The Bangor, Maine 2.8 MW project is UGE's largest community solar project to date and will be built on a vacant field on the outskirts of Bangor, owned by Grant Realty. UGE International, a commercial and community solar developer, announced the receipt of ‘Notice to Proceed’ (NTP) milestone for a 2.8 MW ground-mounted solar project in Bangor, Maine, whose fair market value is $9.2 million. The project is UGE’s largest community solar project to date and will be built on a vacant field on the outskirts of Bangor, Maine, owned by Grant Realty. The NTP milestone indicates that financing for the ..read more

Duke Energy added an 11 MWh battery storage system to the 13 MW solar plant on the Marine Corps base camp in North Carolina. Duke Energy began operating what it says is the largest energy storage system in the state of North Carolina, an 11 MWh lithium iron phosphate battery project in Onslow County, N.C.  The one-hour discharge battery system will operate in conjunction with an adjacent 13 MW (AC) ground-mounted solar facility located on a leased site within Camp Lejeune, a U.S. Marine Corps base. The project’s physical footprint is about 1 acre of land. Duke Energy partnered with Black ..read more

pv magazine USA’s recap of notable upstream solar, integrated solar, finance and rooftop installers that reported fourth quarter or fiscal year earnings over the last week. pv magazine USA recaps the top earnings reports and conference calls for public companies that supply solar modules, silicon wafer materials, inverters, hardware and energy storage systems to the North American renewable energy market, as well as integrated residential solar installation companies and rooftop solar finance providers. This report tracks quarterly and annual volumes of orders, wafer material shipmen ..read more

Before beginning BESS design, it's important to understand auxiliary power design, site layout, cable sizing, grounding system and site communications design. Demand for energy storage is on the rise. The increase in extreme weather and power outages also continue to contribute to growing demand for battery energy storage systems (BESS). As a result, there are many questions about sizing and optimizing BESS to provide either energy, grid ancillary services, and/or site backup and blackstart capability. Before beginning BESS design, it’s important to understand auxiliary power design, site layo ..read more

Also on the rise: Canada outlines a plan that mirrors U.S. Inflation Reduction Act. Spade software 'revolutionizes' agrivoltaic design. And more. “Revolutionizing” agrivoltaic design software with Spade  Solar developer and federal grant recipient Sandbox Solar has released a beta version of its agrivoltaic power plant software modeling tool that aids in the design and optimization of solar panels and the crops underneath. Tesla misses its own expectations for Solar Roof deployments Three years ago Tesla said it expected to install 1,000 solar roofs per week, which would have amounted to ..read more

Three years ago Tesla said it expected to install 1,000 solar roofs per week, which would have amounted to 156,000 Solar Roofs in that time period. Wood Mackenzie reports that only 3,000 have been installed to date. Tesla announced its Solar Roof to much fanfare back in 2016, and three years ago the company stated that it had a goal of 1,000 installations per week. Yet, only about 3,000 Solar Roof systems have been installed to date, according to data from Wood Mackenzie, with a total capacity of nearly 30 MW (DC). Wood Mackenzie, for the first time, identified Tesla Solar Roof installations u ..read more

The made-in-Canada plan mirrors the U.S. Inflation Reduction Act, including two new ITCs targeting clean energy and technology manufacturing that will remain at 30% through 2033, stepping down to 15% in 2034 before phasing out altogether after 2034. Canada’s federal government outlined a six-year investment tax credit this week that puts a 30% tax credit in place for solar, wind and energy storage projects deployed through March 2034. The Clean Technology ITC was included as part of the Canadian government’s March 28, 2023 Budget Day fiscal priorities, with the Honourable Chrystia Freeland, De ..read more

With this strategic agreement, EDPR increases its commitment to U.S. domestic content, while also pursuing its strategy of supply chain and technology diversification. First Solar and EDP Renewables announced a multi-year order for 1.8 GW (DC) of First Solar’s advanced thin-film photovoltaic solar modules. The modules, which will be delivered through 2028, will power EDP Renewables’ U.S. project portfolio. EDP Renewables is a global renewable energy producer, and its subsidiary EDP Renewables North America currently operates 475 MW of solar projects with 1.6 GW of solar projects under construc ..read more

California public electricity provider seeks clean energy projects, with offers accepted through April 14. Marin Clean Energy (MCE), a community choice aggregation program, has launched an open season procurement process. MCE is a clean energy provider for more than 580,000 customer accounts in California, and is seeking qualified suppliers of various energy and storage products to fulfill its future resource requirements identified in its annual Integrated Resource Plan. MCE has an ongoing effort to deliver environmentally responsible, competitively priced retail service options for the 1.5 m ..read more

Solar developer and federal grant recipient Sandbox Solar has released a beta version of its agrivoltaic power plant software modeling tool that aids in the design and optimization of solar panels and the crops underneath. Agrivoltaics, the integration of food production and solar energy on the same land, is an emerging technology that makes better use of limited land and soil resources. Because the industry is young, there’s not yet a snappy web-based application like Aurora or Helioscope to help a solar developer quickly lay out a design, taking into account the crops underneath. Sandbox Sol ..read more