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Renewable Properties launches solar charging service for electric vehicle fleets

The company will leverage its community solar development, land acquisition, and electrical infrastructure experience to provide a charging solution for companies with EV fleets.

Off-grid solar structures deployed for Costco EV fleet

01.05.2024

Trinity Structures has deployed off-grid electrified solar structures for Costco’s electric vehicle fleet in Mira Loma, CA.

Rethinking federal investments: We need virtual power plants, not hydrogen hubs

12.12.2023

The Department of Energy is providing taxpayer money to electric utilities like Xcel Energy to set up Hydrogen Hubs to enable 100% clean energy. Instead, these dollars should be spent on virtual power plants, writes Rao Konidena, Rakon Energy LLC.

Coal-producing West Virginia is converting an entire school system to solar power

12.01.2023

up to 10,000 solar panels are expected to deliver as much as 5.33 MW of power to Wayne County Schools each year. Solar Holler estimates the first schools to be solarized in early 2024 and the others to go online on a rolling basis in the following 12 to 18 months.

California takes another swipe at net metering. This time, apartments, schools, and farms get hit

11.22.2023

Critics fear new regulations approved in California will make a clean power transition more difficult for renters, farms, and schools.

DSD Renewables receives $250 million backing from Cox Enterprises to accelerate projects in target markets

11.20.2023

DSD Renewables has received a $250 million investment from Cox which will enable DSD to further accelerate renewable energy deployment.

How to make the most of investment tax credits: Applying for bonus credits

11.01.2023

The Investment Tax Credit and its Bonus Credits are a game changer for improving the economics of solar and solar+storage projects.

182 MW Canadian solar portfolio under construction

The portfolio includes what will become the largest behind-the-meter solar project in the nation. …

100 years ago, industrials built the electric grid. Now they’re leaving it

Expensive upgrades, prolonged timelines, and reliability shortfalls are now fueling a trend of industrials taking back their power, at least a good chunk of it,…

2.7 GWh concentrated solar project commissioned in Belgium

Multinational packaging and materials manufacturer Avery Dennison has commissioned a concentrated solar thermal platform and thermal storage unit at its produc…

Gulf offshore wind dud, Google’s solar AI, and Las Vegas Sphere goes green — This Week in Cleantech

The new “This Week in Cleantech” podcast breaks down the biggest stories in cleantech and climate in 15 minutes or less….

Floating solar installation planned for Utah water treatment plant

The system will be integrated behind the meter with the Rocky Mountain Power utility, allowing it to serve electricity directly to the treatment plant….

Las Vegas Sphere could soon get most of its power from solar and battery storage

The agreement would include a dedicated portion of a battery facility to maximize availability of renewably sourced power late into the evening….

The first generation of solar panels will wear out. A recycling industry is taking shape

The reason recycling and recovery isn’t robust yet is that companies struggle to justify the $30 per panel cost when it costs only $1 to send it to a landfill….

Climate change is hindering U.S. solar generation, study says

Conventional modeling methods use historical data but omit climate trends, over-estimating solar generation from new projects by 5–12%, Sunairio says….

It’s cheaper to cut down trees than build solar on rooftops. Can Massachusetts change that?

A bill supported by environmental and clean energy groups would adjust Massachusetts’ solar incentives to make rooftop, parking lot, and other projects on dev…