Albania’s first floating solar plant starts commercial operations
European renewable energy generator Statkraft, in collaboration with Norwegian supplier Ocean Sun, has started commercial operations at the first unit of its floating solar project in Albania.
The project is placed at the Banja reservoir...
AEP OnSite Partners signs LOI to develop solar field to power cryptocurrency mining
Sangha Systems, developers of an 82-MW cryptocurrency mining facility at a former steel mill in Hennepin, Illinois announced that it has signed a letter of intent (LOI) with AEP OnSite Partners to develop a...
New portfolio of solar canopies in California to help reduce urban heat island effect
The Long Beach Unified School District (LBUSD) in Southern California is working toward achieving its sustainability goals by adding solar canopies at 21 of its schools.
50 MW of new solar capacity coming soon to Rhode Island
EPC says there is continued large-scale project growth in the Northeast
Today, CS Energy announced that it is providing full turnkey EPC services for the largest portfolio of distributed generation solar projects to date in...
Catalyst Partners makes its HQ a living demo for sustainable buildings
Allen Austin, ABB
Catalyst President Keith Winn is one of the founding members of the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). It’s not surprising, then, that his company helps clients to meet the requirements of LEED...
Why 2021 could be the perfect year to deploy your solar portfolio
Now that pandemic-related obstacles are lessening in many areas, what are the prospects for portfolio solar in 2021?
Solar industry employment dropped 6.7% in 2020, new report shows
The U.S. solar industry employed 231,474 workers in 2020, a 6.7% drop from 2019 due to pandemic restrictions and increased labor productivity, according to the National Solar Jobs Census 2020 released today by the Solar Energy...
Nebraska’s largest privately owned behind-the-meter solar array is now online
At a ribbon cutting ceremony today, Valmont Industries, Inc., a provider of engineered products and services, celebrated the interconnection of its first one-megawatt solar field at its manufacturing facility in Valley, Nebraska.
The new solar...
Tennessee sunshine to power Jack Daniel’s
TVA signed a long-term power purchase agreement with Silicon Ranch to build, own, and operate the solar facility just a few miles from the world-famous distillery in Moore County, Tennessee, pending environmental reviews.
New survey shows solar installer confidence increased 60% in 2020
Installers expressed more confidence in the industry than in any previous Installer Survey, with just 18% of installers saying COVID-19 decreased their confidence.
