The nearly $500 million project includes 250 MW of solar and is the Danish company’s largest onshore development to date. Ørsted said it finalized its decision to start work on a combination solar and wind power project in southern Texas. Totaling 518 MW and representing a nearly $500 million investment, the Helena Energy Center will consist of…
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Nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives Inland Empire received a $2.5 million state grant to fund the project. Nonprofit solar installer GRID Alternatives Inland Empire (GRID IE), tribal partner Santa Rosa Band of Cahuilla Indians, and Anza Electric Cooperative Inc. recently held a ribbon-cutting ceremony to mark completion of one of California’s first low-income community solar…
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March is turning into one of the busiest months ever for solar in Pennsylvania, at least legislation-wise. The latest bill would lift the state’s renewable energy goal from 8% by 2026 to 18%, with a 5.5% solar carveout. One of the first pieces of legislation supported by Vote Solar in Pennsylvania has been introduced to…
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Senate Bill 472 would enable two or more entities to subscribe for electricity generated by a solar PV system no larger than 5 MW in size. Pennsylvania lawmakers introduced legislation March 24 to enable community solar projects in the Keystone State. Senate Bill 472 would make it possible for two or more entities to subscribe for…
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A Berkeley Lab report says that a lack of policies is blocking wider adoption of electric trucks. Even so, ventures are under way to shift the diesel-to-electric transition into high gear. A new report said that a lack of policies around adoption incentives, charging infrastructure, and electricity pricing prevents the widespread electrification of commercial trucking…
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After Hurricane Maria struck, the village of Castañer was without electricity for six months. Now, a solar and battery storage microgrid will support businesses that offer essential goods and services. A rural village in a mountainous part of Puerto Rico was selected to receive support for a solar energy microgrid project, part of an initiative…
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Distributed solar and storage should be the focus for $9.6 billion in FEMA funds allocated for Puerto Rico’s grid reconstruction, says a new report based on independent analysis. Adding solar and storage to every home in Puerto Rico, plus solar on commercial sites, could provide 75% of the territory’s electricity by 2035. And the cost…
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Both set to clock in at 75 MW, the projects are a part of the utility’s bigger goal of quadrupling the amount of in-service solar on its system over the next four years. Duke Energy Florida announced the locations for its next two utility-scale solar projects, both set to clock in at a touch under…
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To help promote local clean energy, the bill would require new large buildings in the state to be solar-ready. The Maryland Senate passed a climate bill that would boost the state’s current target to cut emissions, support rooftop solar and electric vehicles, and plant 5 million new trees, among other actions. Two Republicans joined Democratic…
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Community solar installations up to 2 MW may be developed on business- and residential-zoned land, with work yet to be done to open farmland to development. County councilmembers in Harford County, Maryland, northeast of Baltimore, unanimously approved a measure to allow community solar projects on select types of land in the county. The measure stops…
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