confirmed by...
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