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Debunking solar myths: What about all that land?

Part four of Dan Shugar’s series on replacing fiction with facts about solar, when the proverbial Uncle Bob comes to dinner.

Maryland community solar install to take just nine weeks due to unique mounting

Using Erthos mounting system, which places panels directly on the land with no racking or trackers, the project is expected to be installed rapidly and save on land use.

Major U.S. bank signs $140 million tax equity deal for Louisiana solar project

Barclays and Lightsource bp agree to finance deal to construct 180 MW Prairie Ronde solar farm in St. Landry Parish.

247Solar closer to commercializing modular concentrating solar plant

Taking a page from the solar PV and wind industries, the 247Solar Plant is modular and the majority of its components are mass produced and can be assembled at the site.

New Mexico Supreme Court upholds Community Solar Act

A New Mexico judge upheld rules that prevent utilities from deducting transmission costs from solar bill credits received by customers.

DOE Loan Programs Office announces $72.8 million for microgrid on Tribal lands

The 15 MW / 38 MWh Viejas Microgrid is the first project to be offered a conditional commitment through the Tribal Energy Financing Program.

Longroad Energy installing U.S.-made First Solar modules in Arizona solar-plus-storage plant

The 220 MWdc solar and 214 MWac / 855 MWh Serrano solar-plus-storage project will also feature Powin’s BESS, Sungrow inverters, and Nextracker trackers.

DOE announces $9.5 million award for Iowa’s first microgrid project

The Montezuma project with a 3 MW solar installation and a battery energy storage system is expected to lower energy costs for residents by as much as 18% and to reduce transmission costs for the utility by 34%

What happens to the IRA under a new administration?

Norton Rose Fulbright conducted a live podcast with tax and legal experts who discussed what could be on the chopping block in the massive Inflation Reduction Act, passed in 2022.

GameChange validates 40-year maintenance-free design of Genius Tracker drive system

At an outdoor site in Massachusetts, GameChange Solar trackers worked overtime in a test to determine how the drive system can be expected to function for 40 years.

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