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  • Iowa utility issues RFPs to boost solar generation by 50 percent

    Alliant Energy is seeking to expand its renewable energy generation with solar power. Alliant Energy’s Iowa utility is issuing a request for proposals for new solar projects that could increase its system-wide solar generation by 50 percent. “We’re in a transition right now as we continue to move to aRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • SolarCity claims to have built world’s most-efficient rooftop solar panel

    SolarCity sent out a press release claiming to have built the world’s most efficient rooftop solar panel, with a module efficiency exceeding 22 percent. SolarCity says the panel generates more power per square foot and harvests more energy over a year than any other rooftop panel in production, with its eye onRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • New OutBack battery bridges gap between lead-acid, advanced storage

    OutBack Power debuted the EnergyCell Nano-Carbon battery line at this year’s Solar Power International Convention. This exciting new EnergyCell offering advances battery technology to a new category for customers requiring an energy storage solution that’s primary purpose is to accept frequent and partial charges and discharge cycles. This new advanced technology batteryRead More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Michigan breaks ground on largest community solar project

    Officials from Consumers Energy and Grand Valley State University celebrated their collaboration to expand renewable energy in Michigan, breaking ground on a new, 17-acre community solar project. “We thank Grand Valley State University for helping us take a Michigan-first approach to a sustainable future for our state,” said Dan Malone,Read More — Solar Builder magazine

  • Skylar Resources acquires rights to develop 180-MW Nevada solar project

    Skylar Resources L.P. acquired 100 percent interest in the option rights to develop the 180-MW Townsite PV project that KOWEPO Americas developed in Boulder City, Nev. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed. Located 30 miles southeast of Las Vegas, the Townsite project is shovel-ready, fully permitted and ITC eligible. The projectRead More — Solar Builder magazine