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North Carolina House advances bill to eliminate utility-scale solar tax exemption
1+ hour, 13+ min ago (349+ words) The House Finance Committee voted 12 to 8 to approve a committee substitute for House Bill 1213, advancing the bill to the House Rules Committee. The legislation targets the state's long-standing 80% property tax exclusion for solar energy systems, setting a hard'expiration'date for new…...
EVelution begins construction on 28 MW solar plant to power Arizona cobalt processing plant
1+ hour ago (194+ words) EVelution'Energy has officially broken ground on the 28 MW solar facility designed to power its upcoming critical minerals processing hub in Yuma County, Arizona.' The installation of the first permanent steel mounting piles across the 150-acre solar site marks the physical…...
Why clean energy procurement is no longer just about price
1+ hour, 31+ min ago (524+ words) Project development procurement used to be about finding the right equipment at the right price. Today, it's more like solving a Rubik's Cube. Every move affects financing, project viability, tariff costs, domestic content compliance, project schedules, and long-term risk. To…...
New Jersey legislature unanimously passes plug-in solar bill
19+ hour, 56+ min ago (388+ words) In two unanimous votes on June 30, the New Jersey state legislature unanimously passed the Garden State Balcony Solar Act (S2368/A4836), a bill that allows New Jerseyites to install and use portable solar generation devices of up to 1, 200 watts without the need…...
Opsun introduces commercial flat-roof inverter racking system
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (515+ words) pv magazine USA Opsun introduces commercial flat-roof inverter racking system North Carolina-based racking supplier Opsun Systems announced the immediate availability and shipping of its new Sun Rail Inverter Rack. Designed to eliminate the unstandardized field improvisation often associated with mounting…...
Sam Altman-backed Exowatt targets 'Frontier Land' data centers with modular solar thermal storage
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (288+ words) A 2026 Gallup survey found that 71% of Americans oppose constructing local data centers for artificial intelligence due to concerns over regional power, water, and grid capacity. As'hyperscalers'explore alternative infrastructure locations, clean energy startup Exowatt argues that the near-term solution'sits on'underutilized acreage…...
Martha's Vineyard Hospital launches community-funded housing solar model
1+ day, 1+ hour ago (417+ words) Ryan joined pv magazine in 2021, bringing experience from a top residential solar installer and a U. S. -based inverter manufacturer. He holds a Master of Energy and Environmental Management degree at the University of Connecticut and a degree in Management with a…...
KKR to acquire EDF Power Solutions" North American operations for $4. 2 billion
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (156+ words) Global investment firm KKR has agreed to acquire the comprehensive North American operations and assets of EDF Power Solutions from the French state-backed utility giant EDF Group." The transaction values the equity interest of the U. S. and Canadian subsidiaries at approximately…...
Kearsarge Energy commissions 88 MW of distributed solar and storage in U. S. Northeast
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (460+ words) pv magazine USA Kearsarge Energy commissions 88 MW of distributed solar and storage in U. S. Northeast Boston-based independent power producer (IPP) Kearsarge Energy has finalized a portfolio of standalone battery energy storage systems (BESS), ground-mounted solar, and co-located solar-plus-storage projects. The 2025 deployment…...
Iberdrola expands with U. S. battery project
2+ day, 1+ hour ago (165+ words) berdrola has commissioned a 243 MW solar plant in Italy and has also started building a 41 MW/82 MWh battery energy storage system (BESS) in the United States. Iberdrola is building the Shutler BESS in Gilliam County, Oregon. The project, which is…...