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REC Solar rebrands to REC Power to reflect "broader" remit
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (160+ words) US IPP REC Solar has renamed to REC Power to reflect its broadening operations and portfolio. In an announcement, the company said the change mirrored its "position as a long-term owner and operator of multi-technology distributed power resources." The firm…...
US SEIA "applauds" Massachusetts energy bill
4+ hour, 2+ min ago (323+ words) The Massachusetts Senate's new energy efficiency legislation has been broadly welcomed by US solar industry and clean energy representatives. Passed yesterday, the bill'S. 3143'introduces a range of measures that the Senate said are designed to save consumers up to US…...
ISC Konstanz kicks off five publicly funded PV research projects
4+ hour, 24+ min ago (199+ words) German solar energy research institute ISC Konstanz has launched five new publicly funded research projects covering the full PV value chain. The organisation said that together, the five projects would strengthen Europe's technological sovereignty in PV and support the development…...
India's MNRE pushes for separate DSM rules for PV and wind projects, warns of financial risks
3+ hour, 53+ min ago (347+ words) India's Ministry of New and Renewable Energy (MNRE) has asked the country's power regulator, the Central Electricity Regulatory Commission (CERC), to retain separate "Deviation Settlement Mechanism' (DSM) rules for solar PV and wind projects, warning that a single framework could…...
New Jersey passes plug-in solar bill, deployments exempt from utility approval
5+ hour, 14+ min ago (316+ words) New Jersey's legislature has passed a bill to enable plug-in solar in the state without opposition, becoming the tenth state to advance such legislation for plug-in solar specifically. The Garden State Balcony Solar Act was approved by the state's Senate,…...
Australia launches Solar Sharer Offer, giving households three hours of free midday electricity
7+ hour, 32+ min ago (582+ words) The Australian government has officially launched the Solar Sharer Offer, a regulated energy initiative that gives eligible households three hours of free electricity every day during peak solar generation. The new initiative was made available to residential customers in New…...
Firmus bags 1. 2 GW of renewables for South Australian AI factories
17+ hour, 15+ min ago (472+ words) Australian AI infrastructure developer Firmus Technologies has signed a 12-year wholesale energy supply agreement with Gunvor Group, including 1. 5 GWh of battery storage and 1. 2 GW of renewables by 2032. The deal covers 600 MW of firm electricity for its planned South Australian "AI…...
Waaree responds after CBP flags potential AD/CVD duty evasion
23+ hour, 36+ min ago (406+ words) Indian solar manufacturer Waaree Energies has issued a clarification in response to a US Customs and Border Protection (CBP) investigation that found "substantial evidence" the company evaded antidumping and countervailing (AD/CVD) duties on crystalline silicon PV cells from Vietnam and…...
SK, KKR launch US$1. 29 billion renewables platform in South Korea
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (233+ words) Korean renewables developer SK Inc and global investment firm KKR have agreed to'establish'a KRW2 trillion (US$1. 29 billion) renewable energy platform that will combine 1. 7 GW of operating generation assets and target rising electricity demand from South Korea's industrial sector. The platform will…...
China's largest PV-CSP hybrid project enters commercial operation
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (393+ words) Ben Willis is Solar Media's Head of Content. Ben is an award-winning journalist and editor with a background in environmental, development and social policy issues. His work has appeared in the Guardian and Telegraph, and numerous consumer and specialist publications,…...