Solar at a Utah landfill joins a growing number of projects on brownfield sites
Landfills are increasingly playing host to solar facilities, with the EPA reporting an 80% rise in such projects across the U.S. over the last five years. A 4.7 MW Utah project is one of the latest additions.
Sunrise brief: SEIA outlines solar priorities in the federal infrastructure bill
Also on the rise: Jinko Solar and Maersk agree to work to ease shipping bottlenecks; and House and Senate bills target interstate rights-of-way for clean energy development, EV charging, and high-speed internet.
Sunrise brief: Regulators approve nearly 1 GW of solar PPAs for Georgia Power
Also on the rise: FirstSolar investment targets social equity gaps, BlackRock gains backers for a clean energy finance vehicle, Hull Street acquires developer Foundation Solar, and Koch Strategic Platforms invests in an energy storage tech firm.
New Jersey is set to pass two key pieces of solar legislation
S2605 establishes a successor to the state’s solar renewable energy certificate program, incentivizing the development of at least 3,750 MW of solar, while S3484 would establish a dual-use solar project pilot program for unpreserved farmland.
Sunrise brief: EQT Infrastructure acquires Cypress Creek Renewables
Also on the rise: nearly 1 GW of solar has been proposed for development in Louisiana, Generac acquires an American microinverter manufacturer, and EVgo goes public.
Sunrise brief: Rooftop solar in Hawaii gets a boost from a new incentive program
Also on the rise: A big solar + storage project in New Mexico secures construction financing, and racking and tracker company OMCO Solar offers a business update.
Here’s why regulators rejected Duke Energy’s IRPs in South Carolina
Not a single IRP presented under South Carolina’s Energy Freedom Act has been accepted by state regulators. Could that be because the utilities are acting like the law doesn’t exist?
Sunrise brief: Is the solar sector as healthy as it seems?
Also on the rise: Chinese solar group calls forced labor allegations ‘unfounded’, and two southwest utilities issue RFPs for solar and distributed energy resources.
Sunrise brief: IRS extends ITC safe harbor for solar projects, offering ‘much-needed breathing room’
Also on the rise: Crossover Energy inks deal with KKR, EPRI to address extreme weather reliability issues, Nautilus Solar buys community solar projects, LS Power completes solar asset acquisition, and VDE takes a stake in testing firm RETC.
Ohio’s solar train keeps rolling with 150 MW in utility-scale projects approved
The 80 MW Angelina Solar Project and the 70 MW Alamo Solar Project could be the first of several large solar projects to be approved in the state this summer.
