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By Brad Kramer September 22, 2025 This edition of Projects Weekly emphasizes various new solar projects in development in the United States and Canada, plus a healthy dose of financing news. We start with news from Catalyze, which collaborated with CS Energy to develop 27 MW of distributed solar projects in New York. In addition, PowerBank is expected to soon receive interconnection results on three community projects for the community in Nova Scotia, while the company has also protected all the required municipal approvals for two Brownfield solar projects in Skaneateles, New York. In the field of financing front, Macquarie…

California has introduced a flexible interconnection option with which distributed solar and storage projects can connect without waiting for expensive gridup grades, although the required control hardware is not yet available on a large scale. September 30, 2025 William Driscoll By PV Magazine USA A flexible interconnection option for distributed solar or storage in California that was in the making for a long time now has strength. Projects can be connected to each other that would otherwise have to wait for grid -upgrades. A project developer can now choose to adhere to “limited generation profiles”, which specify the maximum amount…

The average American home takes four to six months to build and costs over $400,000, while generating approximately 8,000 pounds of construction waste in the process. Meanwhile, housing costs continue to climb, and traditional construction methods contribute significantly to carbon emissions through material waste and energy consumption. What if there was a way to build a fully functional, energy-independent home in just 24 hours for a fraction of the cost? Enter solar-powered 3D printed housing, a technology that’s transforming how we think about construction, sustainability, and energy independence. This cutting-edge approach combines the speed and precision of 3D printing with…

The Legal & General (L&G) NTR Clean Power Fund has taken over a 105 MW Zonne -PV factory in Ireland.The Ballydonagh Solar Project is located in County Galway and has protected the net permits and planning permits and is predicted in 2027 to start construction after further design optimization.The project has been taken from independent power manufacturer RES and is the second Irish solar factory acquisition between the two companies this year, then The acquisition of an 115 MW Zonne -PV project At the start of the year. Just like the Ballydonagh project, it is expected that construction is expected…

The Alliance wants to use Gosan’s advanced inkjet printing technology in the production of perovskiet modules, mainly for the Japanese and American markets. September 30, 2025 Patrick Jowett Image: Gosan Tech Co., Ltd. The production company in Tokyo in Solar Equipment NPC Incorporated Has formed a strategic alliance with the South Korean Inkjet technology company Gosan Tech. According to the conditions of the agreement, the two companies will work together on the development, production and sale of the production equipment of Perovskite module with the powerful inkjet print technology from Gosan Tech, with a focus on the Japanese and American…

Two Blues Solar has completed the installation of four solar panels in schools in the UK, which have a combined generation capacity of 298 kWp.The commercial solar financier, developer and consultancy rolled the solar technology for educational provider from Cresomes First Group (OFG). The four schools – in Norfolk, Worcestershire and two in Shropshire – are expected to be between 8% and 28% of their energy demand from the installations.The two Shrophsire schools, Lambledge and Smallbrook, with 32 kW and 60 kW solar respectively, also saw both storage of the battery energy installed, storing surplus generation and the site to…

Researchers in Qatar have used an algorithm that depends on a variant of the popular logic -based puzzle to determine the optimum way to eliminate cluster bolts. They have tested the new approach under fixed and moving shadows. September 30, 2025 Lior Kahana An international research team has proposed a new reconfiguration technique for PV arroys that operate under fixed and moving shadows. The proposed approach uses an Asterisk Sudoku method to determine the optimum way to connect the panels in the array, eliminating cluster shadow, the considerably reduction of mismatch loss and circumventing dependence. “Asterisk Sudoku is a variant…

By Brad Kramer September 25, 2025 Vermeer optimizes the automation of solar project site with the addition of the Trimble Groundworks Machine Control System at the PD10R and PD25R -External Pile Drivers of the manufacturer. Combining these systems is a step forward in machine automation, which improves productivity in the construction of solar farms. With the addition of the To limit Technology, the Vermeer PD10R or PD25R -Paldriver automatically moves to the precise location of a stack according to the project plan and optimizes the steps required to drive the stack to the accurate depth with minimal operator inputs on…

Mark Porter Auto Group in Zuid-Ohio recently celebrated the completion of a solar array of 196.7-KW at the Pomeroy location. The system, designed and built by Coconut Solarwill generate more than 70% of the dealer’s annual electricity needs. Financing for the project came from a combination of federal tax stimuli and a USDA Rural Energy for America Program (Reap) Grant. These tools have contributed to reducing the costs in advance, making it possible for a small company in the Ohio countryside to invest in advanced energy technology. “Coconut Solar is proud to work with Mark Porter Auto Group on this…

By Brad Kramer September 29, 2025 This edition of Projects Weekly highlights several innovative installations and initiatives across the solar industry. First up is Florida’s Nova Southeastern University becoming the first university in the United States to install a commercial floating solar photovoltaic system. But wait, there’s more! Avangrid signed a power purchase agreement (PPA) with Amazon for the 57 MWdc Oregon Trail Solar facility in Gilliam County, Oregon. Lightstar Renewables celebrated the completion of New York’s first agrivoltaics project. Ever.green has agreed to a long-term purchase of High-Impact Renewable Energy Certificates (RECs) with Wells Fargo to support a 28 MW solar…