Sunrun and GRID Alternatives renewed a partnership to train California residents in solar installation skills for a second year. Through Sunrun and GRID’s partnership, trainees install on large-scale solar projects in California and gain transferable skills and experience to launch their careers in the growing...
Read MoreThe national SolSmart program has selected four new advisor organizations to provide hands-on local assistance helping communities from Idaho to Puerto Rico encourage the growth of solar energy. SolSmart is also announcing three new national partners that will help local governments across the nation go...
Read MoreIn March of 2020, Covid shut down economies, closed off supply chains, and sent unemployment to historic levels. No one knew what would come next for energy. Oil prices went into negative territory. Industrial electricity use plummeted. Residential demand shot up. And there were big pipelines...
Read MoreNautilus Solar Energy, an owner-operator of solar projects throughout the United States, opened one of Maryland’s largest community solar projects that will provide 54% of its power generated to low-to-moderate income (LMI) residents. Located in Kingsville, the 1.8-MW project brings access to clean, solar energy...
Read MoreMaxeon Solar Technologies is expanding its AC-module line with the launch of the Performance 3 AC panel. The new Performance 3 AC panel will be sold under the SunPower brand name to residential customers through authorized installation dealers starting in Q3 2021. “Maxeon 5 AC...
Read MoreStrata Clean Energy will be the first clean energy employer partner of this new program and is working with ApprenticeshipNC to develop a youth apprenticeship and registered apprenticeship program in Solar Operations and Maintenance. Located at Halifax Community College, the apprenticeship, the Halifax Lighthouse Solar...
Read MoreIt’s been a very intense year for America’s power grid. Across the country, the electricity system just faced another stress-test as extreme heat taxed power plants and grid operators in the Pacific Northwest, Texas, and New York. Since 2000, outages across the U.S. have increased by 67%. Is the power...
Read MoreThere were about eight years when climate tech was wandering in the wilderness, so to speak. It started after the Solyndra bankruptcy in 2011 and ended about two years ago, when the market began heating up again. During that time, people in this space examined the...
Read MoreSolMicroGrid announced plans to deploy a solar-enabled microgrid solution to provide energy resiliency and renewable energy to three Chick-fil-A restaurants in California. SolMicroGrid’s innovative systems address the issue of power outages and the need for greater renewable energy. Through a combination of solar, natural gas...
Read MoreThe rapid adoption of solar energy systems by Georgia home and business owners under Georgia Power’s “Monthly Net Metering” program is about to grind to a halt and could threaten solar jobs in the state. When the Public Service Commission established the program in 2019...
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