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By SB staff December 12, 2024 US solar advocates have launched a 10-point program to move the sector forward, with a new political regime set to take power in 2025. The Solar Energy Industries Association (SEIA) has a comprehensive policy agenda for President Donald Trump and the 119th Congress to ensure the United States becomes the world’s dominant solar and storage market. This policy agenda calls for strengthening the solar and storage industries as part of a broad strategy to achieve American energy independence and security. It calls for eliminating dependence on China for solar and storage components and continuing…
Grenada’s Public Utilities Regulatory Commission (PURC) has launched a call to prequalify bidders for a 15.1 MWp solar project at Maurice Bishop International Airport, as part of the island’s energy transition. December 27, 2024 Brian Publicover Grenada’s PURC has launched a Request for Qualifications (RFQ) to prequalify bidders for an Independent Power Producer (IPP) tender. The project aims to establish a 15.1 MWp solar system at Maurice Bishop International Airport, marking an important step in the island’s energy transition. The proposed PV project – first unveiled in September but launched in November – will consist of three separate power stations,…
By SB staff December 12, 2024 The Oregon Energy Facility Siting Council (EFSC) has approved the Sunstone Solar project. Considered the largest solar project in the United States, Pine Gate renewable energy sources can now proceed with construction of the 1.2 GW solar and 1.2 GW storage project. The Sunstone Solar project site covers 10,000 hectares and will be located on private land zoned for agricultural use. According to a company announcement, Pine Gate has partnered with Morrow County and agricultural organizations to create a program that aims to offset the project’s impact on the local agricultural economy. The first-of-its-kind…
By Brad Kramer December 17, 2024 CleanCapital acquires a project portfolio of 40 assets and adds an investment of $145 million. Dimension Energy secures a financing package to support 30 community solar projects in seven states. Aypa Power receives financial support for an energy storage project in Arizona. Read more about these stories in the latest version Solar financing spotlight. Clean Capital has acquired a portfolio of 40 assets totaling 22.7 MW Kendall Sustainable Infrastructure (KSI), one of the first established institutional owners of community solar projects. The acquisition marks a milestone for both companies and brings CleanCapital’s portfolio of…
In a new weekly update for pv magazineSolcast, a DNV company, reports that the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite is now beginning operational testing. The new satellite will provide sharper and more detailed, more frequent images, which will provide a significant boost to solar radiation estimates. December 27, 2024 Solcast According to analysis of early operational data by the Solcast Data Science team, solar forecasts across Europe and Africa will undergo a major upgrade as the Meteosat Third Generation (MTG) satellite begins operational testing. The new satellite, positioned alongside its predecessor from the Meteosat Second Generation (MSG) series, positioned at…
By Brad Kramer December 19, 2024 The Meadow ridge Continuous Care Pension Community (CCRC) in Redding, Connecticut, has flipped the switch on solar energy. The carport and rooftop solar installation will provide 897,700 kWh of electricity each year, accounting for more than 20% of the facility’s energy. The project is the long-term vision of the resident-led Solar Committee of Meadow Ridge and broke ground in August with the support of the retirement community’s ownership and management company, Senior Care Development LLC and Benchmark Senior Living. The solar panels at Meadow Ridge will save an estimated $7.6 million in electricity costs…
By Brad Kramer December 19, 2024 Northern Sun Energy has selected Castillo Engineering to provide design and engineering services for three projects Onyx renewable energy sources solar energy projects in New York and Louisiana. The projects have a total area of 18 MW and will be completed in the first quarter of 2025. One of the projects has even already been completed. The 5 MW community solar project in Troy, New York, uses fixed tilt racks and was commissioned in late November. The remaining two projects are located at the Fort Johnson US Army installation (Fort Polk) in Vernon Parish,…
The South African government has identified preferred bidders for 16 renewable energy projects, worth a total of ZAR44.2 billion ($2.4 billion) in investments, to boost solar and battery development. December 27, 2024 Brian Publicover South African President Cyril Ramaphosa Image: GCIS, GovernmentZA, Flickr The South African government has announced the appointment of preferred bidders for 16 renewable energy projects under its latest procurement programs, including PV installations and battery energy storage facilities. The projects represent a combined investment of more than ZAR 44.2 billion. South Africa’s Department of Electricity and Energy said eight solar projects, totaling 1.76 GW of contracted…
A review by the SUN DAY Campaign of data in two new year-end reports just released by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) and the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) shows that the mix of renewable energy sources (i.e. (biomass, geothermal, hydro, solar, wind) now exceeds 30% of total U.S. utility-scale electric generating capacity (i.e. >1 MW) and is on track to reach capacity by the end of 2027 to reach 37%. In addition, they provided nearly a quarter of the country’s electricity generation through the first ten months of 2024. In addition, October marked the fourteenth month in a…
By pv magazine 24/12-25/01 Just over a decade ago, Sandia National Laboratories founded the PV Performance Modeling Collaborative (PVPMC). According to Sandia, PVPMC increases transparency and accuracy in PV system performance modeling, helping to bring stakeholders together to improve modeling practices. Joshua Stein, senior scientist at Sandia, thinks it’s time for a similar effort to shed light on data analytics for monitoring PV plant performance. “There is a lack of standardization and harmonization in the way people talk about fault analysis and monitoring,” he explained pv magazine. Currently, some companies offer services that include data analysis and fault identification and…