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The 6.5MW South Street solar project, has a power purchase agreement in place with Middlebury College, and will meet 30% of the College’s annual electricity demand.

About 439MW of solar will soon be under construction in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, more than doubling the state’s solar capacity to date.

A 270MW project built by Black & Veatch is planned to help power Buckeye Partners’ operations. The Texas company has approximately 6,000 miles of petroleum pipeline.

Also on the rise: The world’s largest energy storage facility to expand. Duke to add 70MW to its portfolio. Clean energy credit registry announced in Ontario. Salt caverns in Kansas studied for energy storage. California bus company will install EV chargers, solar panels, and a microgrid. And more.

The two projects will add over 70MW of capacity to the company’s North Carolina solar portfolio.

Also on the rise: Novonix acquires stake in KORE Power, becomes supplier of graphite anode materials. A 3,000 foot long solar-equipped noise barrier to be constructed in Massachusetts. California Community Power members procure 69MW of long-duration storage. DOE announces initiatives and support to rapidly accelerate community solar deployment. Generac to participate in virtual power plant service for Southern California Edison. Hecate Energy’s 500MW Cider Solar Farm will be New York’s largest, once completed.

The Cider Solar Farm would be New York’s largest once completed. It is the first to receive regulatory approval under the new Section 94-c law, which established the New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting.

Also on the rise: Enel may bring heterojunction solar module manufacturing to the US. Stem awarded 110MWh energy storage portfolio in New York. PG&E plans 1.6GW/6.4GWh battery storage portfolio through 2024. The 100,000 big box stores in the US could generate 84TWh of electricity from solar power on their rooftops. Greenbacker enters the world of floatovoltaics. Powin enters partnership with Celestica at its Monterrey, Mexico facility. Sol Systems to invest over $1 million in 2022 in five initial partner organizations. 

The investment marks Greenbacker’s entry into the world of floatovoltaics and will allow Noria Energy to expand its project pipeline

The plans come as part of an 11.5GW clean energy procurement order by the California Public Utilities Commission.