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  • Illinois sparked a solar residential boom, but COVID-19 and stalled legislation could end it

    From the Energy News Network: Illinois’s solar industry, which until recently had been booming, could be decimated by the coronavirus pandemic, according to experts and developers who are scrambling to prepare for the uncertain future. The state’s 2017 Future Energy Jobs Act sparked a boom in distributed solar installations andRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SolRiver, Rockland team up to acquire solar projects in 2 to 50 megawatt range

    SolRiver Capital LLC, a solar investment fund that owns distributed-generation and utility-scale projects, closed an equity commitment from Rockland Capital, an energy-focused infrastructure investment fund, to acquire up to $200 million of solar projects. The SolRiver/Rockland platform will acquire, own and operate distributed (DG), utility-scale, and commercial (C&I) solar projects.Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Fossil fuel developer jumps into massive solar project in Texas

    Solar Plus Development, a subsidiary of Plus Renewable Technologies, Limited, and Avondale Solar LLC have entered into an agreement with J-POWER USA Development Co. to jointly develop a 350 MWac solar PV project in Wharton County, Texas — Red-Tailed Hawk Solar — that they have been developing via their equallyRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SunPower signs $1 billion financing deal with Technology Credit Union

    SunPower Corp. announced a whopping $1 billion partnership with Technology Credit Union (Tech CU) that will increase financing options for qualified U.S. residential solar customers. The new partnership will give SunPower access to capital for its loan program. There will be multiple benefits for both SunPower and its customers: ReductionRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Corrosion and Conformity: Kern Solar on what solar gets wrong (and can learn from other energy industries)

    “We build with solar energy — our fabrication facility is powered by renewables. We really believe in it, but solar support structures are kind of a nuisance for me right now,” laughs Tony Worthen, VP of operations and product development at Kern Solar Structures, when giving me the rundown ofRead More — Solar Builder magazine