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Google awards grant for community-resilience solar microgrids in Virginia
Google awarded grant funding to Appalachian Voices, a regional non-profit, to build solar powered microgrids to act as community resilience hubs in Duffield and Dungannon, Virginia. The Sharing the Power Foundation grant is partially funding a 30.5-kW solar project paired with 115 kWh of energy storage at Dungannon’s town hall and historic depot, as well…
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NeoVolta joins with PotisEdge, Longi to make BESS in Georgia
Lithium battery provider NeoVolta announced it would begin manufacturing battery energy storage systems (BESS) in Pendergrass, Georgia. Through a joint-venture with Longi and recent ESS acquisition PotisEdge, “NeoVolta Power” will begin mass production at the 2-GWh plant by mid-2026. The site is scalable up to 8 GWh. The facility will initially focus on prismatic-cell battery…
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Study: Increasing New York’s solar + storage goals could save state $1 billion
An independent conducted by Synapse Energy Economics for the Coalition of Community Solar Access (CCSA) finds that expanding distributed solar and energy storage across New York could deliver $1 billion in annual energy cost savings by 2035, lowering electricity bills for households across the state, while strengthening reliability during peak winter demand and reducing reliance…
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Fronius and Renon collaborate on high-voltage DC battery-inverter combo
Renon and Fronius have developed a new DC-coupled solution for uninterrupted power in residential photovoltaic systems by pairing technologies. Together, the Fronius GEN24 and Fronius GEN24 Plus solar inverters (3.8-10.0 kW) paired with the Renon Xtreme HV 1.0 battery energy systems (9.6, 14.4, and 19.2 kWh) are fully certified to UL 9540, a fire safety…
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Many states set solar + storage decommissioning plans in 2025
The NC Clean Energy Technology Center (NCCETC) released the annual update to its solar decommissioning tracking report today, titled “The 50 States of Solar Decommissioning: 2025 Snapshot.” The report reviews the 2025 state solar decommissioning policy landscape, covering legislative updates on decommissioning planning, financial assurance and recycling for solar and co-located battery storage systems. “As…
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