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Duke faces pushback over North Carolina brownfield solar project

Duke along with community and environmental groups find themselves as unlikely allies as state officials deem a 5 MW installation to be expensive and unnecessary.

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Insurance for renewable energy projects adapts to more frequent and destructive disasters

As much as 70% of losses linked to solar energy systems in the past decade have occurred since 2017. The insurance industry is no longer “naive” to the risk.

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University of Wyoming, 9H partner on a 3 MW solar research facility for students

The solar installation will use First Solar Series 6 modules and the research facility will return up to $10 million to the university through energy savings and services.

DOE pumps $115 million into clean energy R&D for small businesses

The latest part of the Biden administration’s Build Back Better pledge, the funding will go to grid modernization, carbon removal, renewable energy and energy storage, among other technologies.

Sunrise brief: A Texas-sized ‘oops’ for grid operator ERCOT

Also on the rise: Researchers use AI to model how grid failures cascade in a disaster, VEIR raises capital for its novel transmission line technology, NV Energy issues a community solar RFP, Freedom Solar gains two new partners, and Daqo New Energy signs a polysilicon supply deal.

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Target expands its renewables strategy by signing PPAs for solar and wind energy

The retail giant announced three power purchase agreements that will bring it nearly halfway to its goal of sourcing all of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030.

Watch: White Pine completes a floating solar project, one of the largest in the US

The 4.8 MW floating PV installation in California dethrones the country’s previous largest, located in metro New York City.

Biden cabinet members meet with EV infrastructure CEOs

The meeting is the latest step in the administration’s push to make the United States a global leader in electric vehicles.

Arcadia expands community solar program to Maine

The community solar program comes with a subscription model that requires no credit check, no long-term contract, and no cancellation fee, benefiting the rental market.

Creating an alternative PV supply chain is no cakewalk

The SEIA in late 2020 launched a campaign against forced labor and said it was “strongly encouraging” member companies to adjust their supply chains by June. Here is what will likely happen.

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