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Solect Energy solar projects powers Connecticut startup reducing food waste

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Bright Feeds, a New England-based startup, commissioned Solect Energy, a Maryland solar contractor, to build a 300-kWDC solar system at its 25,000-sq-ft animal feed manufacturing plant in Berlin, Connecticut. The 625-panel project will provide one-third of the plant’s total energy. “We’re constantly looking for ways to improve our process that not only make business sense… …

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Aligned Climate Capital solar fund exceeds $200M target | Solar Financing Spotlight

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Aligned Climate Capital raises more than $200 million to support solar projects. This edition of Solar Financing Spotlight illuminates a major fundraising effort by Aligned Climate Capital, an RFP from PECO, DC Green Bank’s latest support for energy-efficient affordable housing in Washington, D.C., plus several other updates. Let’s get right to it. As demand for …

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Intersolar is now accepting applications for its 2026 Solar Games competition

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Intersolar & Energy Storage North America (IESNA) is now accepting applications for its sixth-annual Solar Games competition to be held February 18-20, 2026, at the San Diego Convention Center. The Solar Games tasks teams with building residential solar + storage systems — including solar modules, racking, inverters, battery storage and other components — live in a stadium setting… …

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REC Solar strategist helps solar make sense of its policy ‘mess’

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Strategy and policy director Brian Lynch, veteran of companies and roles that became roadkill of prior industry gyrations, plays rising role explaining its current policy morass. These days, Brian Lynch, strategy and policy director for REC Solar, keeps up a brisk pace in his growing role as an authoritative tour guide surveying the industry’s hot …

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Meyer Burger lays off workforce at Arizona solar panel factory

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Local news outlets are reporting that Meyer Burger has laid off the entire staff at its solar panel assembly facility in Goodyear, Arizona. Worker adjustment and retraining notification (WARN) notices in the state have the number of employees affected within the range of 70 to 355. Switzerland-based Meyer Burger opened the Arizona solar panel factory… …

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Electricity generation from U.S. solar grows 28% year-over-year

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Utility-scale solar generation grew to 232 TWh in the rolling 12 months through March 2025, according to the latest data from the Energy Information Administration. Solar continues to dominate new electricity generation capacity added to the grid in the United States, according to the Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest release of its Electric Power Monthly …

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Illinois considers clean energy package to tackle data center boom

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Illinois lawmakers are working on a omnibus clean energy package that would introduce a Storage for All program, a Solar Bill of Rights, virtual power plant programs, to name a few. Illinois lawmakers are in final discussions over several progressive initiatives in the omnibus Clean and Reliable Grid Affordability Act. Renewable energy projects in Illinois …

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Letter warns “significant quantities” of solar products could skip U.S. antidumping tariffs

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A letter from the American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing said the U.S. Trade Commission must act quickly to ensure tariff rulings are in place before a temporary gap creates an opportunity for solar components to be imported duty-free. The American Alliance for Solar Manufacturing Trade Committee sent a letter to the U.S. International Trade Commission …

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Commercial rooftop solar developer secures $175 million financing

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Solar Landscape secured funds from PGIM Private Capital to support its growing project portfolio in Maryland and Illinois. Solar Landscape, a developer of rooftop commercial solar projects, secured a $175 million long-term shelf financing from PGIM Private Capital, a $1.4 trillion investment management business of Prudential Financial. The funding is expected to initially support Solar …

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Solar and battery output records set as California continues aggressive ramp

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Amidst industry turmoil, California set a new spring peak for utility-scale solar generation above 21 GW. Battery output exceeded 10 GW as the state surpasses 15 GW of installed energy storage capacity. As the solar and storage industries brace for shifting political winds in Washington D.C., California continues doing what it does best: breaking clean …

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