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U.S Army Floating Solar Array is Largest Floating System in Southeast

The Hon. Rachel Jacobson, Assistant Secretary of the Army for Installations, Energy and Envionment, will participate in a ribbon-cutting event on June 10 for a floating solar array at Fort Bragg, North Carolina – the first of its kind in the Department of Defense and the largest floating system in the Southeast United States. The 1.1-megawatt floating solar system, located on the Big Muddy Lake at Camp Mackall on Fort Bragg, also includes a 2MW/2 megawatt-hour battery energy storage system. 

REC Silicon and Ferroglobe announce MoU for silicon raw material supply

REC Silicon and Ferroglobe have announced a Memorandum of Understanding committing the companies to negotiate a raw material supply agreement and establish a low-carbon and fully traceable US-based solar supply chain.

First Solar’s Ohio manufacturing complex given top rating in RBA audit

First Solar has announced that its 2.7 gigawatt vertically integrated manufacturing complex in Ohio has achieved Platinum status in a Responsible Business Alliance (RBA) Validated Assessment Program (VAP) audit.

PETRONAS, Microsoft Expand Strategic Partnership With New Renewable Energy Agreement

PETRONAS’ subsidiary Amplus Solar has entered into a long-term agreement with Microsoft for a 100MW solar project currently under development by Amplus Solar in Rajasthan, India. 

Do Solar Chimneys Save Lives?

Residential heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems use significant amounts of energy. Most global energy comes from fossil fuels, which produce greenhouse gas emissions. Carbon emissions are the leading cause of climate change.

Ameresco and Bright Canyon Energy Partner on Solar + Storage Project in Hawaii

 Ameresco, Inc., a leading clean technology integrator specializing in energy efficiency and renewable energy, and Bright Canyon Energy, a leading developer of energy infrastructure, has announced the proposed Kūpono Solar Project, a combined solar and battery system to be built at the Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam West Loch Annex in Hawai‘i. The proposed project is designed to deliver 42 megawatts (MW) of clean, renewable energy to Hawaiian Electric’s grid on the island of O‘ahu.

Twenty-Two Large-Scale Renewable Energy Projects to Deliver Clean Energy to New Yorkers

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul announced awards for 22 large-scale solar and energy storage projects that will deliver enough clean energy to power over 620,000 New York homes for at least 20 years. As the state's largest land-based renewable energy procurement to date, these projects will spur over $2.7 billion in private investment and create over 3,000 short- and long-term jobs across the state.

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