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Con Edison sustainability report highlights 3 GW of renewables deployments

The utility’s 2022 report highlights milestones the New York company is making to procure distributed solar, storage, energy storage resources, EV charging and heat pumps in the coming decade, as it strives to become fully net zero by 2040.

Sunrise brief: Chipotle goes green with all-electric, solar restaurants

Also on the rise: American companies ask Congress to reject $1 billion in retroactive solar tariffs. Avangrid to build solar, wind and storage projects on Navajo land. And more.

Solar-powered cannabis cultivation

Cannabis prohibition drove a culture of clandestine production in the past and solar helped growers to cultivate it at remote, off-grid sites. Now, as a global commercial cannabis market emerges, solar has an even bigger role to play.

Promoting energy justice, community solar and EV charging in downstate N.Y.

In the urban markets of the Bronx and Manhattan more than half the residents are designated as low-income or very-low income, giving rise to opportunities for LMI community solar and public charging accessibility.

Northeast workforce training for offshore wind, distributed solar

Young adults are turning their attention to careers in environmental studies, including renewable energy development roles. 

Community solar developer adds project debt for 24.8 MW newly completed projects

Oya Renewables secured $27.1 million in loan commitments from City National Bank and Greenprint Capital for the recently completed construction of 24.8 MW of community solar projects in western and northern New York state.

Sunrise brief: Residential solar quotes average $2.85 per watt

Also on the rise: Fast EV charging market to grow sixtyfold by 2050. How installers can communicate the benefits of ESS to customers. And more.

New Leaf Energy sells 21 MW of community solar projects

Standard Solar acquires New Leaf’s solar project portfolio in New York and Massachusetts.

Lightstar partners with farming conservation group to unlock agrivoltaics

A Boston-based solar developer with 208 MW of active projects is partnering with the American Farmland Trust to preserve rural farmland for agriculture and community solar development co-located on farmland, also known as Agrivoltaics.

Solar grazing methods a centerpiece of inaugural agrivoltaics conference 

The first U.S. agrivoltaics conference took place March 14 to 15, 2023 in Rosemont, Illinois, as sheep grazers sat amongst seed vendors and community solar project developers. On the first day of the conference, the Solar Farm Summit recorded 460 attendees, while speaking to pv magazine USA, executive producer Dan French said the number is likely above 500 strong.  

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