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Category: Green & Clean

  • EDP Renewables celebrates its first solar park in North Carolina

    EDP Renewables North America LLC (EDPR NA) has completed the Misenheimer Solar Park, the company’s first solar project in North Carolina. Located in the village of Misenheimer, in Stanly County, North Carolina, the solar project is one of the largest in the state, with an installed capacity of 74 MW. Misenheimer Solar Park, which will be……

  • Solar tariffs: The who, what, when, and how much of the latest AD/CVD petition

    The rumors were true: A new petition has been filed to the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce (DOC), to apply new tariffs (both anti-dumping and countervailing duties) to imported solar cells and modules from Southeast Asia. As expected, the reaction from the U.S. solar industry depends on the source….…

  • California License Board votes to severely limit solar contractors installing batteries

    The California Contractors State License Board (CSLB) approved a new rule late last week that would prohibit licensed solar contractors from installing new battery storage capacity to existing solar systems. It also prohibits solar contractors from performing maintenance on battery storage systems — including systems they installed themselves. Those projects would now require a licensed……

  • NY car dealership adds microgrid, energy storage system to aid EV charging

    The Vail Buick GMC dealership in Bedford Hills, New York, has added an energy storage system (ESS) to aid EV charging abilities while reducing energy costs. The expansive car dealership in eastern New York tapped Energy Toolbase, Socomec and Sprocket Power to deploy the ESS to provide microgrid capabilities, reduce demand charges, and participate in……

  • LevelTen Energy debuts Tax Credit Marketplace for clean energy developers

    The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is most known for extending clean energy tax credits, which give investors a dollar-for-dollar reduction in their federal tax liability in exchange for providing financing to develop renewable energy projects and other clean energy investments. One of the more exciting provisions is the IRA’s “transferability” rule, which allows tax credit……