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  • Snapshot of PG&E’s solar energy, battery storage portfolio at year-end 2020

    Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) reports that it exceeded California’s Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) goal requiring energy providers to deliver 33% renewable energy by the end of 2020. PG&E estimates that it delivered over 35% from specified eligible-renewable resources to its customers last year, according to its recent FormRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • The case for large-scale solar plant repowering-as-a-service

    Operations and maintenance (O&M) is mostly about keeping the status quo of a solar plant. Fix issues. Prevent failures. Hit benchmarks. But in a tech-driven industry, is maintaining the status quo of a decades-old legacy site the best strategy? Many plant owners and operators are facing this question as theirRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • ACE Controls debuts damper replacements for solar PV tracking systems

    ACE Controls has introduced a line of replacement dampers for PV solar tracking systems — the SOL-28 Series. These drop-in replacements offer the same great quality as original equipment (OE) dampers, with the same sizes and specifications, but might just offer better protection against the effects of vortex shedding andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Michels Corp. becomes anchor tenant in Alliant Energy community solar project

    Alliant Energy’s 1-MW community solar project in Fond du Lac, Wis., announced in December, found its anchor tenant this week in Michels Corp., which is committing to 30% of the project’s solar blocks. The diversified energy and infrastructure contractor has supported the project from the initial stages and is leasing theRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • North Carolina case shows the challenge of building smaller solar projects under current law

    Courtesy of Energy News Network: A solar project in the heart of North Carolina’s Blue Ridge Mountains has united climate activists, clean energy advocates and community leaders together with Duke Energy, their frequent nemesis. But to win approval, the 5-megawatt solar farm on the edge of Asheville must overcome oneRead More — Solar Builder magazine