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Five Star Life, a nonprofit serving underserved youth through its leadership programming, has announced the installation of its 23-kW solar array at its Summit Facility with a ribbon-cutting ceremony scheduled for December 11.
The new solar array brings renewable energy to the 350-acre innovative learning campus, enabling FSL to expand its programming year-round.
The Dry Bridge Energy Storage project in Chesterfield County, Virginia, is now fully operational and providing key power services to Dominion Energy customers. Development firm East Point Energy sold the project to Dominion Energy Virginia in September 2021, prior to the company’s acquisition by Equinor.
At 20 MW/80 MWh, Dry Bridge is the largest battery energy storage project in Virginia.
“Dry Bridge, our first utility-scale, stand-alone energy storage facility, r
Four Twelve Renewables is unveiling its inaugural utility-scale solar facility in Greene Township, Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The 46-MWDC facility, known as BE Pine, is made up of approximately 98,000 bifacial solar panels.
BE Pine is the first project in Four Twelve Renewables’ portfolio. Four Twelve is an energy developer seeking to use clean, abundant nat
This week, New York City passed landmark legislation that relaxes restrictions on solar developments through a carbon neutrality zoning amendment. This “City of Yes for Carbon Neutrality” zoning initiative will move the city toward more equitable and sustainable living.
Glass and glazing system supplier Nippon Sheet Glass Co. (NSG Group) recently announced it would invest in additional transparent conductive oxide (TCO) glass production capacity at its plant in Rossford, Ohio, to support the solar market. The float line at Pilkington North America, a member of NSG Group, will begin shipping TCO glass for solar panels by Q1 2025.
Pilkington will supply glass to the expanding manufacturing campus of First Solar, just
A solar-supported EV fast charging station was recently put into service in Mount Kisco, New York. Sustainable Westchester supported the project featuring an 85-kW solar array, 180-kWh energy storage system and two Jule 75-kW DC fast chargers. Any excess electricity generated by the facility is prioritized for low-and moderate-income (LMI) households through Sustainable Westchester’s Community Solar program.
PowerFlex announced the completion of the second rooftop solar project for athletic wear brand ASICS at its Byhalia Distribution Center in Mississippi. The completion of the 1-MW solar rooftop brings the total solar generated power at the distribution center to 2 MW that will power the building load and directly offset utility costs.
The system is the largest solar PV rooftop in Byhalia and included the engagement of local labor. Additionally, ASICS now participates in net metering, w
Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker joined Reactivate and ComEd in Chicago Heights to announce the 100th community solar site in northern Illinois, which will serve low-to-moderate income ComEd customers, and is one of the fi
Solar Power World, the solar industry’s leading media resource with its print publication, web site and social media outlets, today announced the opening of the application process for its Top 100 Solar Contractors.
This definitive list offers solar contractors a look at how they stack up against their peers across all solar markets —residential, commercial and utility systems.
“The competition to make last year’s list was intense, and we’re looki