Tag: projects
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DOE offers $18 million to fund for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies
The U.S. Department of Energy has announced an $18 million funding opportunity for Flexible Innovative Transformer Technologies (FITT). Through this funding opportunity announcement, DOE will select up to nine awardees that are able to research, develop and demonstrate advanced transformers across a range of distribution to transmission scale applications, improving grid reliability and easing transformer……
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Standard Solar acquires 84 MW community solar portfolio in Illinois
Standard Solar has acquired an 84 MW community solar portfolio in Illinois. The combined capacity of these 14 projects will contribute to Illinois’ renewable energy generation goals of 100% clean energy by 2050, reducing greenhouse gas emissions and advancing a more sustainable energy landscape. The portfolio consists of three sets of community solar gardens in……
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Mind the gap: Building the solar workforce
The solar industry was supercharged by the historic Inflation Reduction Act (IRA), which not only supports deployment of solar PV through the extension of tax credits, but also creates incentives for U.S.-based manufacturing. The flip side of all this good news is that the industry now faces a substantial shortage of skilled labor. This includes……
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Nextracker surpasses milestone of 600 projects in its DG solar portfolio
Nextracker marked a new milestone as the company surpassed 600 projects delivered in its distributed generation (DG) portfolio. Driven by customers realizing significant energy gains using its NX Horizon solar tracker systems, the company’s DG projects are deployed worldwide in commercial and industrial applications, including data centers, farming, retail, education and manufacturing verticals. “Distributed generation technology……
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Onyx Renewables, Qcells team up on 2 community solar + storage projects in Mass.
Onyx Renewable Partners LP and Qcells North America are tag-teaming two community solar and battery projects in Massachusetts. The projects developed by Onyx have a total of 6.2 MW — 3.3 MW provided by Qcells — of solar and 5.5 MWh of energy storage, all provided by Qcells. The projects will strengthen local renewable energy capacity and give community……