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Blog 2 months ago
NSF Energy Storage Engine launches workforce training initiative
The National Science Foundation (NSF)'s Energy Storage Engine, headquartered in Binghamton, New York, has launched a new workforce program, aiming to prepare the next generation for career in the energy storage sector. The newly minted Energy Storage Engi
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Blog 2 months ago
Leap expands battery power export program in California
Virtual power plant (VPP) scaling platform Leap has expanded its battery power export program in California, creating new grid revenue opportunities in the Golden State. The program expansion comes as part of California's Emergency Load Reduction Program,
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Blog 2 months ago
Common Energy to provide community solar for Illinois disability services provider
Renewable energy platform Common Energy has teamed up with Clearbrook, Illinois's largest home-based disability services provider, to cut energy costs with community solar. The agreement covers energy utility bill savings for more than 70 locations around
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Blog 2 months ago
dcbel joins Massachusetts energy independence pilot program
Alongside various energy partners, home energy technology firm dcbel has announced its participation in the Massachusetts Clean Energy Center's (MassCEC) V2X Pilot Program. Aiming to give Bay State homeowners independence in their energy bills, the progra
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Blog 2 months ago
Clemson University engineers unveil fully solar-integrated car prototype
Clemson University's International Center for Automotive Research has unveiled a prototype for a fully solar-integrated vehicle, designed to run completely on intrinsically generated solar energy. Dubbed "Deep Orange 17," the concept vehicle is the latest
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Blog 2 months ago
Sol-Ark launches residential solar and storage commissioning app
Inverter and energy storage solutions firm Sol-Ark has launched its MySolArk Installer App, purpose-built for residential solar and storage product commissioning. The mobile app aims to help professional solar installers commission Sol-Ark's hybrid invert
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Blog 2 months ago
ComEd plans out 60 new rooftop projects in Illinois Projects Weekly
Certainty in Action. Integrated energy infrastructure delivering complex projects reliably at scale nationwide. .proj-col{ border-bottom:3px solid #ffc04c; border-top:3px solid #ffc04c; This week on Projects Weekly, Chicagoan utility company Commonwealth
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Blog 2 months ago
Energy Vault announces BESS agreement with AI hyperscalers
Energy Vault Holdings Inc. has announced the execution of a "strategic commercial agreement," under the terms of which it will supply battery systems to hyperscalers for AI data centers. In total, the agreement will support an initial deployment of 1.25 G
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Press release 2 months ago
KMB bolsters solar and storage engineering with Hurricane Hill acquisition
Renewable energy engineering firm KMB Design Group has acquired "substantially all the assets" of Hurricane Hill Development Co. PLLC (H2DC).
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Blog 2 months ago
Trump administration imposes new tariffs on polysilicon
The second Trump administration has been far from a friend to the renewable energy space, enacting the One Big Beautiful Bill Act (OBBBA), imposing tariffs on solar-related components, and adding heavy FEOC restrictions on the U.S. manufacturing landscape
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