Installing solar at a large scale requires increasingly bigger plots of land to host acres and even miles of PV arrays on a single tract. Accompanying that growing scale of project scope is the responsibility to implement proper stormwater runoff measures to protect the environments and communities the projects are built in. In any construction… The post Stormwater controls for ground-mount solar projects appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

Desta Rudolph, president of solar energy company Independent Energy, has donated $50,000 to Project Empower, a non-profit that has focused on helping Maui recover from deadly wildfires that destroyed the historic town of Lahaina, displacing thousands of residents. Nearly eight months after one of the nation’s most deadly and destructive natural disasters, the need for… The post Solar installer donates $50k to community still recovering from Hawaii wildfire appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

Clearway Energy Group announced on April 17 that the Victory Pass and Arica solar and storage projects in Riverside County, California, have been placed in service. The projects’ combined capacity of 463 MW solar and 186 MW battery storage will generate enough electricity to power 205,000 homes. “We are delighted to bring online the Victory… The post Clearway completes massive solar + storage complex in Riverside, California appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

The U.S. Dept. of Energy (DOE) released a new roadmap outlining solutions to speed up the interconnection of clean energy onto the nation’s transmission grid and clear the existing backlog of solar, wind and battery projects seeking to be built. The Transmission Interconnection Roadmap, developed by DOE’s Interconnection Innovation e-Xchange (i2X), serves as a guide… The post DOE releases new solutions to speed clean energy interconnection and clear backlog appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

Solar developer UGE and commercial real estate developer Wildflower, both based in New York City, completed their first solar project together in 2019. Now five years into their partnership, their seventh rooftop community solar project together is under construction. For the two mission-driven companies, the partnership is symbiotic. UGE leases rooftop space on Wildflower’s commercial… The post UGE to complete seventh community solar project in NYC with Wildflower this summer appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

A bipartisan group of Colorado legislators introduced a bill to greatly expand access to the clean energy transition through a revitalization of the state’s community solar program. Senate Bill SB24-207, introduced by Senate President Steve Fenberg (D–Boulder), comes at a time of unprecedented federal funding opportunities through the Biden administration’s Inflation Reduction Act. This bill… The post Bipartisan Colorado legislators introduce bill to revamp community solar program appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

Infinigen Renewables and ArcLight Capital Partners announced a milestone power and battery infrastructure project — a ~15 MW storage project paired with a ~32 MW Solar Project in the Yabucoa Municipality of Puerto Rico. Infinigen, a wholly owned subsidiary of a fund managed by ArcLight, is partnering with FlexGen Power Systems, a battery energy storage… The post Infinigen and ArcLight plan 32-MW solar + storage project in Puerto Rico appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

The NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) has released its Q1 2024 edition of “The 50 States of Solar.” The quarterly series provides insights on state regulatory and legislative discussions and actions on distributed solar policy, with a focus on net metering, distributed solar valuation, community solar, residential fixed charges, residential demand and solar charges,… The post Report finds 43 states took solar policy action in Q1 this year appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

As the global temperature continues to rise, so does the severity of weather events occurring annually. Hail, high winds, snow and floods are all risks to ground-mounted solar projects, and companies producing solar trackers are actively addressing how these kinetic racking systems can avoid damage from adverse weather conditions. “We can’t move [our foundations]. We… The post Reducing extreme weather damage risk for solar trackers appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more

On April 16, nearly 200 solar and storage companies sent a letter to congressional leaders calling for legislation to improve permitting, project siting, transmission and public lands access for solar and solar + storage projects. Market forecasts show that a range of policy and economic outcomes will determine the volume of solar deployment over the… The post 200 solar + storage companies ask Congress for siting, permitting reform before election appeared first on Solar Power World ..read more